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They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector. Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) under its iShares ETF...
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Fertilizer stocks are on skid row after the U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed that the unsold corn supplies from December were down about 1% less than what analysts were expecting. Like...
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Low prices for phosphate fertilizer products have forced The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) to cut production by up to 250,000 tons in the first quarter of 2012. Fertilizer makers Potash Corp. of...
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Fears for a supply shortage of corn earlier this year led the world’s farmers to plant more of the crop on expectations of higher prices. Now that the crop is in, it turns out to be a sixth...
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Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings may have given agriculture, potash, and fertilizer investors an early, yet so far unnoticed, Christmas gift. The Singapore fund has taken...
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The next time you sing “Old McDonald Had a Farm” you might want to consider that it is really “Rich Man McDonald” if the USDA report is as clear as it sounds. The U.S. Department of...
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The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is joining in on the stock buyback bandwagon. This is not a traditional share repurchase in the open market because the 21.3 million shares being repurchased are...
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The cost of a standard American Thanksgiving dinner keeps rising. In 2001, the holiday meal cost $35.04. This upcoming holiday, it will be nearly $50. According to a report by the American Farm...
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The companies we’re looking at today run the gamut from large farm and food products producers to the packaged goods makers that make the products on store shelves. It’s a wide range, for sure,...
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The world is low on water, from the standpoint of supply needed for human use, and the problem has grown rapidly. Worse still, the problem has no ready solution — and probably has no solution at...
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Fertilizer maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT) reported third-quarter earnings this morning that were more than double earnings for the same period a year ago. But in this case, a...
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