Dry weather is delaying development of the sugarcane crop in Sao Paulo state, Brazil's biggest producer, and could affect yields, the Agronomy Institute of Campinas (IAC) said on Thursday. "The moisture shortage is causing concern,"

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Iraq's state-run Grain Board said on Thursday it amended its tender to buy 100,000 to 150,000 tonnes of hard white milling wheat from the United States to include US hard red winter wheat. The announcement,

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The European Union on Thursday raised its subsidy on wheat exports to six euros a tonne, but the volume awarded, at under 150,000 tonnes, fell short of exporters' hopes. The EU had disappointed exporters for

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Oil prices fell 1.6 percent on Thursday as dealers focused on a sturdy US inventory surplus heading into spring and weakness in the natural gas market. US light crude futures fell 79 cents to $47.54

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London sugar futures ended weaker on producer and speculative sales against an EU export tender on Thursday as the market focused on news European intervention agencies had received the first offers for sugar since 1986.

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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2005 375.00 March 2005 375.00 April 2005 373.00 +0.00 May 2005/July 2005 373.00 +0.00 August 2005/October 2005 373.00 +0.00.

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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2005 375.00 March 2005 375.00 April 2005 373.00 +0.00 May 2005/July 2005 373.00 +0.00 August 2005/October 2005 373.00 +0.00.

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Cotton futures finished lower Thursday in heavy switch business as players scampered out of the spot contract with only one session left before it goes into delivery next week, brokers said. New York Board of

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London cocoa closed higher on Thursday, mainly supported by stronger prices in New York, but market participants were still waiting for fresh technical or fundamental signals to provide momentum, traders said. "The market is still

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Fund buying and a weaker dollar pushed zinc to fresh 7-1/4-year peaks and aluminium up to six-week highs in active trading on Thursday, helping copper stay within sight of October's near-16-year top, traders said. Three-month

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