Wheat for December delivery rose 30 cents, the maximum daily swing permitted, to close at $8.83 a bushel; December corn dipped 3.5 cents to $3.4375 a bushel; December oats added 0.75 cent to $2.7475 a bushel; November soybeans rose 13.25 cents to $9.815 a bushel.
Beef and pork futures jumped on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December live cattle rose 1.15 cents to 97.77 cents a pound; November feeder cattle added 1.4 cents to $1.1447 a pound; December lean hogs rose 0.75 cent to 60.52 cents a pound; February pork bellies gained 1.5 cents to 87.17 cents a pound.
[Associated Press]
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