1.   Commodity prices are climbing, as is demand for U.S. grain exports.

2.   Corn exports to Iran had also been growing rapidly in recent years, according to the U.S. Feed Grains Council, an industry group that focuses on grain exports.

3.   Commodity prices are climbing, as is demand for American grain exports.

4.   Expanded acreage could benefits grain exports, food processors, farm equipment dealers and farm chemical companies.

5.   Feed grain exports could slow.

6.   Most vulnerable are grain exports, automobiles, engine parts and processed foods.

7.   Speculation swept grain markets in Chicago on Wednesday that the administration may be considering plans to restrict grain exports, control prices or reduce demand by some other means.

8.   The Agriculture Department will publish its weekly summary of grain exports tomorrow before trading starts.

9.   The Clinton administration opposes a tax on grain exports, and has no plans to jawbone major grain buyers to pace their U.S. grain purchases, he said.

10.   The northwest, including the states of Washington and Montana, now accounts for about a half of U.S. grain exports.