Grain futures mostly rise, pork prices fall

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Grain futures mostly rise, pork prices fall

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Grains futures mostly rose Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for May delivery rose 1 cent to $7.12 a bushel; May corn rose 0.50 cent to $6.9525 a bushel; May oats were flat at $3.7175 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 7.75 cents to $14.3950 a bushel.

Beef futures rose, while pork prices fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle rose 0.57 cent to $1.2987 a pound; March feeder cattle rose 0.28 cent to $1.4145 a pound; April lean hogs fell 0.57 cent to 81 cents a pound.