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	2024 Hard Red and Soft Red Winter Wheat Crop Quality Good Overall
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	@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE   High Low Last Chg Dec 614'2 611'0 611'4 -2'4 Mar 636'2 633'0 633'0 -3'0 May 646'2 645'0 645'2 -2'2 Jul 654'2 653'0 653'0 0'4 Sep 659'2 659'0 659'0 2'2 Dec 678'0 -4'6   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Dec 409'4 408'2 409'0 -0'4 Mar 423'0 421'6 422'4 -0'6 May 430'2 429'2 429'6 -0'6 Jul 434'4 433'2 433'6 -1'0 Sep 430'2 429'2 430'0 -0'4 Dec 437'0 436'0 437'0 -0'2 Mar 447'4 447'0 447'4 -0'4 May 453'4 453'0 453'4 -0'4 Jul 459'6 0'0   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Nov 983'2 978'0 980'6 -0'2 Jan 991'6 987'4 990'0 0'2 Mar 1003'2 999'2 1001'0 -1'0 May 1017'6 1013'4 1015'6 -0'2 Jul 1029'2 1025'4 1027'0 -1'2 Aug 1031'0 1027'0 1028'6 -0'6 Sep 1022'2 1021'0 1022'2 0'0 Nov 1026'4 1023'2 1023'6 -1'6 Jan 1035'6 1035'4 1035'4 -2'0   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Dec 574'6 566'4 567'4 -4'6 Mar 594'4 586'6 587'6 -4'4 May 605'4 597'6 598'6 -4'2 Jul 612'2 604'6 605'2 -4'2 Sep 620'2 614'6 615'4 -3'4 Dec 633'4 629'0 629'0 -3'4 Mar 641'0 638'2 638'2 -3'2 May 652'2 0'0 Jul 635'0 0'0   @KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT   High Low Last Chg Dec 583'4 577'4 579'0 -3'2 Mar 597'4 592'4 593'6 -3'2 May 607'2 602'0 603'2 -3'2   @AC - ETHANOL - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Nov 2.161 Dec 2.161 Jan 2.161   @DJ - @DJF0 - UNKNOWN   High Low Last Chg Jan   @SP - @SPF0 - UNKNOWN   High Low Last Chg Jan

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Dec 24) 611'4 -2'4 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Mar 25) 633'0 -3'0 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (May 25) 645'2 -2'2 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Jul 25) 653'0 0'4 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Sep 25) 659'0 2'2 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Dec 25) 678'0 -4'6 CORN (Dec 24) 408'6 -0'6 CORN (Mar 25) 422'4 -0'6 CORN (May 25) 429'6 -0'6 CORN (Jul 25) 433'6 -1'0 CORN (Sep 25) 430'0 -0'4 CORN (Dec 25) 437'0 -0'2 CORN (Mar 26) 447'4 -0'4 CORN (May 26) 453'4 -0'4 CORN (Jul 26) 459'6 0'0 SOYBEANS (Nov 24) 980'6 -0'2 SOYBEANS (Jan 25) 990'0 0'2 SOYBEANS (Mar 25) 1001'0 -1'0 SOYBEANS (May 25) 1015'6 -0'2 SOYBEANS (Jul 25) 1027'0 -1'2 SOYBEANS (Aug 25) 1028'6 -0'6 SOYBEANS (Sep 25) 1022'2 0'0 SOYBEANS (Nov 25) 1023'6 -1'6 SOYBEANS (Jan 26) 1035'4 -2'0 WHEAT (Dec 24) 567'4 -4'6 WHEAT (Mar 25) 587'6 -4'4 WHEAT (May 25) 598'6 -4'2 WHEAT (Jul 25) 605'2 -4'2 WHEAT (Sep 25) 615'4 -3'4 WHEAT (Dec 25) 629'0 -3'4 WHEAT (Mar 26) 638'2 -3'2 WHEAT (May 26) 652'2 0'0 WHEAT (Jul 26) 635'0 0'0 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (Dec 24) 579'0 -3'2 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (Mar 25) 593'4 -3'4 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (May 25) 603'2 -3'2 ETHANOL (Nov 24) 2.161 ETHANOL (Dec 24) 2.161 ETHANOL (Jan 25) 2.161

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 70oF Humid: 69% Dew Pt: 60oF Barom: 29.12 Wind Dir: S Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph Sunrise: 7:57 Sunset: 6:26 As reported at South Farm, ND at 8:00 PM
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	Date Tue 10/22 Wed 10/23 Thu 10/24 Fri 10/25 Sat 10/26 Weather Condition Weather Thunder Storms Clear Rain Partly Cloudy Rain Temp L/H (°F) 44/64 39/56 43/54 36/55 33/55 Feels Like L/H (°F) 39/64 36/56 39/54 31/55 28/55 Dew Point (°F) 46 33 37 30 26 Humidity (%) 79 58 64 50 48 Wind Speed (mph) 12 7 6 7 7 Precip (%) 55 - 70 - 22 Precip Amt (in.) Rain 0.25 None Rain 0.12 None Rain 0.09 Evap (in./day) 0.06 0.08 0.06 0.08 0.09
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	Upper Low, Front Moving Through Upper Midwest Tuesday Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist Thunderstorms in the Central Plains, moving into the Midwest. Temperatures will drop behind the front. » More DTN Weather Commentary Posted at 12:01PM Mon Oct 21, 2024 CDT

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