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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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(°F)		 27 22 38 49 47
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DTN Market News
While High Gasoline Prices Hurt Consumers, Don't Overlook Fuel Surcharges
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Doctors: Israel Targeting Health Care 04/06 06:10
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Financial Markets 04/06 09:28

Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 50oF Feels Like: 44oF
Humid: 50% Dew Pt: 32oF
Barom: 30.34 Wind Dir: WNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 18 mph
Sunrise: 6:40 Sunset: 7:37
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Fairly Quiet Monday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Posted at 5:36AM Mon Apr 6, 2026 CDT

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While High Gasoline Prices Hurt Consumers, Don't Overlook Fuel Surcharges

While High Gasoline Prices Hurt Consumers, Don't Overlook Fuel Surcharges

While High Gasoline Prices Hurt Consumers, Don't Overlook Fuel Surcharges

Technically Speaking

Is That a Bear Flag Pattern on May Soybeans?

Is That a Bear Flag Pattern on May Soybeans?

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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My Sentimental and Economic Case for Prime Rib

Frustrating Markets Stress Importance of a Marketing Plan

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Early Spring Central US Drought Coverage Exceeds Top DTN Weather Analog Years

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Local Forecast
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High: 52°F
Low: 36°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 453'0 454'4 448'2 453'6 1'6 454'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 464'0 465'4 459'6 465'0 2'0 465'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 467'4 469'2 463'4 468'2 2'0 469'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 481'4 483'2 477'6 482'6 1'6 483'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 492'4 494'4 489'0 493'6 2'2 494'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'6 501'2 495'4 501'0 2'4 501'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 501'6 504'4 498'6 504'4 2'2 504'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'6 487'0 482'0 487'0 2'2 487'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 492'0 492'6 487'2 492'0 2'2 492'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1164'4 1169'6 1158'6 1164'6 3'2 1166'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1181'2 1186'0 1175'6 1181'4 3'2 1183'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1179'0 1180'4 1171'2 1176'2 3'0 1178'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1156'4 1159'4 1150'4 1156'2 3'6 1157'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1154'0 1158'6 1149'6 1156'0 3'0 1157'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1164'6 1168'4 1159'0 1165'4 3'2 1167'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1160'4 1163'2 1153'4 1160'2 3'4 1162'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1161'2 1165'0 1156'2 1163'0 3'4 1164'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1163'0 1171'0 1163'0 1168'6 3'4 1170'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3159 3191 3144 3166 14 3166s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3135 3169 3128 3149 17 3149s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3115 3142 3105 3121 10 3119s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3090 3110 3079 3088 6 3086s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3057 3082 3047 3058 - 1 3055s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3097 3117 3083 3094 - 1 3090s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3100 3119 3086 3096 3094s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3096 3098 3070 3079 1 3077s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3073 3093 3063 3072 3070s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.650 91.175 90.300 90.550 0.125 90.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.750 98.875 96.750 98.600 2.775 98.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 105.150 107.850 105.150 107.550 3.225 107.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 107.575 110.200 107.575 109.850 2.900 109.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 107.375 109.650 107.375 109.275 2.500 109.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.000 93.300 92.000 93.100 1.725 93.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.000 84.750 83.775 84.625 1.325 84.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.225 87.000 86.125 86.875 1.125 86.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 247.025 248.750 247.000 248.450 1.825 248.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 246.875 248.450 246.125 247.300 0.700 247.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 242.325 243.750 241.825 243.125 0.700 242.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.000 238.775 237.325 238.425 0.400 238.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.500 238.000 236.800 237.800 0.475 237.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.925 237.950 236.350 237.700 0.575 237.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.425 237.525 236.225 237.100 0.525 236.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.825 231.200 229.825 230.600 0.650 230.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 373.950 374.975 371.000 372.475 - 0.875 372.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 371.175 372.625 369.000 370.700 - 0.275 370.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 369.975 371.475 368.300 370.100 0.325 369.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 368.000 369.325 366.425 368.075 0.525 367.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 365.000 366.550 363.800 365.325 0.650 365.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.925 363.400 360.900 362.225 0.800 362.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 355.550 356.900 354.300 355.325 0.675 355.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 350.000 351.275 350.000 350.500 1.175 350.500s 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 46569.00 46933.00 46362.00 46837.00 105.00 46732.00 01:49P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 46731.00 47203.00 46720.00 47123.00 118.00 47005.00 01:49P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6590.00 6661.00 6567.00 6644.75 22.50 6622.25 01:49P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6644.75 6709.50 6617.50 6693.00 20.75 6672.25 01:49P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 24093.50 24452.25 23981.50 24337.00 119.00 24218.00 01:48P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24299.00 24657.25 24210.00 24560.25 126.00 24434.25 01:48P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 69.62 70.00 68.61 69.86 1.01 69.95s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 69.50 69.69 68.48 69.47 0.90 69.64s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 68.57 68.58 67.59 68.34 0.70 68.52s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 67.43 67.62 66.63 67.30 0.61 67.48s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 66.14 66.38 65.58 66.21 0.51 66.35s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 65.64 65.82 64.89 65.46 0.46 65.61s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.26 65.32 64.39 64.96 0.46 65.09s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.50 64.50 63.64 64.20 0.48 64.32s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 599'0 600'4 588'4 595'6 -3'0 595'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 610'0 611'4 600'0 607'0 -3'0 606'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 624'0 624'0 612'6 620'2 -2'4 619'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 640'0 640'6 630'2 638'0 -1'4 637'4s 01:20P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 654'4 654'4 644'2 652'2 -1'0 652'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 659'0 659'0 650'6 659'0 -0'2 658'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 643'4 653'4 641'6 653'4 2'0 651'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 646'0 3'2 656'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 660'6 660'6 660'6 660'6 4'6 667'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 67755.0 70600.0 67570.0 70025.0 2890.0 67135.0 01:50P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 68105.0 70900.0 68010.0 70400.0 2945.0 67455.0 01:50P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 68340.0 70905.0 68340.0 70700.0 3000.0 67700.0 01:50P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4656.1 4689.6 4605.0 4680.6 5.3 4656.8 01:49P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4656.0 4714.9 4617.6 4660.0 - 2.9 4667.8 01:49P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4675.0 4733.1 4626.2 4678.2 - 1.5 4684.7 01:49P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 71.850 71.850 71.850 71.850 -0.074 72.661 01:49P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 72.720 73.735 71.335 72.980 0.056 72.847 01:49P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 73.080 73.955 71.950 73.470 0.269 73.115 01:49P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 112.96 115.48 108.89 112.29 0.75 112.41 01:49P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 98.51 100.91 95.57 98.61 0.57 98.47 01:49P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 89.72 91.55 87.28 90.32 0.93 90.24 01:49P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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Wednesday, April 1, 2026 5:54AM CDT
All eight major fertilizers were higher than a month ago for the fourth week of March 2026. Five fertilizers were significantly more expensive, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. Four of the five fertilizers saw double-digit price increases compared to last month.

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.

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Monday, April 6, 2026 11:14AM CDT
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Sunday, April 5, 2026 3:49PM CDT
Thursday will be an instructive day as the April WASDE report reveals U.S. and global market conditions, and a new Drought Monitor reveal shows how effective the latest rain and snowfall has been at building back soil moisture.

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