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President Donald Trump's tweet about meeting with Chinese President Xi triggered a rally among rice, cotton and soybean on prospects of better trade deals.
Weekly export sales of corn perform poorly while unknown destinations bought 200,000 tons of US soybeans.
Rainy season could impact coffee quality and yields, while sugar prices closed higher again in New York.
Export demand for cotton needs to improve for prices to rally while coffee futures were high last week.
USDA report showed higher-than-expected quarterly and annual wheat production, sending the wheat markets lower for the week. Vegetable oils edged higher.
Coffee futures are under selling pressure on ideas of strong production. Wheat and corn edged higher for the week while other crops were lower.
Cocoa, palm oil, rice, cotton, frozen concentrated orange juice, coffee and sugar prices were lower for the week while wheat, corn and soybean edged higher.
Wheat and soybean closed lower last week following the latest USDA reports while sugar was also down on prospects of huge world production.
The latest crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed the performance of crops such as corn, wheat and soybean.
Coffee futures closed strong on daily and weekly charts in New York and held support on weekly charts in London.