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Fri 12^th March 2010

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		US soybean prices tumble as Chinese imports dry up China cancels a batch of US soybean orders, raising fears that it is switching to Brazilian supplies and sending Chicago prices down 3% Read more...


		Milk market 'holding its breath' as rally tested A rise in milk output, as spring hits the northern hemisphere, will test how robust the revival in dairy prices really is, says Rabobank				Pound saves UK farmers while Irish peers suffer UK farmers, whose subsidies have been boosted by a weak pound, are raising sowings while their Irish peers cut back, the owner of Masstock says

Too early for Argentine corn farmers to celebrate
Their corn looks good but could yet be upset by weather and a hangover from sowing delays, the USDA says, explanding on its upgrade to the crop

Egypt order pulls Paris wheat from 3-year low
Paris wheat closes marginally above its lowest since July 2006 after Egypt orders 60,000 tonnes, offsetting a cocktail of downbeat news

Sugar plunges 7% back below 20 cents a pound
Weak technical factors, coupled with reports of Indian mills cancelling purchase orders, send the sweetener to its lowest since August

US wheat stocks to hit highest for 22 years
American inventories of the grain are to top 1bn bushels for the first time since 1988, as consumers' taste for bread wanes, official data show

World corn crop to top 800m tonnes for first time
US officials, in a much-watched report, hike hopes for production in Argentina and South Africa. Estimates for American output are cut - a little

Malaysian palm oil output hits lowest since 2007
Poor weather and labour shortages have taken their toll, official data show, as a leading analyst says palm oil may gain a premium to soyoil

Coffee revives as Vietnam starts stockpiling
London coffee rises from a three-year low as Vietnam starts building stocks. Weak Colombian data and technical factors help New York prices

USDA to make 'surprise raise' to corn crop guess
Washington will lift, not lower, its estimate of the delayed 2009-10 corn crop in a much-watched report on Wednesday, a leading analyst says

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