date:Oct 17, 2012
rose 0.8 percentto $15.03-3/4 a bushel by 0315 GMT. December corn gained0.6 percent to $7.42 a bushel and December wheat added 0.9percent to $8.55-1/2 a bushel.Soybean futures have tumbled 16 percent from theall-time high of $17.94-3/4 a bushel set on Sept. 4, while corn
has declined 12 percent from its peak of $8.43-3/4 abushel on Aug. 10.
U.S. farmers had harvested 79 percent of their corn crop and71 percent of their soybean crop as of Sunday, their paceslowing down from previous weeks due t