Agriculture futures trade mixed on the CBOT

[March 27, 2009]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for May delivery rose 6.5 cents to $5.145 a bushel; May corn gained 5 cents to $3.9075 a bushel; May oats rose 3.5 cents $1.97 a bushel; and May soybeans fell 7 cents to $9.44 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle slipped 0.35 cent to 84.27 cents a pound; May feeder cattle lost 0.42 cent to 94.95 cents a pound; April lean hogs fell 0.73 cent to 60.52 cents a pound; and May pork bellies edged down 3 cents to 85 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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