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Weekly Crop Market Review - December 01, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, December 08, 2006

This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Dec 01/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAR07     172.00     167.00     168.00      -1.50
        -SASK  MAY07        N/A        N/A     174.00      -2.00
        -SASK  JUL07        N/A        N/A     176.10      -2.00
BARLEY  -LETH  MAR07     183.00     175.00     178.50      +0.20
        -LETH  MAY07     186.00     181.50     184.90      +1.00
        -LETH  JUL07     187.00        N/A     186.90      +0.60
CANOLA  -SASK  JAN07     375.50     366.90     372.70      +2.90
        -SASK  MAR07     384.50     376.00     381.70      +2.60
        -SASK  MAY07     389.90     383.60     388.60      +1.70

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Dec 01/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAR07   5.28       5.00       5.20 3/4  +0.01 3/4
        -CBT   MAY07   5.29       5.06       5.25      +0.04 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  MAR07   5.31 1/2   5.12       5.28 1/2  +0.05
        -MINN  MAY07   5.37       5.19       5.35 1/2  +0.06
WHEAT   -KANS  MAR07   5.52 1/2   5.29       5.45 1/2  +0.07 3/4
        -KANS  MAY07   5.50       5.30       5.45 1/2  +0.11
CORN    -CBT   MAR07   3.93       3.77       3.87      +0.01
        -CBT   MAY07   3.97       3.81       3.91 1/4  +0.00
OATS    -CBT   MAR07   2.74 1/2   2.59 3/4   2.68 1/4  -0.02 1/2
        -CBT   MAY07   2.77 1/2   2.68 1/2   2.73      -0.02
SOYBEAN -CBT   JAN07   6.93       6.75 3/4   6.77      -0.07 1/4
        -CBT   MAR07   7.06       6.89       6.92      -0.04 3/4
        -CBT   MAY07   7.14       6.97 1/2   7.00      -0.04 3/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   JAN07      29.83      28.88      29.67      +0.37
(¢/lb)  -CBT   MAR07      30.25      29.29      30.15      +0.48
SOYMEAL -CBT   JAN07     199.70     190.00     190.40      -6.20
($/ton) -CBT   MAR07     203.00     194.00     194.30      -5.40

FEEDMILL BIDS on Nov 27/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           155.00-165.00    155.00-162.00
      -REDDEER        152.50-158.00    106.60-158.00
      -EDMTN          108.40-155.00     90.00-150.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          136.00-150.00    121.30-150.00
BARLEY-LETH           154.00-162.00    147.00-158.00
      -MH/BRKS        147.00-158.00    114.80-155.00
      -CALGARY        140.10-151.00    128.60-146.00
      -REDDEER        142.40-150.00    112.50-150.00
      -VERM           137.80-149.30    126.30-130.90
      -EDMTN          128.60-142.00     96.50-142.00
      -PEACE R        133.20-137.80    135.50-137.80
CANOLA CRUSHER on Nov 30/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        151.67           154.00
      -Seed (DEL)        361.00           356.67

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Dec 01/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                    136.58           136.54
OATS                     129.00           148.29
BARLEY                   146.99           138.95
RYE                         .00           102.87
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   349.47           348.63

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Nov 30/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           165.35      4.50      3.54
     FEED                         124.01      3.38      2.88
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    174.53      4.75      3.30
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 321.87      0.15      0.11
         #1 ESTON                 306.99      0.14      0.12
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                442.80      0.20      0.12
         #1 BROWN                 358.25      0.16      0.12
         #1 ORIENTAL              271.94      0.12      0.12

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Nov 30/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    260.35   262.15   245.87   239.94     +2.5%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    247.36   245.65     +0.7%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    208.17   202.15   186.17   170.56     +9.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       254.33   247.65   231.51   216.56     +6.9%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           163.23   156.71   117.47    92.56    +26.9%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A    131.72     N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     100.73   100.65    85.10    78.26     +8.7%
      -#2 STOCKTON          218.45   218.29   177.71   147.09    +20.8%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          285.18   279.73   241.69   245.42     -1.5%
EXCH RATE Nov 30/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1422  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8755
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Nov 26/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #17   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)     N/A      N/A     2,978.7   -100.0%    +28.9%
 DURUM              N/A      N/A     1,339.7   -100.0%     -6.5%
 BARLEY             N/A      N/A     1,105.8   -100.0%    -46.1%
 OATS               N/A      N/A       325.0   -100.0%     +6.3%
 PEAS               N/A      N/A       900.8   -100.0%    -29.9%
 FLAXSEED           N/A      N/A       115.0   -100.0%     +2.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     N/A      N/A     1,506.3   -100.0%     -3.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       69.0   1,107.6   1,071.0     +3.4%     +2.3%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Nov 23/2006
 WHEAT             368.1  10,924.9  13,451.3    -18.8%     -8.3%
 BARLEY               .6     189.8     378.5    -49.8%    -28.6%
 CORN              854.2  13,084.5  10,753.0    +21.7%     +2.5%
 SOYBEANS          585.4   9,198.1   7,722.0    +19.1%    +20.9%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Sep 30/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3737.2   3,737.2   3,459.1     +8.0%     +2.4%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar
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