Insights and Stories of Tom Polansek

Source of U.S. PEDv outbreak may never be learned: CVO

Jun. 3, 2014 at 12:22 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Investigators may never determine how a highly contagious virus that has killed an estimated 10 per cent of U.S. pigs entered the country for the first time last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top veterinarian said Monday. The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) has wiped […]

PEDv re-infects U.S. farm, fuels supply fears

May. 29, 2014 at 4:34 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally for fourth day; soybeans climb

Apr. 25, 2014 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CME Group overhauls daily grain price limits

Apr. 22, 2014 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn rises on planting delays; soybeans sink

Apr. 22, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Markets sink on improved weather, fund selling

Apr. 21, 2014 at 4:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell the most in more than a year on Monday as rains expected in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains raised hopes for the upcoming harvest. Improved weather also pressured corn and soybean futures amid projections for accelerated plantings in the U.S. Midwest. Technical and […]

By Tom Polansek

USDA seen considering mandatory reports of PEDv outbreaks

Apr. 14, 2014 at 6:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is considering rules that would require outbreaks of a deadly pig virus to be reported to the government in an effort to improve tracking of the disease, which has already spread to 30 states, an industry group said Monday. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus […]

By Meredith Davis Tom Polansek

CME Group trading outage exposes weakened trading floor

Apr. 9, 2014 at 8:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Open-outcry traders sprang into action during an electronic trading halt in CME Group agricultural markets on Tuesday, but a better solution to the outage would have been to close the pits down too, traders and investors said a day later. In chaos following the outage on […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop as imports ease supply tightness

Apr. 7, 2014 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slid Monday as increased imports of the oilseed from South America were expected to alleviate tight supplies in the U.S., the world’s top producer of the crop. Wheat futures jumped after touching a three-week low in the previous session. Traders worried that unfavourably […]

By Tom Polansek

Merck wants to test Zilmax on 240,000 cattle but beef industry resists

Apr. 4, 2014 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Merck & Co Inc. wants to feed its controversial feed additive Zilmax to 240,000 U.S. cattle to prove it is safe. But there is a problem: giant meat processors like Cargill Inc don’t want to touch animals fed with the drug. Merck plans to conduct the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek