Grains mostly higher, Livestock mixed
Wheat for Jul. was up 1.25 cents at $6.0625 a bushel; Jul. corn gained 16.50 cents at $5.71 a bushel, Jul. oats fell 7.75 cents at 3.1450 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans advanced 34 cents at $13.4125 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Jun. live cattle was off .67 cent at $1.6505 a pound; May. feeder cattle was up .30 cent at $2.0657 a pound; while Jun. lean hogs fell 1.20 cents at $.8182 a pound.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
