91.   Loans can be repaid at a lower, world price and the farmer can pocket the difference and still sell the crop.

92.   Lopez said Colombia prepared for a slump in world oil prices.

93.   Meanwhile, world oil prices were falling.

94.   More surplus grain for export could drive down world grain prices because China is one of the largest traders.

95.   Munk and other Barrick officials said there would be less forward selling in the future, which, they noted, should push world prices upward.

96.   No matter what other oil-producing countries may do, Pena noted that the United States will not participate in any efforts to manipulate world oil prices.

97.   Nonetheless, there are reasons why the world commodity price of gold is languishing.

98.   Now lean inventories and robust world demand mean prices are likely to remain at current levels or rise even higher in coming months, traders say.

99.   Oil companies were given an added boost by the rise in world oil prices, as mounting tensions between Iraq and the United Nations threatened to reduce supplies.