21.   Total U.S. corn and soybean exports slipped briefly, but U.S. farmers are undeterred.

22.   With Brazilian soybean exports more than doubling this year, there is a shortage of oilseeds for domestic use, further encouraging increased planting.

23.   Workers remained on the job in Paranagua, the largest port for soybean exports.

24.   Bumper crops from South America would almost certainly cut into U.S. soybean exports.

25.   But prices evened out early Tuesday after the USDA issued its report on private soybean exports.

26.   Gains were limited by expectations of increased soybean exports from South America.

27.   New rumors surfaced of possible U.S. soybean exports to China.

28.   Prices also were supported by prospects that U.S. soybean exports could be boosted by harvest delays in Brazil.

29.   Soybean exports also have slowed, according to the USDA report.

30.   Soybean futures rose amid expectation for a increase in soybean oil exports as the price of a competing vegetable oil, palm oil, moves higher.