1.   Soybean prices also rose on extended weather forecasts that called for cool and wet weather that traders speculated could hamper development and collection of the crops.

2.   Perhaps not by coincidence, the leaders are used to wet weather.

3.   Prices also were pressured by forecasts for showers in South America this weekend and more wet weather ahead.

4.   Team officials blamed the withdrawal on gearbox problems due in part to wet weather.

5.   Wheat futures sank Friday in early activity on the Chicago Board of Trade, responding to wet weather in some wheat-growing regions.

6.   The job losses were attributed to wet weather across much of the country.