Ag futures fall on Chicago Board of Trade

[October 15, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 15.5 cents to $5.730 a bushel; December corn lost 0.25 cent to $4.1125 a bushel; December oats fell 1 cent to $2.920 a bushel; November soybeans fell 32 cents to $8.960 a bushel.

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

October live cattle rose 0.60 cent to 91.60 cents a pound; October feeder cattle gained 0.25 cent to 97.20 cents a pound; October lean hogs fell 0.35 cent to 65.62 cents a pound; February pork bellies lost 0.48 cent to 86.67 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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