21.   Prices soared because of low stockpiles and signs of smaller Latin American crops.

22.   Prices for premium wines have not yet fallen significantly, however, because two subsequent smaller crops postponed a much-anticipated glut of wine in California.

23.   Smaller crops and lower quality beans in Latin America, the traditional mainstay of U.S. coffee imports, forced roasters to look elsewhere for supplies.

24.   Smaller crops elsewhere are also contributing to the low world supply estimate.

25.   Smaller crops elsewhere are also contributing to the stockpile estimate.

26.   Smaller beans can lead to reduced yields and a smaller crop.

27.   Still, traders said weather and disease problems could result in a smaller Colombian crop than the federation forecast.

28.   The department today said other major cotton producing nations will harvest smaller crops than previously thought, and thus boost U.S. exports.

29.   The prospect of a smaller Colombian crop comes amid a shortage of high-quality beans for U.S. roasters.

30.   The price surge began when industry forecasters began projecting smaller crops in Central America during the current season, and in South America in the coming season.