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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Rain Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy
Weather Rain Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy
Temp
L/H (°F)		 61/77 66/88 72/94 76/96 71/90
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L/H (°F)		 61/77 66/97 73/108 78/115 72/99
Dew Point
(°F)		 64 70 75 77 73
Humidity
(%)		 68 78 68 69 70
Wind
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 75oF Feels Like: 75oF
Humid: 64% Dew Pt: 62oF
Barom: 30.09 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 5:54 Sunset: 8:31
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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Showers for Central US Friday
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Heavy rain possible around Carolinas. Severe weather possible for Canadian Prairies, Red River Valley. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 5:32AM Fri Jul 24, 2026 CDT

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December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

Fundamentally Speaking

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Local Forecast
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Friday
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High: 77°F
Low: 61°F
Precip: 20%		 High: 88°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 462'4 468'0 455'4 464'0 0'2 464'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 486'2 492'0 479'2 487'2 0'0 487'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 501'6 507'2 494'6 502'6 0'0 503'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 510'0 515'4 503'6 511'2 -0'2 511'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 513'2 518'0 507'4 514'0 -0'6 514'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 493'6 495'0 487'4 491'6 -1'2 492'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 497'0 499'0 491'0 495'6 -1'2 496'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 508'6 509'0 503'4 507'6 -1'2 507'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 515'0 515'0 510'6 510'6 -1'0 513'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1236'6 1250'4 1232'4 1246'6 10'4 1248'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1229'4 1243'0 1225'0 1239'0 9'2 1240'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1242'0 1256'4 1238'0 1252'4 9'6 1253'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1255'2 1269'4 1251'2 1265'4 9'4 1266'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1254'4 1268'4 1250'0 1263'2 7'4 1264'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1255'0 1270'2 1252'6 1264'6 5'6 1265'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1260'6 1272'6 1255'0 1266'0 4'4 1266'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1242'6 1251'6 1237'2 1246'0 2'6 1245'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1204'4 0'4 1202'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3306 3356 3295 3318 14 3313s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3294 3343 3279 3311 20 3308s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3276 3329 3265 3305 27 3303s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3319 3373 3307 3353 33 3352s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3344 3394 3330 3379 35 3377s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3347 3400 3342 3388 37 3386s 01:21P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3352 3409 3352 3398 35 3395s 01:21P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3372 3429 3372 3419 35 3416s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3370 3393 3367 3393 34 3401s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.100 103.050 102.075 102.800 0.700 102.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.900 89.550 88.550 88.950 0.125 89.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 80.050 80.825 79.700 80.275 0.200 80.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 83.150 83.675 82.900 83.250 0.175 83.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 87.550 88.000 87.325 87.650 0.200 87.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.675 91.125 90.675 91.000 0.250 90.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.875 99.250 98.700 98.900 0.150 99.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 99.275 99.525 99.175 99.250 0.125 99.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 98.050 98.275 98.050 98.150 0.150 98.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.575 0.475 83.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 75.800 0.475 75.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 225.875 228.500 225.475 227.075 1.675 227.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 221.775 224.125 220.775 222.575 1.125 222.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 220.950 223.875 220.400 222.275 1.600 222.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 221.850 224.775 221.250 223.300 1.650 223.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 223.825 226.350 222.700 224.750 1.425 224.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.100 220.500 216.775 218.625 1.175 218.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.675 217.650 213.850 215.550 0.725 215.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.300 216.775 214.025 214.450 0.275 214.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 217.250 217.275 217.250 217.275 0.425 215.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 216.500 216.500 216.500 216.500 0.650 215.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 345.000 348.950 341.175 345.800 1.550 345.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 341.000 345.475 337.250 342.050 1.600 341.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 334.700 339.475 331.600 336.400 2.550 336.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 330.000 334.825 327.400 332.275 2.975 331.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 323.825 328.400 321.375 325.750 2.900 325.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 321.725 325.475 318.875 322.475 2.375 322.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 323.000 325.500 318.600 322.225 1.900 322.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 324.500 325.000 318.800 320.425 1.175 320.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 324.375 324.675 321.125 321.125 0.725 321.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Sep 26 51920.00 52314.00 51846.00 52070.00 176.00 51894.00 02:17P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52287.00 52687.00 52274.00 52483.00 175.00 52308.00 02:16P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7450.50 7496.50 7431.50 7436.25 - 8.75 7445.00 02:17P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7515.75 7563.00 7498.25 7512.00 0.25 7511.75 02:17P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28700.25 28736.00 28212.50 28235.50 - 385.25 28620.75 02:17P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 28974.25 29003.50 28509.50 28509.50 - 403.50 28913.00 02:17P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 75.41 75.63 74.10 74.14 -1.26 74.33s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 74.53 74.77 73.30 73.34 -1.22 73.47s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 73.51 73.83 72.52 72.55 -1.08 72.67s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 72.76 73.06 71.72 71.87 -0.97 72.01s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 72.17 72.54 71.31 71.46 -0.92 71.56s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 71.46 71.83 70.58 70.81 -0.89 70.89s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.92 71.20 70.00 70.18 -0.86 70.30s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 70.27 70.41 69.34 69.56 -0.79 69.67s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 694'6 711'2 659'4 679'0 -18'2 678'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 712'2 728'2 678'0 697'0 -18'2 695'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 728'0 743'2 694'2 712'6 -18'0 711'2s 01:21P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 731'2 747'4 701'4 719'0 -17'0 718'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 727'0 739'2 698'0 716'0 -14'6 714'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 732'0 740'6 703'2 719'6 -13'2 719'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 741'2 747'4 713'2 729'4 -12'0 729'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 745'0 748'6 721'6 733'4 -9'6 733'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 735'4 735'4 723'2 723'2 -8'6 729'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 65150.0 65895.0 63680.0 64180.0 - 675.0 64855.0 02:16P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 65440.0 66115.0 63925.0 64405.0 - 690.0 65095.0 02:16P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65375.0 66340.0 64235.0 65375.0 40.0 65335.0 02:16P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4068.0 4068.0 4068.0 4068.0 21.4 4067.6 02:17P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4053.4 4085.2 4024.0 4053.2 3.0 4070.8 02:17P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4067.4 4097.8 4037.4 4070.6 6.6 4084.5 02:17P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 58.660 0.858 58.656 02:17P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 57.715 59.015 57.445 58.800 0.942 58.715 02:17P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 57.920 59.290 57.360 58.435 0.381 58.906 02:17P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 92.55 92.83 87.68 89.58 -2.61 89.31 02:16P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 87.03 87.25 83.80 85.29 -1.72 85.15 02:17P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 82.95 83.11 80.70 81.86 -1.07 81.73 02:17P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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DTN Crops News
Thursday, July 23, 2026 3:37PM CDT
Day 3 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Thursday with the final three-day total weighted average yield estimate of 48.0 bushels per acre, down slightly from 48.3 bpa estimated during last year's tour.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 9:07PM CDT
Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Wednesday with a total weighted average yield estimate of 48.1 bushels per acre.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 10:34PM CDT
Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Tuesday, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 45.9 bushels per acre.

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Thursday, July 23, 2026 3:05PM CDT
The U.S. Trade Representative is pursuing separate agreements with Canada and Mexico while broader USMCA negotiations remain uncertain.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 11:29AM CDT
Omaha-based Scoular Company settled with the U.S. Department of Justice on allegations of bribing Mexican officials to move commodity shipments across the border.

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