Agricultural crops report 2011

The USDA released its planting intentions report this morning, which shows corn acres planted for the 2011/12 crop season expected to be up 4.5% YoY at 92.178 mln acres, slightly above the initial USDA projection of 92 mln. Soybean plantings are expected to be 76.609 mln, down 1 YoY%, vs. 78 consensus. Wheat plantings are expected to be up 8.2% at 58.021 mln acres vs. 55.5 mln consensus.

Applie is up how much versus the S & P as of 3/2/11? See the %

Apple’s up 8.2%, year-to-date, versus 3.2% for the S&P 500.

Apple price projections by the analysis

The following is a list of Analyst Targets for AAPL reported in 2011. The average is $442 ($451 for those released on 1/19 or after). There are many analysts who have not updated since earnings...many more upgrades to come.
Zacks 2/9/2011 $422
Canaccord Genuity 2/8/2011 $460
Susquehanna 2/7/2011 $465
Needham 2/7/2011 $450
Piper Jaffray 1/22/2011 $483
UBS 1/20/2011 $465
Barclays Capital 1/19/2011 $450
Deutsche Bank 1/19/2011 $440
Goldman Sachs 1/19/2011 $450
JP Morgan 1/19/2011 $450
Kaufman Bros 1/19/2011 $438
Oppenheimer 1/19/2011 $425
RBC Capital Mkts 1/19/2011 $425
Stifel Nicolaus 1/19/2011 $420
Ticonderoga 1/19/2011 $550
Wedbush 1/19/2011 $430
JMP Securities 1/10/2011 $400
Brigantine 1/4/2011 $400
Bank of America 1/2/2011 $420
ISI Group 1/2/2011 $400