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A week-long strike that crippled soy and corn shipments and shut soy-crushing plants has ended by government order--for 15 days to encourage negotiations with company bosses who have so far refused to discuss wage hike demands.
Corn and soybean futures had advanced to 30-month highs because of the strike by port workers.
An analyst said that "when the harvest's near and we're about to have grains pouring into port, it isn't a good sign that a supplier as important has these kind of problems."
