Grains higher, Livestock mixed
Wheat for Sep. rose 17 cents at $6.7075 a bushel; Sep. corn was up 29.50 cents at $5.2875 a bushel, Sep. oats was up 25 cents at 4.3150 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans rose 8 cents at $14.92 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Aug. live cattle gained 1.15 cents at $1.8127 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle fell 1.25 cents at $2.48 a pound; while Aug. lean hogs was up 1.50 cents at $.9627 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.
