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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 77/95 71/86 64/86 65/88 68/77
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L/H (°F)		 91/112 72/91 64/89 65/92 68/79
Dew Point
(°F)		 78 73 66 67 70
Humidity
(%)		 65 72 64 65 93
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 94oF Feels Like: 109oF
Humid: 58% Dew Pt: 77oF
Barom: 29.72 Wind Dir: W
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 12 mph
Sunrise: 5:57 Sunset: 8:28
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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Front Bringing Limited Showers and Relief Down to Tennessee Valley Tuesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 95°F
Low: 77°F
Precip: 40%		 High: 86°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 459'2 461'2 448'6 451'2 -12'4 451'6s 03:03P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 482'0 485'0 471'2 473'2 -13'4 474'0s 02:36P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 497'6 500'0 486'6 489'2 -13'4 489'4s 02:42P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 506'2 508'6 495'4 498'0 -13'0 498'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 509'2 511'0 499'2 502'0 -12'0 502'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 490'2 490'2 480'0 483'6 -8'4 483'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 492'2 494'2 485'2 489'0 -8'0 488'6s 03:02P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 503'2 503'2 497'6 500'2 -7'4 500'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 504'6 505'6 504'6 504'6 -7'4 506'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1240'4 1244'6 1205'4 1206'2 -39'4 1208'4s 02:35P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1232'6 1236'6 1197'4 1197'4 -40'4 1199'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1246'0 1250'0 1211'0 1211'4 -39'6 1213'6s 02:54P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1259'2 1263'2 1224'6 1225'0 -39'0 1227'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1257'0 1260'6 1225'6 1227'0 -34'2 1229'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1258'4 1262'0 1229'2 1231'2 -31'0 1234'0s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1261'0 1261'4 1232'0 1234'4 -29'0 1237'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1240'6 1240'6 1214'2 1216'4 -26'4 1219'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1179'0 1179'2 1179'0 1179'2 -22'6 1179'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3316 3324 3185 3210 -105 3208s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3302 3318 3182 3205 -105 3203s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3300 3308 3175 3196 -108 3195s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3344 3356 3223 3241 -111 3241s 03:00P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3369 3380 3251 3269 -107 3270s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3369 3389 3271 3292 - 92 3294s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3391 3396 3290 3311 - 81 3314s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3397 3405 3315 3336 - 75 3341s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3324 3333 3308 3328 - 73 3328s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.475 103.025 102.100 103.000 0.125 102.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.550 88.800 87.300 87.700 -1.225 87.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.750 79.975 78.150 78.500 -1.775 78.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.850 82.850 81.225 81.575 -1.725 81.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 87.600 87.600 85.700 86.050 -1.700 86.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.925 90.925 89.325 89.325 -1.550 89.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.650 98.975 97.175 97.525 -1.525 97.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.550 98.750 97.600 97.925 -1.525 97.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 96.650 96.925 96.625 96.625 -1.525 96.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.575 -1.525 81.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.275 -1.525 74.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 223.800 226.650 222.750 224.725 - 1.850 225.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 218.725 221.900 216.950 218.300 - 3.725 218.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 218.300 220.900 216.425 216.900 - 4.875 217.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 218.900 221.125 217.025 217.425 - 5.525 217.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 220.275 222.000 217.825 218.300 - 6.250 218.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 214.400 215.600 211.500 211.750 - 6.875 211.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 211.800 211.925 207.900 208.150 - 7.425 208.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 210.500 211.075 206.575 206.575 - 7.800 206.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 208.850 211.250 207.425 207.625 - 8.075 207.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 207.300 207.300 207.300 207.300 - 8.225 207.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 338.650 343.675 337.000 337.250 - 7.075 338.250s 02:38P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 334.250 337.900 330.700 331.275 - 9.525 331.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 328.450 330.375 325.250 325.250 -10.750 325.250s 02:52P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 323.925 325.275 321.025 321.025 -10.750 321.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 318.000 318.750 314.775 314.775 -10.750 314.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 315.350 315.775 311.500 311.500 -10.750 311.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 315.875 315.875 311.525 311.525 -10.750 311.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 314.550 314.550 310.225 310.225 -10.750 310.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 313.275 313.275 310.500 310.500 -10.750 310.375s 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 52299.00 52790.00 52173.00 52385.00 261.00 52382.00 03:03P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52850.00 53188.00 52591.00 52790.00 261.00 52792.00 03:03P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7490.00 7524.75 7416.25 7448.25 0.75 7448.25 03:03P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7544.00 7591.25 7483.25 7520.75 0.75 7515.00 03:03P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28500.00 28763.25 27939.00 28183.75 - 98.50 28190.00 03:04P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 28715.25 29040.25 28233.75 28475.00 - 98.25 28476.75 03:04P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 73.58 73.64 71.31 71.37 -2.87 71.46s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 72.87 72.87 70.69 70.77 -2.62 70.85s 02:56P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.79 71.94 70.00 70.05 -2.55 70.12s 02:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 71.23 71.30 69.47 69.53 -2.43 69.58s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.78 70.86 69.26 69.32 -2.19 69.37s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.12 70.19 68.85 68.88 -1.93 68.96s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.86 69.86 68.47 68.60 -1.68 68.62s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.87 68.98 67.99 68.08 -1.51 68.16s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 680'6 682'0 658'0 658'0 -18'0 660'0s 02:49P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 698'0 699'2 675'6 676'0 -18'0 677'4s 02:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 713'6 714'2 691'6 691'6 -17'6 693'4s 02:49P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 714'6 719'6 699'6 699'6 -16'6 701'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 716'4 716'4 696'4 696'6 -16'2 698'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 717'4 719'2 704'0 704'0 -15'2 704'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 729'4 729'4 714'6 714'6 -14'2 715'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 727'0 727'0 720'4 720'4 -13'0 720'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 726'4 726'4 723'4 725'6 -11'4 718'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 64215.0 66075.0 63875.0 65020.0 805.0 64965.0 03:04P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 64345.0 66175.0 64250.0 65210.0 760.0 65190.0 03:04P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65720.0 66145.0 65000.0 65495.0 740.0 65435.0 03:04P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4090.1 4107.9 4072.7 4078.1 10.5 4074.5 03:03P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4097.5 4119.3 4067.1 4084.6 13.8 4077.0 03:03P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4102.3 4132.5 4084.5 4099.4 14.9 4090.9 03:03P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 58.660 -0.184 58.472 03:03P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 59.565 60.055 58.530 58.695 -0.020 58.517 03:03P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 59.810 60.395 58.430 58.770 -0.136 58.712 03:03P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 86.12 86.20 81.88 81.99 -7.32 82.61 03:03P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 82.60 82.63 79.43 79.73 -5.42 80.25 03:03P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 79.60 79.60 77.25 77.64 -4.09 78.17 03:03P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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Friday, July 24, 2026 4:12PM CDT
Following specific soil-health and management practices can remedy high-salinity areas.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026 9:07PM CDT
Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Wednesday with a total weighted average yield estimate of 48.1 bushels per acre.

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