Tom Polansek

Exclusive: Roosters’ fertility problem hits U.S. chicken supply, lifts prices

August 25, 2021 at 6:18 a.m.

(Reuters) - The world's largest chicken breeder has discovered that a key breed of rooster has a genetic issue that is reducing its fertility, adding to problems constraining U.S. poultry...

CME vows to keep trading pits open if electronic platform fails

August 25, 2021 at 5:09 a.m.

CME Group Inc. pushed back against calls for it to close open-outcry trading if its electronic platform fails, saying that most traders have access to the pits. "To close down...

Exclusive: Faulty technology triggered CME trading outage – chairman

August 25, 2021 at 4:28 a.m.

The worst-ever trading outage on the world's most important agricultural markets was triggered when sophisticated technology tripped over a trading halt in a single market, the executive chairman of exchange...

China rejections of GMO U.S. corn cost up to $2.9 billion: group

August 25, 2021 at 4:04 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - China's rejections of a banned variety of genetically modified U.S. corn have cost the U.S. agriculture industry up to $2.9 billion, a grain group said on Wednesday...

USDA considers mandatory reports of deadly pig virus outbreaks: industry group

August 25, 2021 at 3:59 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is considering rules that would require outbreaks of a deadly pig virus to be reported to the government in an effort to improve tracking...

USDA considers mandatory reports of deadly pig virus outbreaks: industry group

May 14, 2019 at 5:53 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is considering rules that would require outbreaks of a deadly pig virus to be reported to the government in an effort to improve tracking...

CME Group trading outage exposes weakened trading floor

August 25, 2021 at 3:50 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Open-outcry traders sprang into action during an electronic trading halt in CME Group Inc agricultural markets on Tuesday, but a better solution to the outage would have...

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

May 14, 2019 at 5:51 a.m.

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...

ADM stock hits 2014 high as Australia renews GrainCorp bid hopes

August 25, 2021 at 3:28 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co shares on Friday climbed to their highest level this year after an Australia official appeared to leave the door open for the U.S....

Cargill energy closures signal focus on competitive markets

December 23, 2018 at 11:12 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cargill Inc has shifted its focus in the energy sector with its exit from coal and European power and gas markets, confirming a commitment to areas where...

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