Wheat, corn, oats, soybeans fall on the Chicago Board of Trade; beef, pork futures mixed

Agriculture futures trade lower on the CBOT

CHICAGO — Agriculture futures fell Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for May delivery dropped 9.5 cents to $4.665 a bushel, while May corn slid 10 cents to $3.55 a bushel and oats for May delivery sank 8.25 cents to $2.0675 a bushel. May soybeans plummeted 17.5 cents to $9.425 a bushel.

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

June live cattle lost 0.75 cent to 92.12 cents a pound; May feeder cattle edged down 0.65 cent to $1.0887 a pound; June lean hogs fell 1.1 cents to 79.62 cents a pound; and May pork bellies shed 1.75 cents to 94.95 cents a pound.