Stocks to Watch – Yongye International Inc. (Public, NASDAQ: YONG)

Yongye International, Inc. operates through its subsidiary Yongye Nongfeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd (Yongye Nongfeng). The Company manufactures, researches, develops and sells fulvic acid-based liquid and powder nutrient compounds for plants and animals used in the agriculture industry. It manufactures and sells two major products: plant and animal product.

Animal Product

Its animal product is a powder and consists of its fulvic acid base compound mixed with other nutrients and Chinese herbs. Both of its products are marketed under the name Shengmingsu. Yongye International, Inc. is engaged in the development of liquid plant products that are tailored for specific crops and powder animal products for cows, pigs, chickens and sheep.

Moreover, this animal product is targeted at and administered to dairy cows by mixing the powder product with cows’ food as its antibiotic-type properties typically help decrease inflammation and alleviate pain due to mastitis, which occurs as a result of milking. Both of its products are marketed under the name Shengmingsu. Yongye International, Inc. is engaged in the development of liquid plant products that are tailored for specific crops and powder animal products for cows, pigs, chickens and sheep. These products will supplement its product offering.

Plant product

Yongye Nongfeng’s universal liquid plant product consists of its fulvic acid compound base mixed with additional nutrients that plats typically need to grow. This is applied to various types of crops through mixing with water and directly spraying it on plants. This can serve as a typical conjunction with normal fertilizer and pesticide use.

It primarily sells its plant product by the 100 milliliter bottle and in cases of 100 bottles per case. Its animal nutrient product is a powder, which consists of its fulvic acid compound base, with additional nutrients and Chinese herbs that reduce inflammation, and is targeted at and administered to dairy cows through mixture with cow feed. It sells its animal product in bags that contain 20,300 gram packets.

Moreover, it is a Chinese agricultural nutrient company, with production facilities located in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Yongye is backed by industry leading R&D and production capabilities. The Company sells its products through a selected network of over 800 county-level distributors and 29,000 independently owned Yongye-branded retailers spanning over 30 provinces in China.

Yongye International Inc. (Public, NASDAQ: YONG) 52 week 3.01 – 8.45 Mkt cap 217.31M Shares 50.54M