Agriculture futures trade lower on CBOT

[November 26, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures were lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 3.5 cents to $5.34 a bushel; December corn lost 1 cent to $3.535 a bushel; December oats fell 2.25 cents at $2.0325 a bushel; and January soybeans slipped 1 cent to $8.83 a bushel.

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

December live cattle lost 0.83 cent to 85.82 cents a pound; January feeder cattle was flat at 91.4 cents a pound; December lean hogs rose 0.35 cent to 57.72 cents a pound; and February pork bellies fell 0.05 cent to 92.05 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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