11.   The higher grain prices also mean smaller supplies of pork -- and higher prices --as early as the second half of this year.

12.   The report caught traders off balance because they thought much higher grain prices this winter would have encouraged hog breeders to cut back.

13.   The steep decline prompted Midwestern farmers to sell some of the corn and soybeans they had been hoarding in anticipation of higher grain prices.

14.   Tight grain supplies have already pushed up some retail prices, as food processors to pass higher grain costs on to grocers.

15.   Tyson stock rose with the acquisition, then came down as weakness in foreign economies undermined exports and higher grain prices pushed up costs.

16.   Signs pointing toward a lower wheat harvest this year sent futures prices for the grain higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

17.   Soybeans followed grains higher.