Stocks to invest in

[Marusko]

Inspired by jazz in the "something to be proud of thread"

Use your aginvest to buy Weston stock.

I've thought about this on occasion. Throw some of your profits into stocks elsewhere in the food chain. Become "vertically integrated" through your stock portfolio. If you can't make money as a primary producer, glean some of the middlemen's income that they glean off your production.

What is there to look at?

Equipment - Deere, RME, CNH, Cervus

Fertilizer - Nutrien, Mosaic

Grain handling - ??? Are there any that are not privately owned now? AGT is the only one that comes to mind, but it went private this year

processing and retail - Tyson foods, nestle, general mills, saputo, loblaws, weston

[farmaholic]

.....you " shouldn't" have to!

You are creating enough value, you just need the ability to keep more of it.

But rules and legislation ( read....SeedTax) will be enacted to ensure plant breeders' research and development will have an ROI!

[grassfarmer]

One I'd look at if you're serious is JBS the Brazilian company - the world's meat processor. Shares have increased dramatically since they overcame the Government corruption scandal. Predictions are current $14 share goes to $25 in a year, $70 in 5 years. Not what I'd call ethical investing but these crooks seem to have the game figured out pretty well. Currently receiving USDA farm bail out funds and using it to ship Brazilian pork to China.

[bucket]

Inspired by jazz in the "something to be proud of thread"



I've thought about this on occasion. Throw some of your profits into stocks elsewhere in the food chain. Become "vertically integrated" through your stock portfolio. If you can't make money as a primary producer, glean some of the middlemen's income that they glean off your production.

What is there to look at?

Equipment - Deere, RME, CNH, Cervus

Fertilizer - Nutrien, Mosaic

Grain handling - ??? Are there any that are not privately owned now? AGT is the only one that comes to mind, but it went private this year

processing and retail - Tyson foods, nestle, general mills, saputo, loblaws, weston

-AGT received 117 million
-Loblaws received money ...no fine for price fixing
-P&H received 10million for flour Mills in ontario
- nutrien and mosaic are on royalty holidays

[jazz]

The only way to increase your part of the value chain is get closer to the consumer and most farmers I know dont really want to do that, myself included. That would mean more value processing and frontline sales at a retail location of some form. Most farmers just say f it and get more land.

Investing is sort of a happy medium. No extra steps involved and harvest some gains right off those end companues that do deal with customers. And you can diversify outside ag. Thats important. I hold shares of banks that hold my mortgages and big integrated utilities.

I get a little dividend cheque rain or shine. Lands right in my bank account every month untaxed.

[Marusko]

-AGT received 117 million
-Loblaws received money ...no fine for price fixing
-P&H received 10million for flour Mills in ontario
- nutrien and mosaic are on royalty holidays

All the more reason to own a bit

[macdon02]

There's others that haven't made the jump yet. Baby boomer equity is all tied up in the house, so they can "CHIP" it, or sell and move to the sun belt, downsize into a trailer, drive around in a golf cart and drink all day. There's people actually flipping trailer parks, buy junk, totally give it a do over, then kick the retired whiteys out for illegal Mexicans that pay in cash, never cause a ruckus and basically are never seen. It's the fallout of the housing bubble. Big IF but if you bought the low at $7~ in 09 you'd be the Mr Leahy or Ricky or Julian or Bubbles.... there's cash in it.

[the big wheel]

Invest short term in big screen TVs

[macdon02]

Nat gas is the other sector im looking at this fall, its been beat for so long. Can't keep outlawing coal without a replacement. None of this canuck shit though, has to be priced in USD. Chesapeake, Duke, CNQ if you have to stay Canadian. There's others. It's clean, it's feasible and whether we are warming or cooling its a win. It's just beat for too long since Enron. Not so much a trade as a buy and hold.

[Oliver88]

Nat gas is the other sector im looking at this fall, its been beat for so long. Can't keep outlawing coal without a replacement. None of this canuck shit though, has to be priced in USD. Chesapeake, Duke, CNQ if you have to stay Canadian. There's others. It's clean, it's feasible and whether we are warming or cooling its a win. It's just beat for too long since Enron. Not so much a trade as a buy and hold.

Which American natural gas stock is looking the best?