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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Rain Mostly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 66/80 58/75 54/77 60/74 61/86
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L/H (°F)		 66/82 58/75 54/77 60/74 61/92
Dew Point
(°F)		 64 59 56 60 67
Humidity
(%)		 62 68 62 72 75
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DTN Early Word Grains 07/21 05:51
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 80oF Feels Like: 82oF
Humid: 62% Dew Pt: 66oF
Barom: 29.9 Wind Dir: NW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 17 mph
Sunrise: 5:52 Sunset: 8:34
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Front Continues South, Rain Develops in Central Plains Wednesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

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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

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Local Forecast
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High: 80°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 447'0 453'6 445'4 452'4 3'2 452'6s 03:01P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 470'0 476'4 469'0 475'2 2'2 475'2s 02:55P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 485'6 492'0 484'6 491'2 2'4 491'0s 02:59P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 494'6 500'6 493'6 500'0 2'4 499'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 499'0 505'2 498'2 504'4 2'6 504'2s 02:31P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 485'2 490'4 484'6 489'4 2'2 489'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 492'0 496'4 491'2 495'4 2'2 495'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 502'4 507'0 502'4 506'0 2'6 506'2s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 509'4 510'0 509'4 509'4 2'6 511'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1220'0 1227'4 1211'2 1218'4 -6'4 1219'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1210'0 1217'4 1204'6 1210'2 -5'0 1210'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1221'2 1230'2 1217'2 1222'2 -3'4 1222'6s 02:52P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1234'2 1243'6 1231'2 1236'0 -3'2 1236'6s 02:47P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1237'2 1244'4 1233'2 1238'0 -1'2 1238'6s 02:45P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1239'6 1247'6 1237'2 1242'4 -0'2 1243'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1243'6 1251'6 1242'2 1247'2 0'4 1248'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1225'0 1234'0 1225'0 1230'4 1'0 1231'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1192'4 1192'4 1191'0 1191'0 1'4 1194'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3221 3280 3211 3264 32 3267s 02:44P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3194 3254 3182 3240 31 3243s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3177 3242 3174 3227 32 3231s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3234 3285 3205 3269 35 3273s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3235 3306 3229 3292 37 3294s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3260 3319 3250 3304 36 3306s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3260 3332 3260 3317 35 3319s 01:22P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3288 3355 3288 3341 35 3343s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3295 36 3333s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 101.150 102.375 100.975 101.650 0.225 101.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 87.825 88.875 87.500 88.200 0.400 88.125s 02:30P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.125 79.825 78.850 79.275 0.175 79.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.425 82.850 82.075 82.475 0.225 82.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 86.775 87.100 86.550 86.850 0.225 86.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 89.975 90.350 89.975 90.125 0.325 90.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.225 98.350 97.900 98.100 0.075 98.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.425 98.750 98.400 98.575 0.100 98.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.600 97.700 97.600 97.700 0.075 97.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.100 82.100 82.100 82.100 -0.375 82.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.850 -0.625 74.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 227.000 227.750 225.500 226.450 0.150 226.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 223.850 224.675 221.975 223.050 - 0.075 223.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 223.525 224.375 221.800 222.775 - 0.100 222.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 224.425 225.300 222.900 223.750 - 0.075 223.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 225.500 226.550 224.100 225.050 0.125 225.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 220.000 220.475 218.350 219.350 0.250 219.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 217.600 217.600 215.650 216.750 0.225 216.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 217.825 217.825 215.875 216.175 0.350 216.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 215.475 0.400 216.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 213.000 0.700 216.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 352.450 353.475 347.800 349.400 - 2.450 349.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 346.675 348.050 343.200 344.875 - 1.275 344.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 340.425 341.875 337.800 339.350 - 0.250 339.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 335.150 337.000 333.225 335.150 0.625 335.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 328.650 330.725 327.000 328.725 0.825 328.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 325.000 327.200 323.500 325.225 1.200 325.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 324.050 326.025 324.050 324.950 1.250 324.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 323.475 324.250 323.475 324.250 1.775 323.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 323.000 323.825 323.000 323.825 2.900 323.800s 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 52091.00 52590.00 52035.00 52438.00 365.00 52443.00 03:01P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52533.00 52999.00 52504.00 52850.00 370.00 52852.00 03:01P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7484.00 7554.00 7473.00 7544.75 60.50 7545.75 03:01P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7544.50 7621.25 7539.25 7612.00 60.75 7613.50 03:01P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28778.25 29364.75 28701.00 29305.50 526.75 29316.00 03:01P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29066.25 29659.75 28993.50 29601.25 528.75 29617.50 03:01P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 74.65 75.16 73.54 74.23 -0.38 74.30s 02:45P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 73.82 74.32 72.70 73.36 -0.41 73.41s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 72.80 73.28 71.82 72.29 -0.45 72.39s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 72.11 72.54 71.13 71.56 -0.50 71.63s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 71.75 72.13 70.81 71.18 -0.50 71.25s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 71.17 71.52 70.29 70.65 -0.52 70.65s 02:58P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.61 70.93 69.78 70.08 -0.51 70.08s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.95 70.22 69.15 69.37 -0.46 69.44s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 673'0 679'0 665'2 678'4 4'0 678'0s 02:48P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 690'4 697'0 683'2 696'4 4'4 696'0s 02:53P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 705'4 712'4 699'2 712'4 4'6 711'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 712'2 719'4 707'2 719'2 5'2 718'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 708'6 718'0 706'4 716'6 6'2 717'4s 02:31P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 714'4 724'4 713'0 723'4 6'6 724'0s 02:47P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 725'0 735'2 724'4 735'0 7'2 735'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 735'0 739'4 734'2 739'4 8'0 742'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 738'6 738'6 738'6 738'6 7'2 739'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 65505.0 67095.0 65165.0 66475.0 1290.0 66520.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 65615.0 67320.0 65545.0 66785.0 1340.0 66780.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 67000.0 67520.0 66700.0 67470.0 1335.0 67040.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4002.1 4068.8 3999.7 4068.8 60.8 4071.1 03:01P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4013.4 4092.5 4003.3 4089.1 73.2 4076.4 03:01P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4021.1 4103.0 4021.1 4103.0 73.7 4090.0 03:01P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 56.335 59.025 56.335 58.965 2.033 58.835 03:01P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 56.405 59.305 56.260 58.850 1.972 58.911 03:01P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 56.705 59.550 56.380 59.055 1.983 59.108 03:01P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 83.48 85.80 82.25 84.99 1.68 84.91 01:30P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 82.42 85.03 81.39 84.68 2.20 84.34 03:00P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 80.90 82.82 79.96 82.32 1.42 82.11 03:01P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
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