Grains higher, Livestock higher
Wheat for Jul. gained 13.25 cents at $6.4950 a bushel; Jul. corn was up 1 cent at $5.7175 a bushel, Jul. oats was up .75 cent at 4.1475 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans rose 12.50 cents at $15.2050 a bushel.
Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Aug. live cattle rose 1.62 cents at $1.7882 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle was up .90 cent at $4.4715 a pound; while Jul. lean hogs advanced 2.47 cents at $1.0127 a pound.
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
