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Kat's Grain is GROWING and looking for ANOTHER (no one is leaving! :) Full-Time Grain Merchandiser. Future Goal: Applicant MUST be willing to study/pass Series 3 Commodity and Iowa Crop Insurance Exam.  Those interested please EMAIL resume to john@katsgrain.com. Thank you!

Hog market rally!  Producers need to manage risk here.  See John's comments July 29

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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 68/85 62/84 66/78 63/78 62/82
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L/H (°F)		 68/88 62/85 66/80 63/79 62/86
Dew Point
(°F)		 65 64 70 66 66
Humidity
(%)		 58 61 98 86 81
Wind
Speed
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(in./day)		 0.19 0.21 0.08 0.12 0.15
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 83oF Feels Like: 85oF
Humid: 55% Dew Pt: 65oF
Barom: 30.03 Wind Dir: ESE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph
Sunrise: 5:59 Sunset: 8:26
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Storm Building Over Northern and Central Plains Thursday
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Local Forecast
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High: 85°F
Low: 68°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 459'2 461'6 448'0 448'4 -9'4 449'0s 03:04P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 481'4 483'4 470'6 471'0 -8'6 471'6s 03:01P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 496'4 498'6 486'0 486'4 -8'4 487'2s 02:52P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 504'6 507'0 494'6 495'0 -8'4 495'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 508'6 510'2 499'2 499'2 -7'4 500'2s 02:44P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'0 487'0 481'2 481'6 -3'2 482'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'4 491'0 486'2 486'4 -2'6 487'0s 02:36P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 500'2 501'4 497'4 497'4 -2'2 498'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 506'6 506'6 503'6 503'6 -2'0 504'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1213'4 1217'2 1175'4 1177'0 -34'0 1178'0s 02:43P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1207'0 1209'6 1173'4 1174'6 -28'6 1176'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1222'4 1225'0 1190'0 1191'4 -27'2 1192'6s 03:03P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1236'2 1239'0 1204'4 1205'6 -26'2 1207'4s 02:32P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1238'0 1240'6 1208'0 1210'0 -24'2 1211'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1242'0 1244'2 1213'4 1215'6 -22'4 1217'4s 03:02P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1245'2 1248'0 1217'6 1220'4 -21'4 1221'4s 03:04P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1228'0 1228'0 1201'4 1204'4 -19'2 1205'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1165'0 1165'2 1165'0 1165'2 -16'2 1168'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3202 3215 3127 3156 - 50 3153s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3213 3224 3150 3185 - 34 3179s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3225 3236 3164 3193 - 39 3188s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3275 3287 3213 3240 - 43 3235s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3307 3318 3244 3269 - 44 3265s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3325 3339 3273 3295 - 41 3292s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3357 3357 3300 3317 - 38 3315s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3383 3385 3320 3345 - 38 3342s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3323 3332 3310 3329 - 37 3330s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.800 103.000 100.575 100.700 - 2.425 100.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 87.900 88.425 85.500 85.575 -2.575 85.700s 02:30P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.400 79.550 76.900 77.075 -2.475 77.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.400 82.550 80.225 80.525 -2.175 80.625s 02:30P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 86.700 86.825 84.750 85.025 -1.875 85.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 89.700 89.700 88.500 88.800 -1.525 88.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.150 98.225 96.450 96.700 -1.600 96.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.450 98.600 97.025 97.275 -1.500 97.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.400 97.500 96.375 96.375 -1.375 96.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 83.000 -1.375 81.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.350 -1.375 74.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 227.875 230.150 227.325 228.325 0.425 227.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 222.850 225.550 222.525 224.125 1.800 223.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 221.750 224.825 221.675 223.275 2.025 223.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 221.625 224.900 221.625 223.600 2.075 223.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 222.150 224.875 222.100 223.625 1.975 223.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 215.075 217.425 214.900 216.250 1.725 216.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 211.000 213.050 210.600 211.850 1.400 212.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 210.025 211.600 209.050 211.600 1.550 210.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.925 209.925 209.925 209.925 1.550 210.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 211.000 211.000 210.575 210.575 2.050 210.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 343.575 346.500 343.200 344.700 1.200 344.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 337.650 340.900 337.350 339.050 1.425 338.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 327.400 331.800 327.400 330.600 2.800 329.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 321.075 324.950 320.500 323.850 3.025 322.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 313.825 317.575 312.925 316.625 3.225 315.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 311.500 313.250 308.850 312.500 3.250 311.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 311.575 312.200 308.950 311.200 2.875 310.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 309.525 311.500 307.925 310.375 2.550 309.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 308.750 310.050 307.725 309.350 2.100 309.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52915.00 53033.00 51698.00 51754.00 -1190.00 51765.00 03:04P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53254.00 53458.00 52108.00 52168.00 -1192.00 52165.00 03:04P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7464.00 7501.00 7332.00 7337.50 -127.75 7351.25 03:04P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7535.25 7565.25 7392.50 7392.50 -139.50 7415.25 03:04P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 27962.00 28178.25 27201.50 27318.25 - 603.75 27342.00 03:05P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 28282.50 28451.75 27500.00 27500.00 - 706.75 27613.75 03:05P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 71.12 71.73 68.84 69.07 -1.59 69.17s 02:53P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.50 71.11 68.50 68.65 -1.48 68.66s 02:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.86 70.35 67.94 68.03 -1.39 68.07s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.31 69.77 67.45 67.64 -1.31 67.62s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.14 69.55 67.33 67.50 -1.25 67.51s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.78 69.15 67.11 67.28 -1.13 67.29s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.50 68.75 66.92 67.10 -0.99 67.11s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.98 68.24 66.59 66.76 -0.86 66.78s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 666'6 672'2 658'2 660'0 -1'6 660'6s 02:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 684'2 689'0 675'6 676'6 -2'0 677'6s 03:02P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 699'4 704'0 691'0 691'6 -2'2 693'0s 02:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 706'2 709'6 697'6 698'4 -2'2 699'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 704'4 705'0 693'0 693'2 -3'2 695'2s 02:32P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 707'0 709'4 698'2 698'2 -3'4 700'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 718'2 718'4 708'2 708'2 -3'0 710'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 719'2 719'2 715'2 715'2 -2'2 715'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 714'2 714'2 713'6 713'6 -1'6 714'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 63895.0 64755.0 63385.0 63480.0 - 390.0 63540.0 03:04P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 64285.0 65000.0 63610.0 63700.0 - 375.0 63770.0 03:04P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 64920.0 65080.0 63845.0 64595.0 - 330.0 63970.0 03:04P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4018.1 4018.1 4017.9 4017.9 - 1.6 4034.7 12:30P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4020.9 4115.2 3993.8 4046.5 7.8 4036.3 03:04P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4039.2 4127.5 4008.9 4061.4 8.7 4050.5 03:04P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 58.660 0.567 57.863 12:25P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 57.010 59.125 56.900 57.490 0.156 57.887 03:04P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 57.385 59.540 56.925 57.465 -0.064 58.089 03:04P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 80.04 85.57 79.92 84.69 5.43 84.46 03:04P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 77.77 82.57 77.32 82.16 4.99 82.04 03:04P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 75.50 80.05 75.50 79.70 4.37 79.68 03:04P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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