-- Corn export premiums were steady to weak on sluggish demand for US supplies.
-- Soft red winter wheat premiums were unchanged in quiet trade while hard red winter wheat premiums edged up as CIF basis values rose.
-- Chinese soyabean importers bought several spot cargoes of US soyabeans this week for shipment from the Pacific Northwest as Gulf prices are elevated due to flood-related supply disruptions. The importers are also focusing on February and March shipments from Brazil, making several purchases for that shipping time frame this week.
-- The Illinois River reopened to navigation on Friday, but the Coast Guard is recommending daylight only navigation because water remains high and currents are strong.
-- Shippers are loading barges again in the St. Louis area after high water had restricted loadings for more than a week. Some shippers were taking in soyabeans delivered by train and loading barges.
-- The Mississippi River is forecast to crest at Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday and in Arkansas over the weekend. Peak floodwaters are expected to reach Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a week from Monday.
-- China will import 80 million tonnes of soyabeans in the 2015/16 (Oct/Sep) marketing year, up 2 million tonnes from the prior season, the country's official CNGOIC think tank forecast.
-- Brazilian farmers asked their country to file a complaint against the United States with the WTO over US farm subsidies.
-- Chicago Board of Trade futures climbed on Friday in a short-covering bounce ahead of the US Department of Agriculture's January reports, scheduled for release on Tuesday.
-- FOB Gulf soyabeans loaded in late January were lightly offered at about 87 cents a bushel over CBOT March futures, which closed 3/4 cent higher at $8.65-1/4 a bushel.
-- January corn offers were around 62 cents over CBOT March futures, which ended 4 cents higher at $3.57 a bushel.
-- January shipments of soft red winter wheat at the Gulf were offered at about 67 cents over CBOT March futures, which closed 10 cents higher at $4.78-1/2 a bushel.
-- January hard red winter wheat offers were about 115 cents over March futures, which closed a 10 cents higher $4.72-3/4 a bushel.