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West Des Moines, IA

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Temp:	31^oF	Feels Like:	24^oF
Humid:	69%	Dew Pt:	22^oF
Barom:	30.35	Wind Dir:	SSE
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	7 mph
Sunrise:	7:19	Sunset:	7:25
As reported at DES MOINES, IA at 4:00 AM


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	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	372'2	371'0	371'6	0'2
Jul	381'4	380'2	380'4	-0'2
Sep	388'2	387'0	387'2	-0'2
Dec	395'2	394'2	394'4	-0'2
Mar	406'2	405'6	406'0	0'2
May	411'4	411'0	411'0	0'0
Jul	415'0	413'6	413'6	-0'6
Sep	408'0	405'4	405'6	0'0

@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	907'0	901'2	902'6	-3'0
Jul	920'2	915'0	916'4	-2'6
Aug	926'2	921'2	922'4	-3'0
Sep	929'2	926'0	928'0	-2'0
Nov	940'0	935'0	936'4	-2'4
Jan	948'0	943'6	944'6	-2'4
Mar	954'0	949'4	949'4	-3'6
May	960'2	956'6	959'0	-2'6

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	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	440'6	437'4	439'2	2'6
Jul	450'0	447'2	447'6	1'6
Sep	462'2	459'6	459'6	1'2
Dec	482'2	479'6	479'6	0'6
Mar	501'0	494'0	497'0	-3'0
May	511'0	506'0	506'0	-2'6

@W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	460'0	456'6	459'2	2'4
Jul	466'6	463'4	465'6	2'2
Sep	474'6	472'4	474'4	2'4
Dec	489'6	487'2	487'6	1'0

@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE
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May	565'0	559'6	562'2	1'4
Jul	566'0	562'0	562'2	0'2
Sep	570'0	567'2	570'0	2'4
Dec	580'0	580'0	580'0	0'0

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Apr	146.950	145.725	146.425	- 0.625
May	148.800	147.400	148.300	- 0.125
Aug	153.975	152.825	153.875	0.325

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Apr	129.700	128.200	128.425	- 0.775
Jun	122.700	121.575	122.650	0.650
Aug	118.250	117.400	118.125	0.375
Oct	118.225	117.475	118.075	0.225

@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
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Apr	71.175	67.525	70.750	2.225
May	79.875	77.350	79.225	1.775
Jun	88.875	85.325	87.575	1.275
Jul	91.825	88.375	90.175	1.000


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