1.   A killing frost from Nebraska to Indiana in September prematurely ended the growing season for northern crop regions.

2.   A similar amount is expected later this week for both Brazil and corn crop regions in Argentina, improving growing conditions that have suffered from prolonged dry weather.

3.   Coffee prices rose amid concern a mass of cold air could reach coffee crop regions in Brazil, damaging trees for the second time in three years.

4.   Corn and soybean prices plunged for a second day as plentiful rains across western crop regions eased the stress of dry soil conditions.

5.   Corn prices soared as weekend rain and forecasts for additional precipitation this week delayed planting in the eastern U.S. crop regions.

6.   Moderate amounts of rain could fall in some crop regions this weekend.

7.   Soybean crop regions in southern Brazil received as much as two inches of rain this weekend, allowing farmers to finish planting.

8.   Soybeans and corn dropped after weekend rains soaked dry fields in eastern crop regions, raising hopes for a larger harvest.

9.   The rainfall could delay planting in eastern crop regions, which is already behind the normal pace.

10.   Truckers, who are protesting that transport companies ignored accords on freight payments, transport Colombian coffee from crop regions to export docks.