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Agriculture Futures Rise on CBOT

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[February 20, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded higher Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for May delivery added 5.5 cents to $10.475 a bushel; March corn gained 5.25 cents to $5.20 a bushel; March oats rose 10 cents to $3.68 a bushel; May soybeans jumped 26.5 cents to $14.1775 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle increased 0.03 cent to 91.37 cents a pound; March feeder cattle gained 0.28 cent to $1.0490 a pound; April lean hogs added 0.32 cent to 64.52 cents a pound; March pork bellies rose 0.83 cent to 94 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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