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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Clear Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 70/92 71/93 73/92 73/94 68/90
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 70/99 72/97 74/99 75/104 68/94
Dew Point
(°F)		 72 70 72 73 69
Humidity
(%)		 54 55 63 61 61
Wind
Speed
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Precip
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Evap
(in./day)		 0.26 0.18 0.2 0.25 0.21
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DTN Market News
DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Higher on Average
DTN Early Word Grains 07/15 05:55
DTN Midday Grain Comments 07/15 11:00
DTN Closing Grain Comments 07/15 14:00
DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 07/15 12:15
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 07/15 06:15
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/15 11:41
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/14 15:20
DTN Chart Technical Points 07/14 16:30
National Lean Hog Values 09/01

DTN Livestock News
DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 07/15 12:15
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DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/14 15:20
CME Feeder Cattle Index 07/13
Weekly Beef Export Sales 07/09 07:35
DTN Livestock Stats at a Glance
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Family Business Matters 06/02 12:13

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Trump Touts 'Chemistry' With Iraq PM 07/15 06:20
House Passes Daylight Savings Bill 07/15 06:10
SCOTUS Justices Detail Security Risks 07/15 06:14
Financial Markets 07/15 09:24

Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 90oF Feels Like: 98oF
Humid: 56% Dew Pt: 72oF
Barom: 30.11 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 5:46 Sunset: 8:38
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Northern Heat, Southern Showers Continue Wednesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Washington, IA
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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Wednesday
Thursday
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High: 92°F
Low: 70°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 93°F
Low: 71°F
Precip: 25%		 High: 92°F
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Precip: 48%		 High: 94°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 438'0 449'0 437'0 447'2 9'0 447'4s 02:34P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 459'6 471'0 458'6 469'2 9'0 469'4s 02:36P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 475'0 485'4 474'4 483'4 8'4 484'2s 02:34P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 482'6 494'0 482'6 492'0 8'2 492'4s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 488'6 498'4 487'6 496'6 8'4 497'4s 02:36P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 476'0 485'0 476'0 484'0 7'2 484'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 482'6 491'0 482'2 490'0 7'0 490'4s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 494'6 501'2 494'6 501'0 6'2 501'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 504'2 507'2 504'2 507'2 6'2 507'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1191'0 1204'6 1185'0 1201'4 9'4 1202'2s 02:31P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1181'2 1193'6 1174'4 1191'6 11'0 1192'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1191'0 1203'2 1184'6 1201'6 10'6 1201'6s 02:36P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1205'0 1217'2 1199'0 1215'6 10'6 1215'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1207'2 1221'0 1203'2 1219'4 10'6 1219'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1214'0 1226'4 1210'0 1225'0 10'4 1225'0s 02:35P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1220'0 1232'0 1216'2 1230'4 10'2 1230'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1211'2 1217'0 1204'2 1215'6 9'4 1216'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1171'2 9'0 1182'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3176 3199 3158 3190 15 3189s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3155 3188 3139 3178 26 3176s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3129 3172 3120 3165 36 3165s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3163 3204 3152 3202 37 3200s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3186 3220 3171 3218 35 3216s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3197 3233 3188 3229 32 3229s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3211 3245 3203 3243 31 3242s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3239 3271 3230 3269 30 3268s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3249 3263 3248 3263 30 3260s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 95.175 95.300 95.100 95.150 0.075 95.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 98.575 100.450 98.350 100.350 1.875 100.325s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 84.575 86.850 84.450 86.625 2.350 86.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 75.075 77.450 74.950 77.350 2.550 77.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.700 80.625 78.500 80.500 2.175 80.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 83.150 85.250 83.150 85.150 1.950 85.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 87.375 89.000 87.375 88.975 2.025 89.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.075 97.175 95.000 97.125 1.750 97.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.250 97.850 96.225 97.825 1.675 97.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.850 97.000 95.850 97.000 1.500 97.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.975 82.000 81.975 82.000 1.050 81.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.975 0.850 74.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 231.425 232.100 229.250 230.325 - 1.300 230.125s 02:30P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.325 228.025 225.050 226.250 - 1.650 226.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 227.200 227.650 224.650 225.825 - 1.750 225.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 228.300 228.550 225.425 226.500 - 2.025 226.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.900 228.950 225.875 226.625 - 2.100 226.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 222.475 222.475 219.475 220.125 - 2.275 220.200s 02:30P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 218.550 218.950 216.800 216.925 - 2.450 216.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 217.750 217.750 215.875 215.875 - 2.625 215.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 217.200 217.200 216.325 216.325 - 2.625 216.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 216.825 217.100 215.875 215.875 - 2.825 216.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 349.300 351.350 347.475 350.700 1.150 349.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 345.250 346.575 342.250 344.950 - 0.475 344.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 340.800 341.725 337.050 339.125 - 1.675 338.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 337.200 337.950 333.000 334.675 - 2.275 334.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 331.125 331.125 326.625 328.050 - 2.250 328.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 326.875 327.250 323.500 324.600 - 2.275 324.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 324.750 325.975 322.875 323.725 - 2.075 323.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 323.375 324.450 321.075 322.625 - 1.975 322.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 322.750 322.750 320.200 321.075 - 2.800 321.075s 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 52792.00 53088.00 52680.00 52858.00 67.00 52791.00 02:36P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53260.00 53495.00 53098.00 53286.00 80.00 53206.00 02:36P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7589.75 7626.25 7571.75 7605.75 14.50 7591.25 02:36P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7654.50 7692.75 7639.25 7669.25 10.50 7658.75 02:36P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29805.00 30062.50 29397.00 29638.50 - 151.75 29790.25 02:36P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30070.25 30358.50 29703.00 29930.75 - 163.25 30094.00 02:36P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 72.53 73.03 71.70 72.90 0.52 72.92s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.78 72.27 70.96 72.14 0.52 72.18s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.11 71.61 70.34 71.36 0.36 71.40s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.85 71.26 69.95 70.93 0.26 70.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.53 71.08 69.80 70.70 0.22 70.73s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.14 70.67 69.45 70.33 0.22 70.33s 01:21P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.69 70.11 69.01 69.83 0.23 69.87s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.11 69.53 68.47 69.20 0.21 69.28s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 644'0 682'6 642'6 677'6 32'4 677'4s 02:32P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 659'0 696'6 657'6 692'6 32'2 692'0s 02:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 671'0 707'6 669'6 703'4 31'6 703'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 677'2 711'6 676'2 707'6 29'6 707'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 678'0 710'0 677'6 705'2 26'0 705'4s 02:32P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 687'6 716'2 687'4 712'4 23'2 712'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 702'0 727'6 701'6 724'2 21'2 724'2s 02:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 733'4 733'4 729'0 731'4 18'0 731'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 725'2 732'4 723'0 725'0 13'0 729'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 64995.0 65740.0 64585.0 64960.0 245.0 64715.0 02:36P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 65170.0 66005.0 64860.0 65255.0 285.0 64970.0 02:36P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65640.0 66185.0 65380.0 65975.0 775.0 65200.0 02:36P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4049.1 4070.1 4019.4 4070.1 9.0 4044.0 02:36P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4059.8 4089.1 4023.3 4058.0 - 11.7 4051.8 02:36P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4077.1 4100.0 4040.7 4069.8 - 13.3 4065.1 02:36P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 58.695 58.695 56.900 56.900 -1.662 57.110 02:36P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 58.875 59.105 56.770 57.865 -1.033 57.232 02:36P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 59.045 59.405 56.920 58.005 -1.099 57.433 02:36P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 79.74 80.93 78.19 80.42 1.08 79.60 02:36P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 78.96 80.13 77.77 79.86 1.18 79.12 02:36P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 77.88 78.96 76.91 78.74 1.22 78.08 02:36P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
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