1.   Blumenau-based Hering is the parent company that controls Hering Textile SA and Ceval Alimentos SA, the largest soybean exporter in Brazil.

2.   Bunge already owns a controlling stake in Santista Alimentos SA, the second largest soybean crusher in Brazil.

3.   It is the largest soybean meal exporter and the second largest exporter of soybean oil.

4.   Other big gainers were Ceval Alimentos SA, the largest soybean exporter in the world, whose shares have risen after the government lifted an export tax.

5.   The Agriculture Department today forecast for fall the second largest soybean crop and third largest corn harvest on record.

6.   The Agriculture Department today forecast this fall the second largest soybean crop and third largest corn harvest on record.

7.   The U.S. Agriculture Department said today it expects U.S. farmers to harvest the fourth-largest corn crop ever this year and the largest soybean crop.

8.   The U.S. is currently harvesting its largest soybean crop ever and its third-largest corn crop.

9.   Gains were limited by forecasts for beneficial rain in Brazil and Argentina, the largest soybean producers after the United States.