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Grains higher, livestock higher.

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Sept. delivery rose 8.60 cents at $4.9720 a bushel; Sept. corn gained 8 cents at $4.2640 a bushel; Sept. oats was up . 80 cent at $2.6640 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans advanced 9.60 cents at 8.9320 a bushel.

Beef and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Aug. live cattle was up .02 cent at $1.0892 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle rose .12 cent at $1.4170 a pound; Jul. lean hogs gained 1.87 cents at .8652 a pound.