The most active soybean futures on the Chicago Board Of Trade were up 0.9pc at $12.12 a bushel at 1154 GMT, after earlier rising to a 6-1/2 year high of $12.16-1/4.
The benchmark palm oil contract for March delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed 12 ringgit higher, or 0.4pc, at 3,377 ringgit a tonne.
US soy processors crushed 181.018 million bushels of soybeans in November, their third-largest monthly crush on record, the National Oilseed Processors Association said.MARKET NEWS
Soybeans and corn edged lower as weather forecasts pointing to heavier rain next week in central Brazil easing concerns about persisting dryness in crop belts.
The market expects output in December to remain squeezed as rainy weather brought on by La Nina is expected to persist until the first quarter of next year.