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Agriculture Futures Mostly Rise on CBOT

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[March 01, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures mostly traded higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Although wheat for May delivery dropped 79 cents to $10.86 a bushel, March corn gained 2.75 cents to $5.46 a bushel. March oats added 75 cents to $4.22 a bushel, and May soybeans climbed 24 cents to $15.365 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle lost 0.58 cent to 92.97 cents a pound; March feeder cattle declined 1 cent to $1.0365 a pound; April lean hogs slipped 1.30 cents to 59.95 cents a pound; March pork bellies shed 1.37 cents to 87.60 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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