11.   Spring plantings in the upper U.S. and Canada could drop because of flooding along the fertile Red River.

12.   Soybeans advanced amid forecasts of smaller spring plantings and strong demand for livestock feeds.

13.   This would allow farmers to complete spring planting and ease fears of disease problems with the winter wheat crop.

14.   Uninhibited by rain, farmers will make up for rain-delayed planting this spring.

15.   Wheat futures fell after a six-day rally on speculation that farmers would take advantage of the higher prices by planting more spring wheat.

16.   A private estimate that spring wheat plantings would rise weighed on prices.

17.   As farmers make swift progress with their spring plantings, concerns are increasing that a dry-weather pattern is re-emerging after a spate of April showers.

18.   Corn prices climbed to one-month highs, boosted by talk of smaller spring plantings and by the sharp gains in wheat.

19.   Expectations that cool, wet weather could delay spring planting provided some support.