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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Up $2 Per Ton
DTN Early Word Grains 03/27 05:48
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DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 03/27 13:35
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DTN Midday Livestock Comments 03/27 11:45
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 03/26 16:08
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USDA Hogs & Pigs Report 03/26 14:32
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Financial Markets 03/27 09:35

Local Conditions
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Temp: 48oF Feels Like: 41oF
Humid: 37% Dew Pt: 23oF
Barom: 30.5 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 20 mph
Sunrise: 6:57 Sunset: 7:26
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Quick Burst of Cold, But Temperatures Rising This Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Temperatures will rise in the Plains, East over the weekend. An active weather pattern will begin next week. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 11:52AM Fri Mar 27, 2026 CDT

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DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Up $2 Per Ton

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Spot Corn Futures and the Challenge That It Faces

Fundamentally Speaking

Largest Fund Long in Corn in Over a Year

Current Soybean Export Projections Still Look Too High

Current Soybean Export Projections Still Look Too High

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Grain Marketing Resolutions to Make It Through 'Weird' Years

My Sentimental and Economic Case for Prime Rib

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Cattle Complex Hit the Ground Running on Monday

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Ag Day Celebrates Our Industry

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FFA Probe Triggers a Popeye Moment


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High: 50°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 466'0 470'4 460'6 461'6 -5'0 462'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 477'0 481'2 472'2 473'2 -4'4 473'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 480'0 483'4 475'0 476'0 -4'0 476'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 493'4 497'0 488'6 490'0 -4'2 490'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 503'4 506'6 499'2 500'4 -3'6 500'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 509'6 513'0 505'6 506'6 -3'4 507'2s 01:29P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 512'4 515'6 509'0 509'6 -3'2 510'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 490'0 490'2 488'0 488'2 -1'0 488'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 492'2 495'0 492'0 492'2 -0'6 492'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1172'0 1178'6 1155'6 1159'4 -14'4 1159'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1186'0 1194'2 1171'4 1175'4 -14'2 1175'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1180'0 1188'4 1166'6 1170'6 -12'4 1170'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1153'0 1160'2 1141'6 1144'6 -9'6 1144'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1151'0 1158'2 1141'0 1144'2 -8'6 1144'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1162'0 1169'0 1152'4 1155'4 -8'4 1155'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1159'2 1165'0 1150'2 1152'2 -7'2 1152'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1161'4 1166'4 1153'0 1154'6 -6'4 1154'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1166'4 1171'4 1158'0 1160'0 -5'6 1160'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3217 3235 3147 3150 - 68 3153s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3187 3205 3125 3128 - 61 3131s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3157 3176 3106 3108 - 52 3111s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3130 3145 3086 3087 - 45 3090s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3105 3117 3063 3063 - 41 3066s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3125 3141 3086 3089 - 43 3090s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3120 3135 3085 3086 - 43 3088s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3106 3115 3068 3069 - 43 3070s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3090 3107 3063 3063 - 41 3066s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 91.000 91.200 90.500 90.750 -0.050 90.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.500 97.200 95.925 96.875 1.225 96.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.950 106.425 104.625 105.975 1.825 106.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 107.500 109.100 107.225 108.700 2.125 108.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 107.600 108.750 107.075 108.375 2.025 108.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.375 92.450 91.350 92.200 1.225 92.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.525 84.325 83.525 84.025 0.700 84.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.125 86.600 86.100 86.375 0.475 86.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 235.525 238.775 235.025 238.750 3.400 238.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 235.025 239.300 234.600 238.825 3.975 238.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 232.925 236.775 232.300 236.150 3.650 236.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 230.050 233.875 229.975 233.100 2.875 232.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.150 233.425 229.825 232.775 2.525 232.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 230.400 233.575 230.125 232.925 2.350 232.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 229.800 233.100 229.700 232.425 2.450 232.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 223.000 226.000 222.950 225.775 2.600 225.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 354.500 362.425 354.200 361.950 6.375 361.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 350.975 360.425 350.900 360.125 8.075 359.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 349.750 358.425 349.750 358.225 7.425 357.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 348.525 356.200 348.375 355.975 6.750 355.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 347.000 353.600 346.675 353.550 6.250 353.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 345.175 350.875 345.125 350.675 5.400 350.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 340.000 345.000 340.000 344.650 4.825 344.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 335.425 338.925 335.425 338.925 4.125 339.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 46333.00 46502.00 45454.00 45487.00 - 743.00 46230.00 01:55P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 46755.00 46755.00 45734.00 45750.00 - 761.00 46511.00 01:55P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6536.00 6568.50 6419.25 6420.50 -104.50 6525.00 01:55P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6591.75 6617.00 6466.75 6470.25 -105.25 6575.50 01:55P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 23824.00 23976.00 23325.25 23337.00 - 457.25 23794.25 01:55P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24091.50 24193.25 23539.50 23548.00 - 463.75 24011.75 01:55P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.85 69.10 66.30 67.22 -0.61 67.41s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.88 69.00 66.23 67.25 -0.43 67.45s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.81 68.08 65.40 66.48 -0.25 66.68s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 66.00 67.07 64.54 65.56 -0.21 65.77s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.88 66.04 63.65 64.63 -0.21 64.78s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 64.40 65.46 63.11 64.06 -0.26 64.21s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.74 64.92 62.69 63.56 -0.31 63.74s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 63.00 64.12 62.08 62.81 -0.32 63.02s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 605'0 613'2 599'2 605'6 0'0 605'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 616'0 624'0 610'4 616'4 0'2 616'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 628'6 636'2 623'4 629'4 0'2 629'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 647'0 653'4 640'4 646'2 0'0 646'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 660'0 666'4 654'0 659'2 -0'2 659'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 663'2 671'6 660'2 664'2 -0'2 665'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 653'0 661'2 653'0 654'0 0'2 655'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 657'2 659'2 655'0 655'0 -0'2 659'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 671'0 671'0 667'4 667'4 -0'4 669'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 68860.00 68980.00 65535.00 66225.00 -2256.61 66233.39 11:43A Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 69200.0 69315.0 65710.0 66000.0 -2770.0 68770.0 01:55P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 69325.0 69385.0 66040.0 66040.0 -3060.0 69100.0 01:55P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4443.1 116.5 4492.0 12:31P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4371.8 4552.1 4369.1 4513.2 136.9 4492.5 01:55P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4398.1 4568.3 4389.4 4528.0 135.7 4508.6 01:55P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 67.550 67.555 67.540 67.550 1.874 69.545 12:26P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 68.415 71.035 67.340 70.100 2.403 69.561 01:55P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 68.365 71.775 67.440 70.335 2.401 69.796 01:55P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 93.31 100.04 92.08 99.24 4.76 99.64 01:55P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 90.15 94.59 88.91 94.11 2.96 94.19 01:55P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 87.56 90.15 85.88 89.75 1.75 89.53 01:55P 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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