101.   But after soybean oil futures failed to break through a key psychological resistance point late in the session, investors began to sell.

102.   But soybean oil cannot be used for cooking unless it is hydrogenated to extend its shelf life and improve its flavor.

103.   Demand continues to be strong for soybean oil and other vegetable oils, but weekend rain in Brazil appears to have helped those crops during a critical growing period.

104.   Gustafson said there were indications India bought South American soybean oil this week.

105.   In addition, many traders who missed out on the recent soybean and meal rallies jumped into soybean oil, which they felt still represented a bargain.

106.   Large purchases of cotton, soybean oil, wheat and corn are among the products China is expected to import.

107.   Soybean futures also were supported by talk that earthquake damage to two Japanese soybean processing plants could result in additional sales of U.S. soybean oil and meal to Japan.

108.   Soybeans have been propped up by strong world demand for soybean oil and other vegetable oils, but those markets have been volatile this week.

109.   Soybeans and soybean oil also advanced on talk China has sharply reduced import taxes, which would encourage new Chinese purchases of soybean oil.

110.   Thailand has experienced shortages of palm oil, soybean oil and rice oil this year.