Grains higher, livestock mixed

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2026 | 3:56 PM

CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn gained 3 cents at $5.11 a bushel. Sept. wheat rose by 26.5 cents at $7.66 a bushel. Sept. oats rose by 13.25 cents at $3.48 a bushel. Sept. soybeans rose by 20.25 cents at $12.78 a bushel.

Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Aug. live cattle fell by 0.45 cent at $2.21 a pound. Sept. feeder cattle lost 1.98 cents at $3.21 a pound. Oct. hogs gained 1.38 cents at $.82 a pound.

Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2026 | 5:07 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost. Trump in a social media post announcing the agreement said it was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” Trump wrote. Rodríguez’s government in a statement said the deal involves the development of 17 fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels. It said the agreement could draw $100 billion in investment into Venezuela's oil industry and yield over $209 billion in taxes for Caracas.

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