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Dryness threatens upbeat hopes for Aussie canola

The Australian canola harvest, which will be crucial to keeping up world supplies, may come in short of bank and US estimates, oilseeds experts say

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New Britain falls prey to 'freakish' rains
Shares in the palm oil group fall after it unveils a halving in profits, sapped by the impact of rains which rival Sipef termed "freakish"
US, Russia dryness fears stoke wheat price revival
Wheat the top US growing state shows a marked deterioration - with implications for soybeans too - while crop concerns grow in parts of Russia
Brokers line up to cast doubt on US corn, soy data
Commentators from Goldman Sachs to the University of Illinois raise doubts about official US crop estimates, changing dynamics in futures markets
US soybean supplies pegged at tightest in 47 years
US officials, in opening estimates for 2012-13, forecast a steeper-than-expected drop in soybean supplies, limiting a rebuild in world oilseed stocks
Wilmar dents hopes for China crush margin revival
Shares in Asia's top farm commodities trader plunge to a three-year low after it reports losses in oilseed processing, and forecasts further strug
Glencore flags revival in cotton but not biodiesel
The commodities giant says its cotton operations have returned to profit. But margins in oilseed crushing remain "challenging"
Oil World downgrades Argentine soybean crop, again
The consultancy for a fourth successive week cuts its forecast for Argentina's drought and frost stressed soybeans
US growers keep up rapid sowings, despite rains
Rainfall slowed US spring sowings, but by less than investors had expected. The rapid pace of corn seedings frees farmers to get ahead on soybeans too
US farmers 'ditch plans to cut soybean sowings'
US soybean acreage will rise after all this year, as high prices encourage farmers to switch from corn and plant as a follow-on crop after wheat
Rapeseed price to stay high, as crop hopes dwindle
A retreat in rapeseed prices is likely to prove temporary, Rabobank signals, as it lowers the bar further on estimates for Europe's harvest
Rapeseed rally turns biofuel plants to cooking oil
The strength of rapeseed prices is prompting Europe's biodiesel makers increasingly to switch to animal fat and used cooking oil instead
Ageing crops a problem for palm oil, besides sugar
Palm oil output faces a "severe structural slowdown" caused by a failure to replant, Standard Chartered says, echoing the main problem in sugar
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Soybean prices - what does 2012 have in store?

Will 2012 bring soybeans strong gains, as they experienced in 2010, or more of the declines seen last year? Top banks give their forecasts

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