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Wheat prices Paris wheat hits fresh high on Russia export fears

Wheat hit its highest since April 2008, after Vladimir Putin signals that Russia's export ban has at least a further year to run

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Cotton prices Cotton hits 14-year top after stocks estimate cut
Supplies are poised to hit their tightest for 21 years, the International Cotton Advisory Committee says, as it slices its inventory estimate
Sugar prices Sugar prices near six-month top as crop hopes fade
Sugar prices are supported by disappointing news on Brazilian, French and Russian production, and anticipation of fund buying
Milk prices defy gloom to rebound by 25%
Whole milk powder prices, which many analysts have forecast as ripe for falls, break a three-month losing streak at Fonterra auctions
Opinion: who cares about sustainable palm oil?
Doug Hawkins of Hardman & Co analyses the hurdles to the campaign to improve palm oil practices - and where its ultimate battle will be fought
Win in Egyptian tender supports US wheat prices
Chicago wheat jumps 3% after the US notches up its second notable export win in 24 hours. Funds are reported to be buying wheat futures too
Sugar prices hit high as hopes for surplus dwindle
Sugar closes at its highest since March after Kingsman analysts follow peers at Czarnikow in cutting hopes for supplies of the sweetener
Seed losses threaten Pakistan's 2011 wheat harvest
Pakistan's floods destroyed 500,000 tonnes of seed wheat on the eve of plantings, threatening to extend its farming woes into next year
Russia 'may import' first US corn in a decade
Soaring feed wheat prices in drought-hit Russia have put the first sizeable US corn buys since 1990-00 on the agenda, Societe Generale says
UN extends round of cuts to world wheat forecasts
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation lowers harvest hopes on a mixed day for wheat prices, which are again stronger in Europe than the US
Czarnikow ditches forecast for world sugar surplus
The merchant says that, with many producers hit by weather setbacks, equilibrium between output and demand is the most that can be hoped for
Coffee prices in for big rally, if La Nina bites
Coffee could be in for a rally which would make this summer's "look fairly mild", ABN Amro says, warning output may fall back behind demand
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