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Agriculture Futures Decline on CBOT

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[March 21, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for May delivery fell 86.5 cents to $9.875 a bushel; May corn slipped 19.75 cents to $5.075 a bushel; May oats dropped 19 cents to $3.39 a bushel; May soybeans declined 50 cents to $12.07 a bushel.

Beef futures traded mixed and pork futures traded higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle added 1.05 cent to 90.67 cents a pound; March feeder cattle slipped 0.25 cent to 99.10 cents a pound; April lean hogs rose 1.37 cents to 56.32 cents a pound; March pork bellies gained 2 cents to 76 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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