71.   Chicago corn and soybean futures closed up sharply Thursday as dry weather continued to plague the crops.

72.   Chicago corn and soybean futures prices advanced Tuesday amid forecasts for dry weather in the Midwest.

73.   Chicago corn and soybean futures also rose amid forecasts for dry weather this week in the Midwest and the possibility of another heat wave early next week.

74.   Chicago soybean futures prices rose Friday on continued concern about forecasts of dry weather.

75.   Chicago soybean futures prices closed firm Friday, as traders reacted to a report of rising exports and forecasts for continued dry weather.

76.   Cocoa prices fell amid speculation that crops in West Africa, in the early stages of harvest, were less damaged than expected by dry weather.

77.   Coffee could rise in the coming week amid growing concern that dry weather in Latin America will delay harvests and reduce the quality of crops.

78.   Coffee fell amid speculation that rain in Colombia and Indonesia is easing stress on parched crops caused by unusually dry weather.

79.   Coffee futures fell amid speculation that recent concern about dry weather in Brazil is exaggerated, and that growers elsewhere in the world will have a strong harvest.

80.   Coffee futures rose to an eight-week high after forecasters said persistently dry weather could lower the quality of coffee nearing harvest in Latin America.