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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 65/90 68/92 70/94 72/95 73/93
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L/H (°F)		 65/94 68/97 70/99 73/100 74/101
Dew Point
(°F)		 69 69 71 69 71
Humidity
(%)		 52 58 58 52 58
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DTN Market News
DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Higher on Average
DTN Early Word Grains 07/13 05:58
DTN Midday Grain Comments 07/13 10:53
DTN Closing Grain Comments 07/13 13:52
DTN Cattle Close/Trends 07/13 16:10
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 07/13 06:14
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/13 11:41
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/13 15:32
DTN Chart Technical Points 07/13 16:30
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DTN Cattle Close/Trends 07/13 16:10
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 07/13 06:14
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/13 11:41
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/13 15:32
CME Feeder Cattle Index 07/13
Weekly Beef Export Sales 07/09 07:35
DTN Livestock Stats at a Glance
DTN Hog Close/Trends 07/13 15:15
Family Business Matters 06/02 12:13

Headline News
US, Iran Vie for Control of Strait 07/13 06:19
Senate Returns to DC After Graham Death07/13 06:30
EU Targets Cyberspying Russians 07/13 06:13
Zelenskyy,EU Leaders to Discuss Support07/13 06:25
New Syria Parliament Holds 1st Session 07/13 06:29
Ukraine PM Steps Down Amid Reshuffle 07/13 06:17
EU Weighs Social Media Age Restrictions07/13 06:21
Oil Prices Rise, AI Stocks Fall Monday 07/13 15:23

Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 89oF Feels Like: 92oF
Humid: 48% Dew Pt: 67oF
Barom: 30.2 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 5 mph
Sunrise: 5:45 Sunset: 8:39
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Heat Continues to Spread East Tuesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Purdue Barometer Shows Farmer Sentiment Pressured by High Input Prices

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Record Heat Threatens Europe Corn Crop

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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High: 90°F
Low: 65°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 92°F
Low: 68°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 441'0 447'6 437'6 440'6 -0'2 437'6s 02:31P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 445'0 447'4 440'2 440'6 1'4 441'0s 03:53P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 467'0 469'4 462'2 463'0 2'2 463'2s 03:52P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 481'0 484'0 477'4 478'2 2'6 478'4s 02:56P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 487'4 491'4 485'4 486'2 2'4 486'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 494'0 496'0 490'2 490'2 2'4 491'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 480'0 481'6 476'4 477'0 1'6 478'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 485'6 488'2 482'2 483'6 1'6 484'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 496'0 499'0 494'6 496'6 2'0 495'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1204'2 1208'0 1201'4 1207'0 5'4 1202'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1200'4 1208'6 1193'2 1196'4 5'0 1196'6s 03:45P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1189'6 1197'4 1182'4 1184'2 4'0 1185'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1200'0 1207'2 1191'2 1193'4 4'0 1194'6s 03:40P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1212'0 1220'6 1205'0 1207'0 4'0 1208'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1215'0 1222'4 1207'6 1209'6 4'2 1211'6s 02:31P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1221'0 1227'2 1213'0 1215'2 4'4 1217'2s 03:06P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1225'6 1232'6 1219'0 1220'4 4'2 1222'6s 02:40P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1216'4 1216'4 1204'4 1208'2 4'4 1207'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3261 3434 3200 3400 - 63 3168s 02:33P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3220 3237 3170 3177 - 32 3172s 03:38P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3215 3215 3138 3143 - 32 3140s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3181 3190 3114 3119 - 36 3116s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3207 3223 3148 3156 - 37 3150s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3223 3238 3167 3173 - 37 3169s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3243 3259 3184 3189 - 39 3186s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3260 3265 3198 3203 - 40 3200s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3285 3290 3223 3227 - 38 3225s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 94.750 94.950 94.625 94.950 94.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 99.275 100.250 97.750 98.150 - 0.900 98.100s 03:21P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 85.400 86.225 83.825 84.325 -0.800 84.275s 02:47P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 76.500 77.125 74.875 75.125 -1.175 75.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 79.975 80.475 78.475 78.650 -1.200 78.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 84.750 85.300 83.350 83.500 -1.150 83.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.950 88.950 87.300 87.300 -1.175 87.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 96.775 97.025 95.425 95.600 -1.000 95.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 97.000 97.000 96.175 96.175 -0.950 96.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.600 95.625 95.600 95.625 -0.875 95.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.500 -0.875 80.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 73.475 -0.875 73.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 235.350 236.500 234.625 234.950 - 0.475 234.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 230.550 232.550 230.375 230.825 0.075 230.625s 02:32P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.400 232.275 230.175 230.400 0.125 230.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 231.200 233.075 231.075 231.250 0.100 231.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 231.875 233.525 231.475 231.750 0.050 231.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 225.550 227.000 225.025 225.200 - 0.175 225.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 222.350 223.500 221.775 221.900 - 0.275 221.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 221.275 222.475 220.900 220.900 - 0.375 220.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 221.125 - 0.375 220.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 221.000 - 0.375 220.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 354.500 358.550 352.975 354.200 - 0.250 354.350s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 351.000 354.700 349.625 350.475 - 0.200 350.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 346.800 350.525 346.000 346.475 - 0.500 346.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 343.500 346.700 342.550 342.825 - 0.900 343.125s 02:30P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 337.750 339.850 336.350 336.350 - 0.775 336.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 333.700 335.675 332.725 332.950 - 0.675 332.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 332.450 333.325 331.300 331.300 - 0.225 331.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 330.850 331.050 330.000 330.000 - 0.225 330.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 329.500 329.500 329.500 329.500 - 0.575 329.450s 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 52844.00 53113.00 52603.00 52720.00 - 142.00 52764.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53180.00 53528.00 53050.00 53158.00 - 140.00 53182.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7607.00 7615.25 7547.25 7554.25 - 57.25 7563.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7674.00 7681.25 7618.00 7622.00 - 57.25 7631.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29952.00 30041.00 29386.50 29428.75 - 556.50 29475.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30262.75 30315.00 29700.50 29701.25 - 558.00 29781.25s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 73.89 73.89 73.89 73.89 2.18 73.04s 01:20P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 71.09 73.17 70.83 72.70 2.36 72.82s 03:55P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.53 72.51 70.32 72.04 2.23 72.15s 03:55P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.94 71.88 69.73 71.44 2.19 71.52s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.65 71.51 69.33 71.09 2.18 71.16s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.55 71.28 69.19 70.83 2.11 70.95s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.19 70.81 68.89 70.41 1.97 70.51s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.69 70.29 68.46 69.91 1.84 69.99s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 630'0 634'4 630'0 630'6 -5'0 627'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 646'4 653'0 633'4 635'2 -5'0 635'2s 03:48P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 662'4 666'6 649'0 650'6 -4'0 650'4s 03:53P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 672'0 678'0 661'6 663'2 -3'0 663'2s 02:55P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 682'0 683'6 668'6 669'6 -2'6 670'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 680'2 685'6 671'6 672'2 -2'6 672'4s 02:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 687'4 694'4 681'0 682'0 -2'0 682'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 704'6 704'6 695'6 696'6 -1'2 697'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 708'0 708'0 708'0 708'0 -0'2 708'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 62010.0 62010.0 62000.0 62010.0 - 340.0 62350.0 04:38P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 72025.0 62315.0 62520.0 62595.0 Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 62495.0 62495.0 62930.0 62840.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4081.0 4081.0 3985.9 3997.4 -107.1 3997.0s 04:00P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4106.6 4111.6 3992.9 4008.7 -108.0 4005.7s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4124.9 4124.9 4007.2 4019.5 -108.7 4018.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 58.935 59.045 57.510 57.510 -2.175 57.634s 04:00P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 59.500 59.535 57.450 57.710 -2.182 57.768s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 59.710 59.795 57.595 57.980 -2.193 57.972s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 73.69 78.58 72.61 78.00 6.73 78.14s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 73.38 78.34 72.51 77.78 6.60 77.94s 04:00P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 73.06 77.58 72.21 77.00 6.10 77.25s 04:00P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
My Custom Markets
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Monday, July 13, 2026 4:22PM CDT
In a federal lawsuit over patent and licensing rights to glyphosate-resistant corn seed, Bayer CropScience on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit brought by Latham Quality Inc., a company that alleged Bayer had made it too difficult to develop an off-patent glyphosate-resistant seed.

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