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Barchart Basis Forecast Indexes

Price Index	Symbol	Delivery	Value	Change	% Change	Date^*
Iowa Corn Basis Forecast M4	ZCBA04IA.CM	Aug-23	-0.145	+0.008	+5.47%	05/24/23
Illinois Corn Basis Forecast M4	ZCBA04IL.CM	Aug-23	-0.209	-0.008	-4.14%	05/24/23
Nebraska Corn Basis Forecast M4	ZCBA04NE.CM	Aug-23	-0.114	-0.008	-7.47%	05/24/23
Minnesota Corn Basis Forecast M4	ZCBA04MN.CM	Aug-23	-0.202	+0.002	+1.17%	05/24/23
Iowa Soybean Basis Forecast M4	ZSBA04IA.CM	Aug-23	-0.254	-0.007	-2.66%	05/24/23
Illinois Soybean Basis Forecast M4	ZSBA04IL.CM	Aug-23	-0.102	-0.009	-9.40%	05/24/23
Nebraska Soybean Basis Forecast M4	ZSBA04NE.CM	Aug-23	-0.346	-0.002	-0.61%	05/24/23
Minnesota Soybean Basis Forecast M4	ZSBA04MN.CM	Aug-23	-0.261	+0.003	+1.29%	05/24/23

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