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West Des Moines, IA

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Temp:	-3^oF	Feels Like:	-17^oF
Humid:	82%	Dew Pt:	-7^oF
Barom:	30.64	Wind Dir:	SSE
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	7 mph
Sunrise:	7:35	Sunset:	5:16
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@C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	389'2	385'2	386'6	-2'4
May	395'2	391'6	393'0	-2'2
Jul	400'6	397'4	398'6	-2'2
Sep	399'6	397'2	398'2	-2'0
Dec	402'2	400'0	401'2	-1'4
Mar	411'4	410'0	410'6	-1'6
May	414'6	414'6	414'6	-1'6
Jul	417'4	416'6	417'4	-1'4

@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	931'4	924'0	925'6	-4'0
May	944'4	937'0	939'0	-4'0
Jul	957'2	950'0	951'6	-3'6
Aug	959'4	954'4	955'4	-3'6
Sep	958'6	953'4	954'4	-3'4
Nov	962'6	956'4	957'2	-3'2
Jan	965'6	960'2	961'0	-2'6
Mar	956'0	950'4	950'6	-3'2

@KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	495'6	487'6	491'2	-3'0
May	503'0	494'6	498'2	-3'2
Jul	510'6	502'4	506'4	-2'6
Sep	519'0	511'2	514'4	-3'0
Dec	530'0	522'4	525'2	-3'2
Mar	537'4	530'2	537'4	8'4

@W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	573'2	566'6	571'0	0'4
May	574'2	568'0	571'6	0'4
Jul	573'2	567'6	571'4	1'0
Sep	578'4	573'0	576'2	0'4

@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	560'0	557'4	558'4	-1'4
May	568'0	566'2	567'2	-1'2
Jul	574'2	573'4	574'2	-1'0
Sep	581'6	581'6	581'6	-1'2

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Jan	145.575	144.600	145.575	- 0.075
Mar	145.125	143.950	145.025	0.175
Apr	147.975	146.925	147.800	0.075
May	149.525	148.575	149.400	- 0.150

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Feb	126.425	125.250	126.250	0.225
Apr	127.300	125.625	127.200	0.825
Jun	119.250	118.125	119.225	0.350
Aug	116.825	115.850	116.750	0.200

@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
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Feb	67.800	66.500	67.550	0.800
Apr	74.500	73.225	74.025	0.325
May	80.725	80.275	80.400	-0.025
Jun	87.400	86.075	87.200	0.800


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