Tom Polansek

Analysis: Nervous farmers scramble for corn seed after drought

August 22, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ohio farmer Rob Joslin is not taking chances with his corn seed, despite assurances that seed companies emerged from this summer's devastating drought with adequate supplies. Joslin,...

Analysis: Nervous farmers scramble for corn seed after drought

August 23, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

Peregrine Financial’s top asset caught in dispute

December 24, 2018 at 9:33 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A plan to sell Peregrine Financial Group's most valuable asset - the failed brokerage's gleaming headquarters - to raise money for bilked customers is being held up...

U.S. grain markets atwitter as crop tour tweets fuel rally

August 22, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

(Reuters) - When U.S. grain markets suddenly began moving higher last Monday morning, traders pointed to tweets from an annual crop tour that detailed the damage, both in words and...

Grain elevators shut, barges halted as Isaac nears

December 24, 2018 at 7:42 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. grain elevators on the Gulf coast were shut and barges carrying grain and other goods on the lower Mississippi River were halted in preparation for Tropical...

Grain elevators shut, barges halted as Isaac nears

August 23, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. grain elevators on the Gulf coast were shut and barges carrying grain and other goods on the lower Mississippi River were halted in preparation for Tropical...

Peregrine CEO pleads not guilty to lying to regulators

August 23, 2021 at 5:31 p.m.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Sr., chief executive of failed futures brokerage Peregrine Financial Group, pleaded not guilty to lying to federal regulators on Friday. The widely expected...

Tech-savvy investors flock to old-school crop tour

December 24, 2018 at 6:45 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The worst drought in a half century is bringing tech-savvy crop forecasters and fund managers back to the farm tradition of walking field rows to assess damage...

Peregrine CEO pleads not guilty to lying to regulators

December 24, 2018 at 6:50 p.m.

Peregrine CEO indicted for lying to regulators

December 24, 2018 at 6:23 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Peregrine Financial Group founder and chief executive Russell Wasendorf Sr was indicted on charges of lying to regulators, a little over a month after he botched...

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