Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Scotts Miracle-Gro. (NYSE: SMG) Director, William Jurgensen, reported that he purchased 10,000 shares of SMG on December 10th for an average price of $50.58. The transaction totaled $505,750. Mr. Jurgensen owns 10,000 direct shares of SMG. Source: The Washington...

American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD), today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Amvac Chemical Corporation, has completed the acquisition of two insecticide product lines from Bayer CropScience, LLC. The first includes the global product line relating to the active ingredient...

John Burbank provides a glimpse of his hedge fund Passport Capital's portfolio in his third quarter letter to investors. The fund has gained an average of 23.1% annually since its inception in August of 2000. In 2010, the fund has gained 7.9% and Passport manages over $5 billion. Burbank has his...

Per Reuters, workers at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s (BHP) South African aluminum smelter have struck work for higher wages and better working conditions. Workers demanded a 12% hike in their salary besides 50% contribution from the employer to a certain medical aid scheme. However, BHP Billiton is ready...

Per Reuters, workers at BHP Billiton Ltd.'s (BHP) South African aluminum smelter have struck work for higher wages and better working conditions. Workers demanded a 12% hike in their salary besides 50% contribution from the employer to a certain medical aid scheme. However, BHP Billiton is ready...

Unconfirmed Rumors circulate that (BHP) is preparing a STOCK deal to acquire CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) for roughly $12.4bb US or about $161 per share US....

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of 28 cents per share. The dividend relates to the company's first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year. The dividend is payable on Jan. 28, 2011 to shareowners of record on Jan. 7, 2011.

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today the appointment of Laura K. Ipsen to the company's Board of Directors. Ipsen is currently the senior vice president and general manager, Connected Energy Industries, for Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking technology that transforms how people...

Shares of Intrepid Potash (NYSE: IPI) are higher on the session by 1.68%, trading at $32.13. Overall put volume is now running at 2.91x the daily average, with 91% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,295 contracts have traded on the session so far. Intrepid Potash, Inc. is a...

Given Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's (NYSE: SMG) advance raw material purchases of fertilizers, regional sales initiatives and manufacturing and distribution restructuring actions, J.P. Morgan has increased its F2011 EPS forecast from $3.80 to $3.85. “Our F2012 EPS projection of $4.25 remains...

The Russian drought has caused a spike in wheat prices. The United States Department of Agriculture forecast lower yields for the current corn crop. Worldwide the rising demand for raw agricultural products is creating a need for more production. One way to increase production is to use more...

Mari Kooi of Wolf Asset Management is saying that corn acreage will be bigger than people think. Farmers are buying more tractors from companies like Deere (NYSE: DE). Kooi is saying you can buy all commodity companies, like Potash (NYSE: POT) and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), as well as other...

A subsidiary of mining giant, BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd. agreed with Oceaneering International Inc. (OII) to provide the latter with umbilicals and distribution equipment for the development of the Macedon gas field in Western Australia. Recently, BHP Billiton...

A subsidiary of mining giant, BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd. agreed with Oceaneering International Inc. (OII) to provide the latter with umbilicals and distribution equipment for the development of the Macedon gas field in Western Australia. Recently, BHP Billiton...

Oppenheimer published its company update yesterday on Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) in which they change quarterly estimates after reviewing additional fiscal 2011 guidance. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "our F1Q 2011 EPS estimate is now a loss of $0.92 vs. a loss of $0.72 prior, with...