Cocoa futures are in a sweet spot to retest 30-year highs set last month -- and could easily exceed them if supplies are shaved down again and demand looks closer to staging a comeback. These market pressures sent the December contract to $3,412 a metric ton on »

Colombian coffee production in October, the 1st month of the new 2009-10 crop cycle, fell 42% to 544,000 60-kilogram bags, Colombia's National Federation of Coffee Growers, or Fedecafe, said Friday. The output compares with total Colombian production »

Physical trading was modest this week in the Mexican cash grains markets as the new 2009 spring-summer white corn crop from the central Bajio region started to pick up pace, traders and importers said Friday. They said that as business for expensive dollar-based »

Below are prices set by Colombia's National Federation of Coffee Growers, or Fedecafe, for purchases by the National Coffee Fund on Friday. The prices, for a 125-kilogram bag of parchment coffee, apply until further notice but normally stay in effect »

SINGAPORE -- The weak U.S. dollar has pushed crude oil prices $20-$25 a barrel higher over the past couple of years, Exxon Mobil's Chief Executive Rex Tillerson said Friday. "I would say the behavior of the price is attributable maybe to the same kind of factors as when oil prices grew to $147 »

Brazilian state-run energy giant Petrobras (PBR) expects to meet its 2009 domestic crude oil production target, but probably at the lower end of the target range, the company's CFO said late Friday. "We're going to maintain our production target," Petrobras »

Brazilian state-run energy giant Petrobras (PBR, PETR4.BR) registered a 33% year-on-year slide in third quarter net profits, but an improved market for its heavy oil exports helped avert a steeper decline. Late Friday, Petrobras reported a third-quarter net profit »

The euro rebounded Friday from a day-earlier sell-off, lifted by a rally in U.S. stocks and stronger demand for higher-yielding currencies. The improved tone in the stock market spurred investors to add back risk to their holdings, helping the euro to rebound from Thursday's losses and end the week »

The euro extended its gains Friday afternoon, fueled by a rise in U.S. stocks and demand for higher-yielding assets. Weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer sentiment failed to dent investor appetite for risk, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average trading near its intraday highs in the »

Dry and sunny weather allowed Saskatchewan farmers to make significant harvest progress over the past week, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture said Friday. Province-wide, the harvest was said to be 92% complete, which compares with 80% the previous week, according to the ministry's crop update. »

Drought in the Lower Rio Grand Valley caused $19.13 million in losses to cotton, corn and sorghum crops, the Texas AgriLife Extension Service said Friday. This is the second consecutive year that weather caused significant crop damage in the region. »

Argentina's soy crop is developing well across much of the farm belt but is struggling with drought in the Southwest edges of the Pampas, the Agriculture Ministry said in its weekly crop report Friday. According to the Buenos Aires Cereals Exchange, farmers, as of Wednesday »

Concern about fungal disease in corn has rippled through both the corn and soymeal futures markets late this week, but on the ground those ripples might not extend beyond parts of the northeast corn belt. »

Chicago Board of Trade rice ended higher Friday, rebounding from Thursday's sharp losses but ending lower on the week. November rice ended up 19 cents to $14.67 per hundredweight, and January rice ended up 12 1/2 cents to $14.86. January rice lost 29 1/2 cents on the week. »

Soybean demand will be the focus for the market now that the harvest is wrapping up, but despite a strong start to the 2009-10 export season, it will be tough for soybeans to decouple from outside-market influences. Inflation concerns, the path of the U.S. dollar and a host »

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Mexico's MY 2009/10 corn production estimate has been revised downward because of drought and lower-than-previously estimated harvested area. As a result, the MY 2009/10 import estimate for corn increased to 9.7 million metric tons, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture »

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended mostly lower Friday, pulling back from earlier advances on pre-weekend profit taking. CBOT Jan soybeans ended 3 cents lower at $9.87. In pit trades, speculative funds were estimated sellers of 1,000 lots in soybeans, and 1,000 lots in soyoil. »