STEV - More potential that it is given credit for...

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Stevia Corp. is an agricultural firm based in the United States, which is coming out of its the development stage. The company’s objective is to maximize its profits by applying agricultural economics to the management of farms.

The fundamentals of agricultural economics in the management of farms include researching the agricultural industry extensively, applying the most prevalent and most recently developed economic theories, researching industrial pricing structures, and assuring availability of resources needed to operate farms.

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In short, firms managed under the aforementioned structure develop scientific methods for running the farming operations, including “alternatives, choices & opportunities within the framework of resource restrictions & social & personal constraints of farming business. This complex information is integrated and synthesized,”

Stevia Corp., which before March 4, 2011, was known as Interpro Management Corp., was established in 2007 to grow and market the Stevia rabaudiana plant, which is used to produce stevia extracts.

In September 2011, Stevia began to trade on the Over-the-Counter Exchange (OTC) under the symbol STEV.

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The stevia extract, when blended with sugar, produces a product with less caloric content, thus attacking obesity, and allows people to still enjoy drinks such as coke or even a chocolate.

In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the stevia extract Rebaudioside A (Reb-A), extracted from stevia leaves, for the U.S. market. Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc., and Cargill Inc. products contain the stevia extract Reb-A.

In less than a year [after FDA approval], Stevia’s U.S. sales had passed sales figures for saccharine and aspartame. Today, Stevia is found in over 6,000 products including beverages, foods and medicines, and this number is growing rapidly as Stevia heads towards mass commoditization like sugar and high fructose corn syrup.

Stevia Corp. has research and development operations in the United States, Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia, and farms in Vietnam (3 nursery fields and 17 test fields) and Indonesia.

In October 2011, Stevia went into strategic partnerships with Agro Genesis Pte Ltd. and Growers Synergy Pte Ltd., which mainly specialize in operating Asian agribusiness operations.

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It should be noted that Stevia Corp. is still in its development stage and did not report any real sales revenue in its Sept. 30, 2011, income statement, as per its 10-Q filing. However, this is in no way a red flag should you understand how beginning stage agri businesses and whole sale distributions channels work.

Stevia “has a very attractive entry point, and prices could continue to rise steadily with some very real potential to rocket past the $1.00 mark! I recommend you begin your research on STEV immediately! We see some very real potential for gains in the intermediate term and beyond,” according to an October 2011 article on the StockMarketWatch website.

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It should be noted that Stevia Corp. is still in its development stage and did not report any real sales revenue in its Sept. 30, 2011, income statement, as per its 10-Q filing. However, this is in no way a red flag should you understand how beginning stage agri businesses and whole sale distributions channels work.

Stevia “has a very attractive entry point, and prices could continue to rise steadily with some very real potential to rocket past the $1.00 mark! I recommend you begin your research on STEV immediately! We see some very real potential for gains in the intermediate term and beyond,” according to an October 2011 article on the StockMarketWatch website.
The European Union Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health approved high-purity stevia for use as a food ingredient in July 2011, according to the Packaged Facts press release.

“Following approval in Europe, Packaged Facts expects sales of products containing stevia to skyrocket. European approval is projected to trigger approval across Africa and the Middle East, and global approval is widely expected by the end of 2012,” the Packaged Facts press release stated.

The stevia extract global market could reach 11,000 tons by end of 2014, necessitating stevia production to increase to at least three times the 2011 level.