Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

On Thursday, markets shed their winning streak to fall marginally lower. Figures of Retailer's sales during the holiday shopping season were disappointing enough to take the indices down. Moreover, weak data about unemployment added to the jitteriness of investors.   The Dow Jones Industrial...

All of the major fertilizer names are seeing bullish activity in their share prices on Wednesday. These stocks have had huge runs from their lows this Summer, but most of them appear to be poised to go even higher in 2011. Leading the way during today's trading session is Potash, which has surged 4...

Monsanto Company (MON) announced better-than-expected results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011. During the quarter, net income was $6 million compared with a loss of $19 million in the corresponding quarter of 2010. Earnings per share (EPS) (excluding a restructuring expense) were 2 cents...

Shares of Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) lost about 4.8% after the company reported its FQ3 earnings at $0.65 per share, up from $0.20 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding costs from a cider business sale, the company reported earnings at $0.66 per share. However, analysts were expecting...

Monsanto Company (MON) announced better-than-expected results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011. During the quarter, net income was $6 million compared with a loss of $19 million in the corresponding quarter of 2010. Earnings per share (EPS) (excluding a restructuring expense) were 2 cents...

J.P. Morgan reports that the North American fertilizer stocks have performed especially well over the previous 12 months, as have just about any publicly traded assets connected with agriculture. “The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is 22% higher, but its appreciation is the smaller of the North...

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell four dry product warehouses and related assets to GROWMARK, Inc. and one of its subsidiaries.

• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...

• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...

After a strong earnings report from The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), fertilizer stocks are getting a boost this morning. Companies like Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE: POT), Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE: SYT), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF), and Monsanto (NYSE: MON) are all up 1% or...

Fertilizer producer Mosaic (MOS) was my top dog position for much of latter 2007 into early 2008, often sitting at 6-7% of the portfolio.  While much of the rest of the market was falling apart after the October 2007 peak, there was a harbor of safety in the commodity space....until there wasn't. ...

Piper Jaffray is raising its price target on shares of Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) to $81 from $75, and is keeping its Overweight rating. In a note sent to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We are lifting our price target to $81 ahead of MON's fiscal 1Q results on Thursday. In the seasonally slow 1Q...