Agriculture futures trade mixed on the CBOT

[July 02, 2009]    CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery lost 5.25 cents to $5.355 a bushel, while September corn rose 2 cents to $3.565 a bushel and July oats jumped 10.75 cents to $2.255 a bushel. Soybeans for August delivery surged 41.25 cents to $11.605 a bushel.

Meanwhile, beef and pork futures traded higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

August live cattle edged up 0.5 cent to 85.75 cents a pound; August feeder cattle rose 0.95 cent to $1.0377 a pound; July lean hogs advanced 0.58 cent to 59.25 cents a pound; and August pork bellies inched up 0.32 cent to 56.02 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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