Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Motley Fool: Monsanto Company's Balanced Growth Proves Stronger Than the Headwinds

Agricultural productivity giant Monsanto (NYSE: MON  ) has faced a slightly higher wall of worry here of late. Calendar 2013 was an operationally strong year for the company and one that largely put to rest questions of the company's ability to recapture momentum from DuPont (NYSE: DD  ) . For this quarter, though, there were worries that poor weather, difficult comps, and lower plantings were going to stall out the company's growth.

Analysts needn't have worried, as Monsanto once again delivered a better than expected quarter. With significant near-term opportunities in both corn and soybeans and longer-term opportunities in biologicals/microbials and precision agriculture, there are both growth and value catalysts to keep this stock moving.

Read the full article here:
Monsanto Company's Balanced Growth Proves Stronger Than the Headwinds

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