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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Rain Rain Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy
Weather Rain Rain Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy
Temp
L/H (°F)		 61/77 66/88 72/94 76/96 71/91
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 61/77 66/96 73/109 78/114 72/101
Dew Point
(°F)		 64 69 75 76 72
Humidity
(%)		 70 76 68 69 67
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 6 4 6 8 6
Precip
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Amt (in.)
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0.06		 None
Evap
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DTN Market News
Baldwin to STB: Address Threats Against Shippers Opposing UP-NS Merger
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DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 07/24 08:45
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DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/23 11:52
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/23 15:26
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 07/23
Weekly Beef Export Sales 07/23 07:35
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 69oF Feels Like: 69oF
Humid: 76% Dew Pt: 61oF
Barom: 30.13 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 3 mph
Sunrise: 5:54 Sunset: 8:31
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 10:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
Showers for Central US Friday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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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Baldwin to STB: Address Threats Against Shippers Opposing UP-NS Merger

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Technically Speaking

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

Fundamentally Speaking

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

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Greer: Canada, Mexico Deals Come First

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Minding Ag's Business

Analysis Says Farm Safety Net Boosts Profits Beyond Bad Years

Analysis Says Farm Safety Net Boosts Profits Beyond Bad Years

Analysis Says Farm Safety Net Boosts Profits Beyond Bad Years

DTN Ag Weather Forum

Soil Moisture Used Up From Last Week's Heat Wave; Concerns Building on Expanding Drought

Robust Summer Monsoon Could Help Ease Western US Drought

Heat Wave Coming to an End, But With Limited Rainfall for Western Corn Belt

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Poll: 75% of Voters Back Year-Round E15 as Senate Returns From July 4th Recess

Poll: 75% of Voters Back Year-Round E15 as Senate Returns From July 4th Recess

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Contemplate the Cost of Losing Glyphosate

Tar Spot Reports Increase in Corn Country

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Harrington's Sort & Cull

Sit and Wait in the Cattle Complex

Cattle Complex Feels the Grind of Summer

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Safrinha Corn Slightly Behind Schedule in Brazil, Sparking Concerns for Rest of Wet Season

An Urban’s Rural View

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MAHA Wages War on Seed Oils

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Machinery Chatter

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Tractor and Combine Sales Fall Sharply in October

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Large Corn Stocks Aren't So Large When Compared to Growing Demand

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Friday
Saturday
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High: 77°F
Low: 61°F
Precip: 36%		 High: 88°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 462'4 468'0 455'4 460'6 -3'2 464'0 10:41A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 486'2 492'0 479'2 484'4 -3'0 487'4 10:41A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 501'6 507'2 494'6 500'0 -3'0 503'0 10:42A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 510'0 515'4 503'6 508'4 -3'2 511'6 10:42A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 513'2 518'0 507'4 511'6 -3'0 514'6 10:42A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 493'6 495'0 487'4 490'4 -3'0 493'4 10:42A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 497'0 499'0 491'0 494'4 -3'4 498'0 10:42A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 508'6 509'0 503'4 503'6 -5'2 509'0 10:42A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 515'0 515'0 510'6 510'6 -4'0 514'6 10:42A Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1236'6 1249'2 1232'4 1241'4 4'0 1237'4 10:41A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1229'4 1242'2 1225'0 1236'4 5'4 1231'0 10:42A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1242'0 1256'2 1238'0 1250'0 6'2 1243'6 10:41A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1255'2 1269'4 1251'2 1263'2 6'2 1257'0 10:42A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1254'4 1268'4 1250'0 1261'4 5'0 1256'4 10:42A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1255'0 1270'2 1252'6 1263'0 3'6 1259'2 10:42A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1260'6 1272'6 1255'0 1265'6 3'6 1262'0 10:42A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1242'6 1251'6 1237'2 1244'4 1'6 1242'6 10:42A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1204'4 0'0 1201'4 10:42A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3306 3356 3295 3324 25 3299 10:42A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3294 3343 3279 3305 17 3288 10:42A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3276 3329 3265 3293 17 3276 10:42A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3319 3373 3307 3337 18 3319 10:42A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3344 3394 3330 3361 19 3342 10:42A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3347 3400 3342 3367 18 3349 10:42A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3352 3409 3352 3375 15 3360 10:42A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3372 3429 3372 3395 14 3381 10:42A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3370 3385 3367 3385 18 3367 10:42A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.100 103.050 102.075 102.950 0.800 102.150 10:42A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.900 89.550 88.550 89.425 0.525 88.900 10:42A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 80.050 80.825 79.700 80.750 0.625 80.125 10:42A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 83.150 83.675 82.900 83.625 0.475 83.150 10:42A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 87.550 88.000 87.325 87.950 0.400 87.550 10:42A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.675 91.125 90.675 91.125 0.450 90.675 10:42A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.875 99.250 98.700 99.200 0.300 98.900 10:41A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 99.275 99.525 99.175 99.525 0.250 99.275 10:41A Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 98.050 98.050 98.050 98.050 0.050 98.000 10:41A Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 83.050 83.050 82.575 82.575 -0.050 82.575s 10:42A Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 75.325 -0.050 75.325s 10:41A Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 225.875 228.500 225.575 227.825 2.425 225.400 10:42A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 221.775 224.125 221.475 223.075 1.700 221.375 10:42A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 220.950 223.875 220.750 222.800 2.125 220.675 10:42A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 221.850 224.775 221.800 223.600 2.000 221.600 10:42A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 223.825 226.350 223.550 225.075 1.750 223.325 10:42A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.100 220.500 218.100 219.275 1.750 217.525 10:42A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.675 217.650 215.675 216.300 1.475 214.825 10:42A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.300 216.775 215.000 216.400 2.025 214.375 10:41A Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 217.250 217.275 217.250 217.275 2.325 214.950 10:41A Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 216.500 216.500 216.500 216.500 1.625 214.875 10:41A Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 345.000 348.950 344.425 346.425 2.650 343.775 10:42A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 341.000 345.475 340.625 342.500 2.650 339.850 10:42A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 334.700 339.475 334.125 336.700 3.250 333.450 10:42A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 330.000 334.825 329.950 332.625 3.825 328.800 10:42A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 323.825 328.400 323.825 326.325 3.700 322.625 10:41A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 321.725 325.475 321.550 323.575 3.700 319.875 10:41A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 323.000 325.500 322.050 323.175 2.800 320.375 10:42A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 324.500 325.000 322.200 322.200 2.400 319.800 10:42A Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 324.375 324.675 324.075 324.675 4.275 320.400 10:41A Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 51920.00 52305.00 51846.00 52282.00 388.00 51894.00 10:42A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52287.00 52708.00 52274.00 52660.00 352.00 52308.00 10:41A 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 7492.00 7431.50 7486.75 41.75 7445.00 10:42A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7515.75 7557.50 7498.25 7556.50 44.75 7511.75 10:41A 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 28254.50 28542.00 - 78.75 28620.75 10:42A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 28974.25 29003.50 28553.00 28830.75 - 82.25 28913.00 10:42A 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 74.32 -1.27 75.59 10:42A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 74.53 74.77 73.36 73.62 -1.07 74.69 10:42A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 73.51 73.83 72.52 72.80 -0.95 73.75 10:42A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 72.76 73.06 71.72 72.10 -0.88 72.98 10:42A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 72.17 72.54 71.31 71.65 -0.83 72.48 10:42A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 71.46 71.83 70.58 71.00 -0.78 71.78 10:42A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.92 71.20 70.00 70.43 -0.73 71.16 10:42A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 70.27 70.41 69.34 69.75 -0.71 70.46 10:42A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 694'6 711'2 659'4 672'0 -24'2 696'2 10:42A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 712'2 728'2 678'0 690'0 -23'6 713'6 10:42A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 728'0 743'2 694'2 705'6 -23'4 729'2 10:42A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 731'2 747'4 701'4 712'6 -22'2 735'0 10:42A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 727'0 739'2 698'0 708'6 -20'6 729'4 10:42A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 732'0 740'6 703'2 713'4 -19'2 732'6 10:42A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 741'2 747'4 713'2 725'0 -16'2 741'2 10:42A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 745'0 748'6 721'6 729'6 -13'6 743'4 10:42A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 735'4 735'4 723'2 723'2 -15'0 738'2 10:42A 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 10:42A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 65440.0 66115.0 63925.0 64475.0 - 620.0 65095.0 10:42A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65375.0 66340.0 64235.0 65375.0 40.0 65335.0 10:42A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4047.7 4046.6 Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4053.4 4085.2 4024.0 4078.9 28.7 4050.2 10:42A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4067.4 4097.8 4037.4 4092.0 28.0 4064.0 10:41A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 58.660 57.798 Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 57.715 59.000 57.445 58.910 1.052 57.858 10:41A Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 57.920 59.290 57.360 59.190 1.136 58.054 10:42A 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 88.04 -4.15 92.19 10:42A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 87.03 87.25 83.80 84.09 -2.92 87.01 10:41A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 82.95 83.11 80.70 80.99 -1.94 82.93 10:41A Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
My Custom Markets
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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.

DTN Farm Business
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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