Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Agrium, Inc. (NYSE: AGU) from $95 to $105 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Analysts at BMO Capital downgrade Intrepid Potash Inc (NYSE: IPI) from “outperform” to “market perform.” IPI shares gained 1.66% to close at $38.53 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Agriculture stocks are having a solid day. While the market is slightly lower, stocks like The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) and Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE: IPI) are higher. While these two stocks are higher, both ran into major double top resistance points and have stalled out. Less than a month ago...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning. Investors are awaiting comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 23 points to 12,173, while those for the S&P 500 index declined 4.2 points to 1,318. Futures for the Nasdaq...

CNBC Fast Money's Brian Kelly said on the show that he wants to go long on gold. He recommended a long position in iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (NYSE: IAU) as the best way to make this trade. iShares Gold Trust(ETF) (IAU) gained 1.08% today, and it closed at $13.34. Tim Seymour believes that Madison...

Shares of Intrepid Potash (NYSE: IPI) are higher on the session by 1.19%, trading at $37.64. Overall put volume is now running at 2.62x the daily average, with 29% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,388 contracts have traded on the session so far. Intrepid Potash, Inc. is a...

Analysts at BofA/Merrill upgrade Intrepid Potash Inc (NYSE: IPI) from “underperform” to “neutral.” The target price for IPI has been raised from $33 to $40. IPI shares gained 0.57% to close at $37.20 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized spring planting of Genuity Roundup Ready sugar beets. Last year Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and KWS SAAT AG petitioned USDA to act with interim measures so farmers could continue to grow Roundup Ready sugar beets while USDA completes an...

  A Best 2011 Idea: For my entire list of Best Ideas for 2011 request:Dr.Faessel@onthemar.com Sprott Resource Corp (SCPZF) $5.31 Nasdaq [I Rx'ed (SCPZF) at $4.82 on 12-28-2010] Sprott Resource Corp., through its subsidiaries, invests and operates in agriculture, energy,...

  A Best 2011 Idea: For my entire list of Best Ideas for 2011 request:Dr.Faessel@onthemar.com Sprott Resource Corp (SCPZF) $5.31 Nasdaq [I Rx'ed (SCPZF) at $4.82 on 12-28-2010] Sprott Resource Corp., through its subsidiaries, invests and operates in agriculture, energy,...

In December, Personal Income rose 0.4%, matching the 0.4% rise in November, and just below the 0.5% increase in October. However, both November and October were revised up by a tick, so relative to where we thought personal income was, this is actually an acceleration. It was, on the other hand,...

In December, Personal Income rose 0.4%, matching the 0.4% rise in November, and just below the 0.5% increase in October. However, both November and October were revised up by a tick, so relative to where we thought personal income was, this is actually an acceleration. It was, on the other hand,...

Following the deregulation of roundup ready alfalfa last week, Piper Jaffray believes that the USDA will grant provisional permits to allow the planting of genetically modified sugar beets in 2011. This would be a positive for Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Though it is difficult to determine how many beet...