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![]() Jan. 4, 2017 Source: Agri Marketing magazine In 2016 Agri Marketing's Ag Stock Index finished the year up 17%. That compares to the Dow Jones Industrial Index up 13%, S&P 500 up 11% and NASDAQ up 10%. The Agri Marketing Ag Stock Index is composed of a portfolio of 40 publicly traded companies with significant agricultural interests. Since its inception on January 1, 2006, the Agri Marketing Ag Stock Index has gained 110%. That compares to the Dow's gain of 80%, the S&P 500's gain of 44% and NASDAQ's gain of 114%. Nearly two-thirds of the companies' stock value closed the year higher while one-third closed lower. The Agri Marketing Stock Index's five largest gainers in 2016 were: 1. Farmer Mac (ag credit)...+85% 2. Alamo Group (farm machinery)...+47% 3. FMC (crop protection)...+46% 4. Trimble (precision farming)...+41% 5. Deere (farm machinery)...+38% The companies whose stock prices lost value in 2016 were: 1. Intrepid Potash (fertilizer)...-29% 2. CF Industries (fertilizer)...-20% 3. Bayer (crop protection, seed, animal health)..-14% 4. Tractor Supply (retail)...-10% Other notables: *AGCO...+29% *Agrium...+16% *Dow...+15% *DuPont...+12% *Monsanto...+9% *Syngenta...+3% *Valmont...+34% *Zoetis...+12% Tweet |
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