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Chicago soybean futures inched higher on Monday, but remained close to multi-year lows after rains in key suppliers Brazil and Argentina suggested that supply will remain plentiful.

Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Monday amid weakness in rival edible oils and profit-taking although higher crude prices limited losses.

Indonesia will import 676,000 head of cattle this year as well as 320,352 metric tons of frozen meat to fulfil domestic demand, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday.

Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Monday, as traders gauged weakness in rival edible oils, although higher crude prices limited losses.

Copper prices opened this week lower on Monday, with pressure from a steady dollar ahead of U.S. economic data, while subdued demand outlook from top consumer China also weighed on sentiment.

Chicago soybean futures edged higher on Monday after touching their lowest levels since mid-January as an improving outlook for harvest in South America suggested that supply will remain plentiful.

Vietnam exported 194,000 metric tonnes of rice in the first two weeks of January, down 14.2% from a year earlier, government data released on Monday showed.

A pilots' union late on Sunday reached a deal with Taiwan's Eva Airways to avert a strike that had been threatened over the crucial Lunar New Year holiday in a dispute over salaries and working conditions.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co will delay paying performance bonuses to some executives until its financial statements are completed and audited, according to a staff memo seen by Reuters.

The financiers behind the world's airline industry are gathering for the first time since a mid-air cabin blowout tipped Boeing into a new safety crisis, amid signs of wider disruption to the $150 billion jet industry.

This week's curtailment of the New Madrid smelter in Missouri leaves just four operating primary aluminium producers on U.S. soil.

Speculators have built their most bearish-ever January view across U.S. grains and oilseeds, and the collective net short is among the largest on record, driven by further selling in soybeans and meal last week.

United Airlines has approached Airbus about buying more A321neo jets to fill a potential void left by the delayed Boeing 737 MAX 10, in a trade-off likely to ease deadlock over a long-delayed separate order for larger jets, industry sources said.

Egypt's state grains buyer the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is seeking white, wholly milled short grain rice from any origin in an international tender, on behalf of Egypt's Holding Company for Food Industries, it said on Sunday.

France stepped up security measures on Sunday as farmers prepared to converge on Paris as part of nationwide protests from agricultural workers demanding better pay and living conditions.

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Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded Brazilian airline Gol's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to "D," from "CCC-," further pushing it into speculative territory after Gol filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States.

U.S. soybean futures sank to a one-week low on Friday and corn fell more than 1% as traders focused on improving prospects for South American harvests, analysts said.

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Speculators sharply reduced their short position in futures of raw sugar on ICE U.S. in the week to Jan. 23, while raising their bullish bets in arabica coffee, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Friday.