Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Goldman Sachs has a Buy rating and a $80 price target on shares of Monsanto (NYSE: MON). In a note to investors, Goldman writes, "This morning MON announced that it has obtained regulatory approval for SmartStax to be offered in a RIB (refuge in the bag) formulation. As a reminder, RIB enables the...

Deutsche Bank is maintaining its Hold rating on shares of Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS). “We view the overturning of a preliminary injunction blocking the extension of Mosaic's South Fort Meade phosphate rock mine as a modest positive,” Deutsche Bank writes. “While the outcome (and timing) remains...

Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Monsanto (NYSE: MON), maintaining Overweight and a $95 PT. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We maintain our Overweight rating and $95 price target on shares of MON following the completion of registration for RIB with the EPA, which...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Tim Seymour advised investors to sell iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (ETF) (NYSE: EEM). He said that its chart looks broken. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (ETF) (EEM) fell 1.18% today, and it closed at $49.45. Zach Karabell wants to buy Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON...

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDTI) announced today it has entered into a binding agreement with an existing investor to issue to the Investor $3 million principal amount of its 8.0% Subordinated Convertible Notes. Completion of the Notes financing is expected to occur not later than...

The markets opened slightly higher today on the back of a drop in oil. The markets have maintained their slight positive open as volume dries up. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) is trading at $133.30, +0.44 (+0.33%) as the United States Oil Fund LP (NYSE: USO) has fallen to $44.74, -0.41 (-0....

Deutsche Bank's meeting with Monsanto's (NYSE: MON) CEO increased its confidence that the company is pursuing the right strategy of establishing its new corn and soybean platforms and rebuilding its reputation with farmers while raising prices only moderately despite record commodity prices. While...

DB upgrades MON (NYSE: MON) to buy.

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction previously granted by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida regarding Mosaic's South Fort Meade mine.  The preliminary...

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction previously granted by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida regarding Mosaic's South Fort Meade mine. The preliminary...

Genuity SmartStax RIB Complete by Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) has received registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This completes federal regulatory authorization in the United States. Commercialization is pending individual state authorizations and notifications, as required...

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) was upgraded by Deutsche Bank from "hold" to "buy." MON's shares closed at $66.22 on Friday. Monsanto's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 20.21%. Syntel Inc (NASDAQ: SYNT) was upgraded by JP Morgan from "neutral" to "overweight.” SYNT's shares closed at $55.19...

Deutsche Bank has upgraded Monsanto (NYSE: MON) from Hold to Buy and has raised the price target from $75 to $78.

Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) says they have an intention for a secondary offering in January. They say all shares may be sold if market conditions allow.

After a late morning massive sell off, the markets have recovered, inching back to the flat line. Earlier, another massive earthquake struck Japan measuring 7.2. The markets freaked out on fears of more economic hardships, a possible tsunami and of course more nuclear meltdowns. However, it looks...