1.   In general, exporters were also optimistic about export prospects for the year ahead.

2.   And its export prospects were limited by its size.

3.   At the same time, German companies worried about dimmer export prospects and put off new hiring and investment.

4.   But prices finished up on good export prospects and a lack of harvest pressure.

5.   Corn futures were pressured by rumors that China could be selling corn to South Korea, which would hurt American export prospects.

6.   Export prospects worsened in the capital goods industry, the backbone of the German economy, led by growing pessimism among makers of machinery and commercial vehicles.

7.   Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures prices fell Thursday, reflecting slack export prospects.

8.   Most Kansas City wheat and Chicago grain and soybean futures prices finished higher Tuesday, helped by stronger wheat export prospects and forecasts for warmer, drier Midwest weather.

9.   Similar export prospects lifted cotton and soybeans.