11.   Grain and soybean prices plummeted Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade amid changing weather forecasts and positive crop outlooks.

12.   Grain and soybean futures jumped higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade in anticipation that crop outlooks will improve over the long holiday weekend.

13.   North Korean crop outlook bleak in drought.

14.   Soybeans also retreated under pressure from the weather, with the crop outlook strengthened on a combination of past rains and a coming warming trend.

15.   Traders blamed gloomy consumption prospects and the improving crop outlook in the key West African producing region for driving down the market.