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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 47/82 33/50 23/56 40/70 49/80
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 40/83 24/50 19/56 33/70 46/80
Dew Point
(°F)		 54 24 21 35 51
Humidity
(%)		 54 39 35 44 57
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Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Shipping Seasons Have Commenced
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Weekly Beef Export Sales 03/26 07:35
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 79oF Feels Like: 79oF
Humid: 54% Dew Pt: 61oF
Barom: 29.65 Wind Dir: W
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 12 mph
Sunrise: 6:59 Sunset: 7:25
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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Front Continues South Friday
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Largest Fund Long in Corn in Over a Year

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Current Soybean Export Projections Still Look Too High

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Local Forecast
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Thursday
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High: 82°F
Low: 47°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 50°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 466'6 468'6 462'0 466'2 -0'2 467'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 477'0 479'2 473'2 477'0 0'2 478'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 479'6 481'6 476'0 479'4 0'6 480'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 492'6 495'2 489'6 493'6 1'2 494'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 503'0 505'2 499'6 503'6 1'4 504'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 508'0 511'2 505'6 510'2 2'0 510'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 511'0 514'0 508'4 512'6 2'2 513'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 487'6 489'4 486'2 489'4 1'6 489'2s 01:28P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 491'0 493'6 490'0 493'6 1'6 493'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1173'0 1179'6 1167'0 1171'0 2'0 1173'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1189'4 1195'6 1183'2 1186'4 1'6 1189'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1182'2 1187'4 1175'2 1180'6 2'6 1183'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1152'2 1158'4 1147'6 1152'6 2'0 1154'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1150'0 1157'2 1145'6 1151'2 2'6 1152'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1161'0 1167'6 1156'4 1163'0 2'2 1163'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1154'4 1163'0 1152'2 1159'0 3'0 1159'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1154'4 1164'4 1153'2 1161'4 4'0 1161'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1162'0 1169'2 1158'2 1167'0 4'2 1166'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3190 3232 3164 3217 23 3221s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3180 3199 3151 3190 12 3192s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3146 3170 3127 3161 11 3163s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3121 3139 3100 3132 14 3135s 01:25P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3086 3110 3074 3103 16 3107s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3122 3136 3103 3127 12 3133s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3122 3132 3103 3123 9 3131s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3100 3113 3086 3103 7 3113s 01:25P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3099 3108 3084 3095 6 3107s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.800 91.000 90.550 90.825 -0.075 90.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 95.500 95.850 95.275 95.800 0.200 95.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.000 104.550 103.850 104.325 0.175 104.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.300 106.775 105.950 106.725 0.525 106.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.875 106.550 105.675 106.550 0.650 106.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.375 91.075 90.150 91.000 0.750 91.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.750 83.425 82.475 83.375 0.725 83.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.300 85.950 85.100 85.850 0.650 85.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 233.300 235.450 233.150 235.225 0.675 235.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 232.525 235.200 232.500 234.825 0.950 234.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 230.350 232.800 230.275 232.625 0.800 232.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 228.375 230.375 228.175 230.275 0.650 230.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 228.300 230.250 228.200 230.200 0.575 230.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.050 230.450 228.500 230.425 0.625 230.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.550 229.975 228.025 229.900 0.650 229.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 221.950 223.125 221.350 223.100 0.625 222.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 362.500 363.600 362.500 363.600 1.650 363.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 352.000 355.650 351.525 355.425 1.725 355.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 348.400 352.225 347.800 351.975 1.700 351.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 347.400 350.875 346.800 350.525 1.150 350.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 345.950 349.200 345.425 348.925 1.150 348.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 344.725 347.350 343.625 347.200 1.050 346.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 343.325 345.700 342.075 344.950 1.250 345.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 337.500 340.300 336.300 339.375 1.425 339.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 46726.00 46848.00 46222.00 46315.00 - 396.00 46711.00 01:53P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 46835.00 47119.00 46512.00 46606.00 - 386.00 46992.00 01:53P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6641.50 6647.00 6536.00 6546.50 - 94.25 6640.75 01:54P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6687.25 6698.00 6587.25 6596.00 - 95.75 6691.75 01:54P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 24373.50 24421.25 23844.50 23885.50 - 482.25 24367.75 01:53P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24554.00 24611.00 24063.00 24102.25 - 486.50 24588.75 01:53P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.10 68.34 66.87 67.85 0.92 68.02s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 66.70 68.26 66.69 67.74 0.96 67.88s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.04 67.34 65.89 66.79 0.82 66.93s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.23 66.36 65.05 65.86 0.73 65.98s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.30 65.37 64.30 64.84 0.65 64.99s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.86 64.84 63.81 64.30 0.61 64.47s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.54 64.40 63.49 63.89 0.55 64.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 63.06 63.62 62.81 63.16 0.50 63.34s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 599'4 607'6 593'0 605'2 7'2 605'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 609'0 618'2 604'4 616'0 7'0 615'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 623'0 630'6 617'4 628'4 6'4 628'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 641'0 648'0 635'2 646'0 6'0 646'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 655'0 661'2 649'2 659'0 5'6 659'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 662'0 666'2 654'6 664'6 5'4 665'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 649'4 656'4 645'6 656'4 5'0 655'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 652'2 660'0 652'2 660'0 5'4 659'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 666'2 668'0 666'2 667'4 5'2 670'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 71075.0 71595.0 68100.0 68330.0 -2530.0 70860.0 01:53P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 71350.0 71820.0 68340.0 68615.0 -2525.0 71140.0 01:53P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 70580.0 70580.0 68795.0 68805.0 -2660.0 71465.0 01:53P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4441.5 4443.1 4441.5 4443.1 -174.3 4375.5 01:54P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4508.9 4541.6 4362.8 4391.5 -160.8 4376.3 01:54P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4539.8 4552.2 4380.0 4409.0 -159.6 4392.3 01:54P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 70.105 70.105 67.230 67.230 -4.690 67.671 01:53P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 70.570 71.910 66.750 67.345 -5.050 67.697 01:53P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 71.505 72.385 66.705 67.785 -4.856 67.934 01:53P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 91.38 95.44 90.71 94.23 3.91 94.48 01:53P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 88.47 91.93 87.93 90.82 3.04 91.15 01:53P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 85.35 88.50 84.94 87.73 2.67 88.00 01:53P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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Thursday, March 26, 2026 4:54AM CDT
With rising fertilizer prices, many farmers wonder if they can cut back on their phosphorus and potash fertilizer applications. The short answer is yes if their soil test levels are near recommended levels, according to the University of Missouri state nutrient management specialist.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 2:25PM CDT
Faced with a challenging year in 2025, farmers take steps to prepare for 2026.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 4:54AM CDT
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