Agriculture futures trade mixed on the CBOT

[June 25, 2009]    CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for July delivery dropped 7 cents to $5.3975 a bushel, while July corn fell 2.5 cents to $3.865 a bushel and July oats lost 2 cents to $2.06 a bushel. Soybeans for July delivery rose 6 cents to $11.85 a bushel.

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

August live cattle lost 0.85 cent to 82.47 cents a pound; August feeder cattle fell 0.75 cent to 98.95 cents a pound; July lean hogs dropped 2.82 cents to 57.3 cents a pound; and July pork bellies slid 3 cents to 60.2 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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