1.   Close rings can mean drought and wide ones plentiful rains.

2.   Corn and soybean prices plunged for a second day as plentiful rains across western crop regions eased the stress of dry soil conditions.

3.   Ideal growing conditions during the summer and early fall --plentiful rain and warm temperatures -- aided the crop, analysts said.

4.   Ideal growing conditions during the summer and early fall --plentiful rain and warm temperatures -- aided the crop.

5.   Plentiful rains and warm weather had produced abundant grasses in the stream bottoms.

6.   Still, plentiful rains during December left the crop in good shape, traders said.

7.   Plentiful rains across Brazil have washed away the threat of power blackouts, but energy rationing will remain in force at least through February, the government has said.

8.   Industry, emerging from a two-year recession, has been praying for plentiful rains as it chases an eight percent growth target set for it by Singh.

9.   Some analysts pointed to new weather forecasts that predicted less plentiful rain as the reason.