John Deere News

's stock had its "hold" rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Group in a research note issued on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Network reports.

Deere & Company is well placed to benefit from structural demand growth for farm equipment supported by high farm income, growing global demand for agricultural commodities and the need for more efficient equipment.

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The firm currently has $85.00 target price on the stock, down from their previous target price of $98.00. "Recovering commodity inventories point to lower US farm income and capex.

Deere & Co. was downgraded to sell from neutral by Goldman Sachs, and its price target was cut to $85 from $98 per share in a noted dated May 17.

With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and feature high-tech innovations like computer-guided directional equipment.

Net income attributable to Deere & Company was $1.084 billion, or $2.76 per share, for the second quarter ended April 30, compared with $1.056 billion, or $2.61 per share, for the same period last year.

Tractor-maker Deere & Co and Mosaic, the fertilizer giant, joined commentators cutting forecasts for US corn plantings this year after wet weather which has left sowings running at their slowest pace on record.

Meanwhile, the security's 50-day International Securities Exchange , Chicago Board Options Exchange , and NASDAQ OMX PHLX call/put volume ratio stands at 3.07, confirming calls bought to open have more than tripled puts during the past 10 weeks.

Macy's Inc. reported a 20 percent increase in first-quarter profit even though cool temperatures and economic worries dampened some of its shoppers' spending on spring clothes.

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, pushing benchmark indexes to fresh records, as data showing weakness in manufacturing fueled bets the Federal Reserve will be in no hurry to scale back stimulus.

According to CEO Stuart Gulliver, HSBC plans to cut employees down to 240,000 by 2016.

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Shares of The Mosaic Co. and China Housing & Land Development rose in premarket trading on Wednesday while Deere & Co and Tenet Healthcare shares fell.

Industrial production declined in April by the most in eight months, indicating American manufacturers will provide little support for an economy beset by weaker global markets and federal budget cuts.

Stock futures dipped Wednesday as another nation in Europe sank into recession and the economic contraction for the entire European Union stretched into its sixth straight quarter.

Deere & Co. says its second-quarter net income rose almost 3 percent as it raised prices and the farm economy continued to be strong.

Deere & Co. , the world's largest agricultural-equipment maker, cut its full-year equipment sales forecast citing global financial "pressures" and cold, wet weather that has delayed crop planting in the U.S. Equipment revenue will increase by about 5 percent in the year through October, the Moline, Illinois-based company said today in a statement, ... (more)

In this April 2, 2012 photo, Derek Long uses a John Deere tractor to disk and cultivate a field in preparation for planting corn in Loami, Ill.