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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Partly Cloudy Rain Rain Mostly Cloudy Thunder Storms
Weather Partly Cloudy Rain Rain Mostly Cloudy Thunder Storms
Temp
L/H (°F)		 61/76 54/78 61/73 63/88 71/93
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L/H (°F)		 61/76 54/78 61/73 63/98 72/106
Dew Point
(°F)		 58 57 61 69 74
Humidity
(%)		 58 60 74 79 72
Wind
Speed
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DTN Market News
Baldwin to STB: Address Threats Against Shippers Opposing UP-NS Merger
DTN Early Word Grains 07/22 05:49
DTN Midday Grain Comments 07/22 10:55
DTN Closing Grain Comments 07/22 13:51
DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 07/22 11:25
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 07/22 06:13
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/22 11:38
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 07/21
Weekly Beef Export Sales 07/16 07:35
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Ukraine Overhauls Top Military Brass 07/22 06:06
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 75oF Feels Like: 75oF
Humid: 56% Dew Pt: 58oF
Barom: 30.11 Wind Dir: NE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph
Sunrise: 5:52 Sunset: 8:33
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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More Rain in Central Plains Thursday
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Baldwin to STB: Address Threats Against Shippers Opposing UP-NS Merger

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Technically Speaking

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

Fundamentally Speaking

2026 U.S. Winter Wheat Crop Seeing Lower Estimates

Largest Fund Long in Corn in Over a Year

Current Soybean Export Projections Still Look Too High

DTN Ag Policy Blog

House GOP Budget Blueprint Authorizes Up to $12B in Farm Aid

Senate Leaders Look for SNAP Offsets Ahead of Farm Bill Markup

Update: House GOP Drops $20B Farm Aid Plan, Returns to Trump's $11.1B Proposal

Minding Ag's Business

Analysis Says Farm Safety Net Boosts Profits Beyond Bad Years

Analysis Says Farm Safety Net Boosts Profits Beyond Bad Years

Analysis Says Farm Safety Net Boosts Profits Beyond Bad Years

DTN Ag Weather Forum

Soil Moisture Used Up From Last Week's Heat Wave; Concerns Building on Expanding Drought

Robust Summer Monsoon Could Help Ease Western US Drought

Heat Wave Coming to an End, But With Limited Rainfall for Western Corn Belt

DTN Ethanol Blog

Poll: 75% of Voters Back Year-Round E15 as Senate Returns From July 4th Recess

Poll: 75% of Voters Back Year-Round E15 as Senate Returns From July 4th Recess

USDA Final Rule Lets Farmers Profit From No-Till, Cover Crops Through Biofuel Tax Credit

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Contemplate the Cost of Losing Glyphosate

Tar Spot Reports Increase in Corn Country

Decisions Grow Complex After Hailstorm

Harrington's Sort & Cull

Sit and Wait in the Cattle Complex

Cattle Complex Feels the Grind of Summer

Caution Builds in Cattle Complex

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Brazilian Crop Outlook Clouded by Fertilizer, Credit and El Nino Risks

Last Month of Brazil's Wet Season Looking Drier

Safrinha Corn Slightly Behind Schedule in Brazil, Sparking Concerns for Rest of Wet Season

An Urban’s Rural View

The Case for More Ag Research

MAHA Wages War on Seed Oils

Ag's Case of Nerves Over USMCA

Machinery Chatter

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Tractor and Combine Sales Fall Sharply in October

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Large Corn Stocks Aren't So Large When Compared to Growing Demand

Large Corn Stocks Aren't So Large When Compared to Growing Demand

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Local Forecast
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High: 76°F
Low: 61°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 452'2 463'0 452'0 461'6 9'2 462'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 475'0 486'4 474'6 484'2 9'4 484'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 490'2 501'6 490'2 500'0 9'2 500'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 499'4 510'0 499'0 508'2 9'0 508'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'2 513'4 503'4 512'0 8'2 512'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 487'2 494'4 487'2 493'4 4'4 494'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 494'2 499'2 494'2 498'2 3'2 498'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 506'4 509'4 506'0 509'0 3'0 509'2s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 515'0 515'0 514'2 514'2 3'0 514'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1219'0 1238'0 1216'4 1232'6 13'4 1233'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1209'6 1227'6 1206'2 1225'6 15'4 1226'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1222'4 1240'6 1217'6 1238'2 16'2 1239'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1236'2 1254'2 1231'6 1252'0 16'0 1252'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1238'2 1254'4 1234'0 1252'6 14'6 1253'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1242'2 1257'2 1239'0 1256'2 13'4 1256'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1245'4 1261'0 1244'2 1259'6 12'6 1260'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1233'0 1243'0 1228'0 1242'4 11'6 1243'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1201'4 1201'4 1201'4 1201'4 9'6 1203'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3267 3350 3263 3316 49 3316s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3235 3326 3235 3296 53 3296s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3225 3316 3223 3285 53 3284s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3267 3359 3263 3329 56 3329s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3301 3379 3288 3351 56 3350s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3296 3381 3296 3357 51 3357s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3326 3387 3315 3367 47 3366s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3353 3407 3342 3386 43 3386s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3342 3387 3342 3376 38 3371s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.125 102.250 101.275 101.400 - 0.050 101.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.575 89.000 88.100 88.325 0.225 88.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.575 80.300 79.550 79.700 0.575 79.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.650 83.425 82.650 83.050 0.750 83.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 87.000 87.800 86.925 87.475 0.725 87.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.675 90.825 90.675 90.825 0.550 90.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.275 99.000 98.175 98.775 0.675 98.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.675 99.225 98.675 99.050 0.550 99.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.975 98.000 97.725 97.925 0.200 97.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.500 82.625 82.500 82.625 0.525 82.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 75.375 0.525 75.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 226.000 226.050 223.000 223.350 - 3.475 223.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 222.500 222.550 218.825 219.200 - 4.025 219.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 222.025 222.175 218.500 218.700 - 4.100 218.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 223.075 223.075 219.525 219.750 - 3.975 219.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.425 224.425 221.050 221.450 - 3.625 221.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.150 218.425 215.375 215.875 - 3.550 215.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.650 215.650 213.000 213.600 - 3.425 213.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.175 215.200 213.300 213.300 - 3.075 213.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 215.500 215.750 213.775 213.775 - 3.025 213.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 215.300 215.300 213.975 213.975 - 2.850 213.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 348.075 348.075 340.500 341.200 - 8.375 341.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 344.000 344.000 335.000 336.150 - 8.775 336.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 338.350 338.350 329.025 329.775 - 9.725 329.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 333.250 333.250 325.050 325.550 - 9.625 325.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 325.825 326.100 319.325 319.575 - 9.075 319.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 321.200 322.250 316.350 316.650 - 8.700 316.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 322.100 322.100 316.200 316.650 - 8.100 316.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 320.875 320.875 316.025 316.025 - 7.925 316.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 320.800 320.800 315.500 316.225 - 8.300 315.500s 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 52431.00 52721.00 52262.00 52437.00 - 6.00 52443.00 02:28P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52839.00 53123.00 52680.00 52849.00 - 3.00 52852.00 02:27P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7545.00 7563.50 7504.00 7542.25 - 3.50 7545.75 02:28P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7612.00 7630.75 7572.00 7607.25 - 6.25 7613.50 02:27P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29310.75 29342.25 28952.00 29248.00 - 68.00 29316.00 02:28P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29596.00 29637.00 29265.75 29529.00 - 88.50 29617.50 02:28P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 74.35 75.53 73.54 75.36 1.18 75.48s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 73.48 74.59 72.68 74.39 1.12 74.53s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 72.39 73.63 71.70 73.46 1.18 73.57s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 71.67 72.87 70.95 72.73 1.19 72.82s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 71.35 72.37 70.60 72.24 1.07 72.32s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.65 71.65 70.04 71.53 0.94 71.59s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.19 70.95 69.49 70.90 0.86 70.94s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.38 70.27 68.89 70.21 0.81 70.25s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 678'4 708'2 678'0 706'2 27'6 705'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 696'0 725'0 695'2 723'2 26'6 722'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 711'6 739'6 711'0 738'2 26'2 737'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 719'6 745'0 717'6 744'0 24'6 743'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 717'0 739'4 716'6 739'0 21'2 738'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 724'0 742'2 722'6 742'0 18'0 742'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 735'2 751'2 734'0 750'2 15'0 750'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 748'0 755'0 747'0 755'0 12'6 755'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 738'6 738'6 738'6 738'6 12'2 751'4s 01:30P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 66410.0 66840.0 65570.0 65985.0 - 535.0 66520.0 02:28P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 66695.0 67065.0 65830.0 66205.0 - 575.0 66780.0 02:28P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 66755.0 66930.0 66180.0 66755.0 - 285.0 67040.0 02:28P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4096.2 4152.1 4096.2 4148.6 75.8 4146.9 02:27P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4084.7 4171.4 4081.0 4138.4 62.0 4151.9 02:28P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4097.8 4184.5 4097.8 4155.3 65.3 4165.5 02:27P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 59.385 59.425 59.385 59.425 1.184 60.019 02:27P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 58.870 60.915 58.840 59.945 1.034 60.095 02:27P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 59.090 61.270 59.025 60.160 1.052 60.298 02:28P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 84.69 88.61 84.44 86.90 2.56 86.83 02:28P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 82.78 84.51 82.04 83.77 1.66 83.64 02:27P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 80.85 81.54 79.77 80.95 0.95 80.81 02:27P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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DTN Crops News
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 10:34PM CDT
Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Tuesday, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 45.9 bushels per acre.

Monday, July 20, 2026 1:59PM CDT
The problem for American farmers and ranchers isn't that China is spending more on ag research. It's that we're spending less.

Monday, July 20, 2026 12:47PM CDT
The Wheat Quality Council holds its 2026 Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour in North Dakota this week, offering the world a glimpse at where the crop stands.

DTN Farm Business
Friday, July 17, 2026 3:58PM CDT
Ten more meat and poultry companies recently adopted the voluntary Product of USA label. Organizations differ on whether voluntary labeling or mandatory country-of-origin labeling best serves consumers.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 11:29AM CDT
Omaha-based Scoular Company settled with the U.S. Department of Justice on allegations of bribing Mexican officials to move commodity shipments across the border.

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