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	@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE   High Low Last Chg Dec 582'2 0'0 Mar 605'4 596'2 598'0 -4'0 May 612'6 604'4 606'2 -4'2 Jul 620'0 612'6 613'4 -4'4 Sep 630'0 621'4 623'6 -4'6 Dec 641'0 636'6 640'0 -5'2   @C - CORN - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Dec 434'2 426'2 432'0 -1'6 Mar 444'2 440'0 442'4 -1'4 May 451'6 447'2 449'4 -1'6 Jul 455'6 451'2 453'2 -2'0 Sep 437'2 433'0 435'0 -2'2 Dec 442'4 437'4 439'4 -2'6 Mar 453'0 448'4 450'6 -2'2 May 458'6 455'0 456'2 -2'4 Jul 461'6 458'0 459'6 -2'6   @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jan 995'0 986'0 988'6 -7'4 Mar 1002'4 993'0 995'4 -8'2 May 1012'6 1003'4 1006'0 -8'0 Jul 1023'4 1014'0 1016'2 -7'6 Aug 1021'4 1011'6 1014'2 -7'6 Sep 1009'6 1000'6 1002'0 -8'2 Nov 1013'2 1004'2 1005'6 -7'6 Jan 1022'4 1013'4 1014'6 -7'2 Mar 1023'6 1015'0 1016'2 -6'4   @W - WHEAT - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Dec 533'2 -12'2 Mar 561'0 551'2 552'0 -6'2 May 570'6 561'2 561'6 -6'0 Jul 577'0 567'2 568'0 -6'2 Sep 588'4 579'4 580'2 -6'6 Dec 604'6 595'4 595'4 -6'6 Mar 615'6 608'0 608'4 -6'6 May 624'0 -6'6 Jul 616'0 -6'4   @KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT   High Low Last Chg Dec 559'4 -7'4 Mar 565'4 555'2 556'2 -5'6 May 572'6 563'4 563'6 -5'0   @AC - ETHANOL - CBOT   High Low Last Chg Jan 2.161 Feb 2.161 Mar 2.161

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	HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Dec 24) 582'2 0'0 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Mar 25) 598'0 -4'0 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (May 25) 606'2 -4'2 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Jul 25) 613'4 -4'4 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Sep 25) 623'6 -4'6 HARD RED SPRING WHEAT (Dec 25) 640'0 -5'2 CORN (Dec 24) 432'0 -1'6 CORN (Mar 25) 442'4 -1'4 CORN (May 25) 449'4 -1'6 CORN (Jul 25) 453'2 -2'0 CORN (Sep 25) 435'0 -2'2 CORN (Dec 25) 439'4 -2'6 CORN (Mar 26) 450'6 -2'2 CORN (May 26) 456'2 -2'4 CORN (Jul 26) 459'6 -2'6 SOYBEANS (Jan 25) 988'6 -7'4 SOYBEANS (Mar 25) 995'4 -8'2 SOYBEANS (May 25) 1006'0 -8'0 SOYBEANS (Jul 25) 1016'2 -7'6 SOYBEANS (Aug 25) 1014'2 -7'6 SOYBEANS (Sep 25) 1002'0 -8'2 SOYBEANS (Nov 25) 1005'6 -7'6 SOYBEANS (Jan 26) 1014'6 -7'2 SOYBEANS (Mar 26) 1016'2 -6'4 WHEAT (Dec 24) 533'2 -12'2 WHEAT (Mar 25) 552'0 -6'2 WHEAT (May 25) 561'6 -6'0 WHEAT (Jul 25) 568'0 -6'2 WHEAT (Sep 25) 580'2 -6'6 WHEAT (Dec 25) 595'4 -6'6 WHEAT (Mar 26) 608'4 -6'6 WHEAT (May 26) 624'0 -6'6 WHEAT (Jul 26) 616'0 -6'4 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (Dec 24) 559'4 -7'4 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (Mar 25) 556'2 -5'6 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (May 25) 563'6 -5'0 ETHANOL (Jan 25) 2.161 ETHANOL (Feb 25) 2.161 ETHANOL (Mar 25) 2.161

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	Hillsboro, ND Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 23oF Feels Like: 14oF Humid: 93% Dew Pt: 21oF Barom: 29.56 Wind Dir: SSE Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph Sunrise: 8:08 Sunset: 4:37 As reported at South Farm, ND at 5:00 PM
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	Date Sat 12/14 Sun 12/15 Mon 12/16 Tue 12/17 Wed 12/18 Weather Condition Weather Freezing Rain Freezing Rain Snow Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Temp L/H (°F) 17/27 27/34 20/30 9/19 2/8 Feels Like L/H (°F) 13/18 18/26 8/22 -4/8 -12/-5 Dew Point (°F) 23 28 22 10 0 Humidity (%) 95 95 85 80 75 Wind Speed (mph) 8 10 15 8 7 Precip (%) 34 57 70 - - Precip Amt (in.) Ice 0.01 Ice 0.08 S: 1/4-1 L: 0.09 None None Evap (in./day) 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01
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