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GRAINS-Corn rises for second session on U.S. weather concerns

SINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) - Chicago corn futures gained more ground on Thursday with prices underpinned by concerns over yield losses amid forecasts of hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest.

Wheat rose for the first time in four sessions, although gains were limited as the market awaited potential resumption in Black Sea shipments from war-torn Ukraine.

FUNDAMENTALS
The most-active corn contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Cv1 was up 0.5% at $5.98-1/2 a bushel, as of 0024 GMT, while soybeans Sv1 lost 0.4% to $13.43-1/2 a bushel.

Wheat Wv1 added 0.1% to $8.11-3/4 a bushel.

The corn market is being underpinned by concerns over hot and dry weather as the U.S. crop nears its crucial pollination phase of development.

The wheat market is monitoring negotiations on resuming exports from war-torn Ukraine.

Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations are due to sign a deal next week aimed at starting Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports, but U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned there was still "a long way to go" before there would be peace talks to end the war.

Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar said the deal to be signed next week includes joint controls for checking shipments in harbours and Turkey ensuring the safety of Black Sea export routes. Turkey would also set up a coordination centre with Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations for grain exports.

French soft wheat exports outside the European Union are expected to reach a three-year high in 2022/23 after a strong start to the season, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Wednesday.

In first projections for the season that began this month, the office forecast shipments of 10.3 million tonnes, 17% above a reduced estimate of 8.8 million tonnes for 2021/22 and the highest since 2019/20.

China's June soybean imports fell 23% from a year earlier to 8.25 million tonnes, as high global prices and weak demand curbed appetite for the oilseed, customs data showed on Wednesday.

The sale of Brazil's 2022 soy crop reached 76.7% of the estimated output through July 8, according to a survey released by consultancy Datagro on Wednesday, lagging last year's pace and a five-year historical average.

Commodity funds were net buyers of CBOT corn, soymeal and soybean futures contracts on Wednesday, traders said. The funds were net even in wheat and net sellers of soyoil.

MARKET NEWS
World equities wavered on Wednesday as investors digested a report showing U.S. annual consumer prices jumped 9.1% in June - the largest increase in more than four decades - leaving Americans to dig deeper to pay for gasoline, food, healthcare and rent.
By: via Malaysian Palm Oil Council Russia