1.   The shift in exchange rates not only opened lively red meat and grain markets in Italy, Spain and France.

2.   Although frenzy prevails today in the grain markets, agriculture has always been a series of booms and busts.

3.   Analysts said the subsidy guarantees probably will boost farm income this year on top of record-high prices being posted this spring in the grain markets.

4.   Arbor, a popular soybean trader, during his campaign emphasized high seat prices and expectations for record trading volume this year, brought on by surging grain markets.

5.   CBOT grain markets have fallen steadily since early October amid government forecasts for larger crops and weaker demand, leaving additional supplies for U.S. processors and livestock producers.

6.   China jolted the global grain market last year by becoming a net importer of wheat from a major exporter.

7.   China last year sparked a rally in U.S. grain markets after prohibiting corn exports and buying on the world market.

8.   Corn futures slid amid speculation that early harvested crops from the South are being shipped into the Midwest, easing tight grain markets.

9.   Farmers are taking steps that economists said will make them more self-sufficient, less vulnerable to changes in foreign grain markets -- and eventually richer.

10.   Favorable growing weather in South America continues to weigh on grain markets.