Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg

More oil fallout for U.S. manufacturers

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
January 27, 2015
Caterpillar Inc. revenue and stock forecasts trail analyst's estimates for mining and construction equipment.

Precautions to save pork in place

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
October 7, 2014
Cargill Inc. is working to prevent the return of a disease that has killed about 8 million U.S. pigs in a little over a year, or to minimize its effect as winter approaches.

Deere lures Africa’s first-time buyers of tractors

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
September 12, 2013
Dealers for Deere & Co., the biggest farm-machinery maker, are opening new African sites to sell equipment such as the 5503 tractor, its most popular in the region. The $24,000 price is less than a 10th of some of its machines selling in the U.S.

Deere raises forecast after crops boost farm incomes

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
February 13, 2013
Deere & Co., the largest agricultural equipment maker, raised its full-year profit forecast and posted quarterly earnings that topped analysts’ estimates after record prices for corn and soybeans boosted farmers’ incomes.

Tyson says U.S. consumers may be shifting to chicken from beef

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
February 1, 2013
Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meat processor, said consumers may be shifting toward buying chicken and away from red meat after the price of beef rose at a faster pace.

Cargill to idle Texas beef plant as drought cut cattle herd

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
January 17, 2013
Cargill Inc., the largest U.S. beef processor, will idle a Texas processing plant after the size of the cattle herd fell to a 60-year low and years of drought increased feed costs. Cattle futures dropped.

Deere profit disappoints as sales slow outside U.S., Canada

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
November 21, 2012
Deere & Co., the world’s largest agricultural equipment maker, posted earnings that missed analysts’ estimates for a second consecutive quarter after sales declined 2 percent outside the U.S. and Canada.

Caterpillar forecasts slowest sales growth in four years

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
October 22, 2012
Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, forecast sales growth for 2013 that is the slowest in four years as the global economy decelerates.
Deere cuts earnings forecast as equipment sales slow in Asia

Deere cuts earnings forecast as equipment sales slow in Asia

Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg
August 15, 2012
Deere & Co. cut its full-year profit forecast as sales slow in Asia and Latin America, undermining the growth strategy at the world’s largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment.