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Grains higher, livestock higher.

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was up 3.75 cents at $7.8425 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 7.25 cents at $6.3125 a bushel; Mar. oats gained 10 cents at $6.6725 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans advanced 33.50 cents at $14.7025 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Feb. live cattle was up .70 cent at $1.3852 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle gained 1.37 cents at $1.6027 a pound; Feb. lean hogs rose 1.18 cents at $.8800 a pound.

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