1.   As long as the corn crop forecast continues to dwindle, economists will raise their outlook on food price inflation.

2.   Abecitrus will issue a revised crop forecast on Friday.

3.   Coffee could retreat after a U.S. inventory report and Brazilian crop forecast are published next week.

4.   Guaxupe will come out with another crop forecast in April just before the harvest begins and again in August after the harvest is completed.

5.   If they revise recent crop forecasts, the new estimates are expected to be lower, which could support prices, Oliveros said.

6.   In other markets, corn was steady as traders await a monthly government crop forecast.

7.   In Florida, continued warm weather and drought has resulted in sharply lower citrus crop forecasts.

8.   Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures prices closed lower Friday on Agriculture Department news that crop production forecasts were within expectations.

9.   Some traders had expected even larger crop forecasts for South America.

10.   Soybean futures were little changed ahead of a key government crop production forecast due out before trading Tuesday.