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Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) has announced that President and Chief Operating Officer, Patrick L. Avery, is leaving the company. This isn’t over management performance or over company...
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J.P. Morgan, the investment banking arm of JPMorgan Chase & Company (NYSE:JPM), plans to acquire the Canadian energy operations and global agricultural business of UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) for an...
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There have been several research calls in the potash, agriculture, and fertilizer sector this morning which have pushed stocks higher. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU), Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS), Terra...
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Farmers are supposed to be frugal and that characteristic may serve them well. After getting fat and happy off high agricultural goods prices, they get to be on the poor end of commodities deflation....
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This morning’s earnings report from Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) offers proof that if a company is going to be in the ethanol business, it had better have a fallback position. ADM blew past...
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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is seeing a recovery this morning. The potash and fertilizer giant posted earnings at $3.93 EPS vs. $3.57 estimates on a 136% revenue gain. The company is...
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Phosphate Holdings, Inc. (OTC-PHOS) looked like it was going to be an initial public offering, but this OTC company has filed to sell up to $200 million in common stock in a secondary offering. We...
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Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today raised its 2008 guidance again. This is in response to the clear drop in the agriculture and fertilizer sector weakness. Roundup, other glyphosate-related...
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Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) is being slaughtered this morning. Any hopes that agriculture was going to be cool again are gone. The phosphate and potash producer’s earnings missed the bar by what might...
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Farmer Mac, or Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE: AGM), has been up against the ropes and reviewing its alternatives. Things have been so bad that at a $4.10 close, that is down from a...
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Ken Heebner of the CGM Focus Fund (CGMFX) has made a game-changing move in his portfolio. In a CNBC interview with Erin Burnett, Heenber was asked about his positions in two key stocks in the oil...
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Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) raised fiscal 2008 earnings estimates. The crop and agriculture player now sees earnings of $3.58 to $3.60 per share. It also gave reported guidance of $3.49 to...
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The new mantra creating a deflating speculative bubble is taking a new twist. Even before Ospraie blew out its fund (and now after) there have been more rumors about commodity-related funds or...
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Changing World Technologies Inc. filed yesterday for an initial public offering. While a share count and price range are not indicated, the filing is for up to $100 million in securities. A...
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Today’s earnings report from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) not only missed analyst’s targets, but may have missed the broad side of the barn. Analyst expected EPS of $0.67, and got EPS of...
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