Farm Products Stocks: Le Gaga Holdings (NASDAQ:GAGA), Limoneira Company (NASDAQ:LMNR), S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW), Adecoagro SA (NYSE:AGRO)

Le Gaga Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:GAGA), a greenhouse vegetable producer in China, announced its financial results for the first fiscal half ended December 31, 2013. Overall the revenue for the period has been decreased. Mr. Shing Yung Ma, the CEO of Le Gaga, commented, “During the months of August, September and October we have spent substantial efforts preparing for the upcoming solanaceous season. Planting of solanaceous products commenced at the end of August in Fujian. Planting in Guangdong was delayed by 20 to 30 days compared to last year due to typhoon “Usagi”, which hit our Guangdong farm bases in September. We have also spent much effort on the conversion of part of our greenhouse area to soil-less production, which we started in May 2013. As of December 31, 2013, we have completed the conversion of 2,257 mu of greenhouse area. Le Gaga Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:GAGA) shares after opening at $3.60 moved to $3.68 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $3.64. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.69 and price to cash ratio as 3.19. Le Gaga Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:GAGA)  showed a positive weekly performance of 3.41%.

Zacks upgraded shares of Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) from an underperform rating to a neutral rating in a research note released on Tuesday morning, ARN reports. They currently have $23.80 target price on the stock Limoneira Company (NASDAQ:LMNR) shares advanced 0.55% in last trading session and ended the day on $22.07. LMNR return on equity ratio is recorded as 6.70% and its return on assets is 3.30%. Limoneira Company (NASDAQ:LMNR) yearly performance is 19.04%.

S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) Director Grover Wickersham purchased 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $6.63 per share, for a total transaction of $232,050.00.  S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) shares moved down -0.54% in last trading session and was closed at $7.39, while trading in range of $7,17-$7.45. S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) year to date performance is 6.33%.

In trading on Friday, shares of Adecoagro SA (AGRO) entered into oversold territory, hitting an RSI reading of 29.7, after changing hands as low as $7.02 per share. By comparison, the current RSI reading of the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is 37.8. A bullish investor could look at AGRO’s 29.7 RSI reading as a sign that the recent heavy selling is in the process of exhausting itself, and begin to look for entry point opportunities on the buy side. Adecoagro SA (NYSE:AGRO) weekly performance is -0.50%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.96. Adecoagro SA (NYSE:AGRO) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 2.58%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $10.75.

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