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Weekly Crop Market Review - March 04, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 11, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Mar 04/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY05      79.50      76.00      79.10      +3.60
        -SASK  JUL05      84.00      81.00      83.70      +2.00
        -SASK  OCT05      91.60      90.00      90.00      +1.50
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY05     115.00     113.00     114.50      +1.00
        -LETH  JUL05     114.00     112.50     114.00      +2.40
        -LETH  OCT05     116.00     114.00     116.00      +3.50
FLAX*   -WPG   MAY05        N/A        N/A     484.00      +0.00
        -WPG   JUL05        N/A        N/A     488.00      +0.00
        -WPG   OCT05        N/A        N/A     338.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY05     288.00     275.50     285.50      +9.50
        -SASK  JUL05     292.50     280.60     290.30     +10.30
        -SASK  SEP05        N/A        N/A     292.70      +9.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Mar 04/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY05   3.46 1/2   3.33       3.37      +0.03 3/4
        -CBT   JUL05   3.52       3.39       3.43 1/2  +0.04 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY05   3.67       3.52       3.54 3/4  -0.00 1/4
        -MINN  JUL05   3.69 3/4   3.57       3.59 1/2  -0.00 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY05   3.61 1/2   3.44 1/2   3.46 3/4  -0.03 3/4
        -KANS  JUL05   3.47       3.36       3.37 1/2  +0.02 1/2
CORN    -CBT   MAY05   2.25       2.16       2.17      -0.04 1/2
        -CBT   JUL05   2.31       2.23 1/4   2.24 1/4  -0.03 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY05   1.58 1/4   1.50       1.54 1/4  +0.07 1/4
        -CBT   JUL05   1.56       1.49       1.50 1/2  +0.03 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY05   6.35       6.11       6.29 3/4  +0.25 1/4
        -CBT   JUL05   6.38 1/2   6.14       6.33 3/4  +0.25 1/4
        -CBT   AUG05   6.35       6.17       6.32 1/4  +0.25 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY05      23.54      22.62      23.30      +0.53
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL05      23.62      22.72      23.41      +0.50
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY05     190.80     181.00     187.00      +7.40
($/ton) -CBT   JUL05     193.00     183.70     189.20      +7.30

FEEDMILL BIDS on Feb 28/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH            70.10-105.00     70.60-105.00
      -REDDEER         84.50-94.00      84.50-90.00
      -EDMTN           77.20-90.00      77.20-93.00
OATS  -EDMTN           94.00-97.30      94.00-103.70
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-115.00    110.20-120.00
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-110.00    100.00-111.00
      -MH/BRKS         97.00-109.00     97.00-106.50
      -CALGARY         91.90-106.50     91.90-105.00
      -REDDEER         94.20-101.00     94.20-101.00
      -VERM            87.30-91.90      85.00-91.90
      -EDMTN           87.30-96.50      87.30-98.00
      -PEACE R         78.10-93.00      75.80-88.20
CANOLA CRUSHER on Mar 03/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        171.57           155.87
      -Seed (DEL)        277.97           269.10

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Mar 04/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     77.61            75.89
OATS                      94.51            95.00
BARLEY                    97.70            95.95
RYE                       90.00              .00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   269.58           265.35

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Mar 03/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           151.20      4.12      5.26
     FEED                         100.50      2.74      4.29
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    135.22      3.68      5.10
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 343.04      0.16      0.21
         #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 $/TONNE) as of Mar 03/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    249.40   247.80   240.34   242.45     -0.9%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     249.41     N/A    247.85   267.97     -7.5%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    162.24   163.48   163.41   187.13    -12.7%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       208.86   208.56   210.07   235.30    -10.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           101.97   100.38    98.92   135.68    -27.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A    143.44   132.36   168.68    -21.5%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     102.83    90.16    82.21   119.51    -31.2%
      -#2 STOCKTON          150.82   150.27   149.27   192.23    -22.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          282.78   258.42   255.54   393.09    -35.0%
EXCH RATE Mar 03/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2438  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8040
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 27/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #30   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    187.2   6,352.6   5,948.4     +6.8%     -0.5%
 DURUM              30.5   1,773.4   2,126.5    -16.6%     +3.6%
 BARLEY             37.6     598.8     793.1    -24.5%    -21.1%
 OATS               11.4     410.1     712.9    -42.5%     +9.5%
 PEAS               18.8     689.7     721.2     -4.4%    +13.9%
 FLAXSEED            3.8     245.0     381.6    -35.8%    -42.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     57.2   1,975.0   2,329.2    -15.2%    -12.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       59.2   1,796.1   1,906.5     -5.8%     -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 24/2005
 WHEAT             607.4  21,562.5  22,793.3     -5.4%    -11.6%
 BARLEY             N/A      242.3     371.9    -34.9%    -21.1%
 CORN              805.0  21,536.3  23,166.5     -7.0%     +0.2%
 SOYBEANS          744.8  20,964.0  19,131.6     +9.6%    +14.1%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jan 31/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3847.7  18,812.8  18,547.0     +1.4%     +8.2%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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