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Weekly Crop Market Review - February 18, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, February 25, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Feb 18/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAR05      71.50      69.00      69.60      -1.00
        -SASK  MAY05      76.50      73.00      74.50      -1.10
        -SASK  JUL05      80.00      77.00      79.00      +0.00
BARLEY  -LETH  MAR05     109.00     107.00     109.00      +0.00
        -LETH  MAY05     110.60     108.00     110.30      +0.70
        -LETH  JUL05     111.30     109.00     110.00      -1.20
FLAX*   -WPG   MAR05        N/A        N/A     480.00      +0.00
        -WPG   MAY05        N/A        N/A     484.00      +0.00
        -WPG   JUL05        N/A        N/A     488.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAR05     269.90     246.00     257.80      +8.60
        -SASK  MAY05     272.30     248.20     259.70      +9.10
        -SASK  JUL05     269.50     252.90     263.90      +8.90

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Feb 18/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAR05   3.02 1/4   2.92       2.96      +0.01 1/2
        -CBT   MAY05   3.09 1/2   2.99 1/2   3.04      +0.01
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY05   3.37       3.26 1/2   3.30      -0.02 1/2
        -MINN  JUL05   3.35       3.27 3/4   3.29 3/4  -0.01
WHEAT   -KANS  MAR05   3.37       3.23 1/2   3.30 1/2  +0.01
        -KANS  MAY05   3.23 1/2   3.15 1/2   3.16 3/4  -0.03
CORN    -CBT   MAY05   2.09 1/2   2.04       2.07 3/4  +0.01 3/4
        -CBT   JUL05   2.16       2.11 1/4   2.14 3/4  +0.02 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAR05   1.64 1/4   1.56       1.59 1/2  -0.03
        -CBT   MAY05   1.59       1.51       1.51 1/4  -0.06 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAR05   5.61       5.26       5.52 1/2  +0.26 3/4
        -CBT   MAY05   5.67       5.26 1/2   5.55 3/4  +0.29 1/4
        -CBT   JUL05   5.71       5.28 1/2   5.59 1/4  +0.31 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAR05      20.40      19.43      20.07      +0.06
(¢/lb)  -CBT   MAY05      20.50      19.54      20.20      +0.01
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAR05     174.00     157.40     169.20     +12.10
($/ton) -CBT   MAY05     174.50     157.00     170.10     +14.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Feb 14/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH            70.60-106.50     77.10-106.50
      -REDDEER         80.80-97.00      80.80-97.00
      -EDMTN           77.20-91.90      77.20-91.90
OATS  -EDMTN           94.00-97.30      94.00-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-128.60    110.20-128.60
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-110.00    104.00-113.00
      -MH/BRKS         97.00-104.00     98.00-106.00
      -CALGARY         96.50-105.00     96.50-109.00
      -REDDEER         95.00-105.00     95.00-105.00
      -VERM            87.30-94.20      87.30-96.50
      -EDMTN           87.30-96.50      87.30-96.50
      -PEACE R         82.70-110.00     78.10-110.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Feb 17/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        153.34           140.48
      -Seed (DEL)        248.48           247.98

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Feb 18/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     73.13            74.70
OATS                      94.19            94.80
BARLEY                    94.30            93.40
RYE                       86.53            86.50
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   257.81           244.80

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Feb 17/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           152.12      4.14      5.39
     FEED                         100.50      2.74      4.37
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    130.99      3.56      4.90
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 357.37      0.16      0.20
         #1 ESTON                 468.48      0.21      0.16
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                292.11      0.13      0.16
         #1 BROWN                 292.11      0.13      0.17
         #1 ORIENTAL              290.24      0.13      0.20

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Feb 17/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    242.45   253.35   239.78   242.45     -1.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     247.43   251.23   247.74   267.97     -7.5%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    153.84   167.05   163.46   187.13    -12.7%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       206.17   212.70   210.17   235.30    -10.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            94.98    95.48    98.74   135.68    -27.2%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND          136.70   138.98   131.13   168.68    -22.3%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      82.56    82.16    81.07   119.51    -32.2%
      -#2 STOCKTON          148.88   150.62   149.18   192.23    -22.4%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          254.22   240.08   254.50   393.09    -35.3%
EXCH RATE Feb 17/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2278  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8145
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 13/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #28   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    268.6   5,858.5   5,539.5     +5.8%     -0.5%
 DURUM              23.0   1,678.9   2,028.6    -17.2%     +3.6%
 BARLEY             73.3     568.4     627.7     -9.4%    -21.1%
 OATS               11.8     386.8     685.1    -43.5%     +9.5%
 PEAS               N/A      638.3     652.1     -2.1%    +13.9%
 FLAXSEED             .8     230.9     372.4    -38.0%    -42.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     68.5   1,847.5   2,286.2    -19.2%    -12.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       61.6   1,674.1   1,776.2     -5.7%     -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 10/2005
 WHEAT             430.5  20,373.6  21,555.8     -5.5%    -11.6%
 BARLEY             N/A      242.3     366.4    -33.9%    -21.1%
 CORN              751.1  20,125.0  21,432.1     -6.1%     +0.2%
 SOYBEANS          710.2  19,227.0  18,108.1     +6.2%    +14.1%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Dec 31/2004
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3902.4  14,965.1  14,789.9     +1.2%     +8.2%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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