1.   Buoyed by reports on beta carotene, hopeful that their sweet potatoes may become the anti-cancer food of the future, growers see better times ahead.

2.   By the end of the day, though, seeing that the jobs report had buoyed the market, he put all that money back in.

3.   The inflation report buoyed shares of food and beverage companies on hopes rapid increases in raw material costs that had battered profits are over.

4.   The inflation report buoyed shares of food and beverage companies on hopes that the rapid increases in raw material costs that had battered profits have ended.

5.   The report also buoyed optimism the Fed would refrain from raising interest rates in coming months.

6.   Corn futures also were buoyed by reports that some corn fields in the central and southern Midwest are infected with a fungus called gray leaf spot.

7.   BP was also buoyed by reports that it had discovered one of the largest oil fields in Colombia.

8.   Trading was also buoyed by reports of imminent buying by many countries, including Russia and Ukraine, where crops once again have proved disappointing.