Agriculture futures trade lower on the CBOT

[October 28, 2009]    CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery dropped 23.75 cents to $5.0325 a bushel, while December corn lost 7.25 cents to $3.7075 a bushel and oats for December delivery fell 3.5 cents to $2.44 a bushel. November soybeans slid 13 cents to $9.735 a bushel.

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

December live cattle edged down 0.05 cent to 87.1 cents a pound; November feeder cattle slipped 0.02 cent to 95.85 cents a pound; December lean hogs gained 1.97 cents to 55.42 cents a pound; and February pork bellies rose 1.28 cents to 90.25 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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