Weekly Crop Market Review - March 18, 2005
The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 25, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit
WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Mar 18/2005
CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
MONTH HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
WHEAT -SASK MAY05 82.00 79.00 80.00 -0.50
-SASK JUL05 88.00 83.60 85.00 -0.50
-SASK OCT05 95.00 92.00 94.00 +1.00
BARLEY -LETH MAY05 116.00 114.00 114.80 -0.60
-LETH JUL05 116.00 114.00 114.50 -0.50
-LETH OCT05 118.00 117.50 118.00 +0.50
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 295.00 271.80 273.40 -17.40
-SASK JUL05 299.00 277.00 277.90 -18.50
-SASK SEP05 N/A N/A 280.60 -17.40
U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Mar 18/2005
CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
MONTH HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
WHEAT -CBT MAY05 3.69 3.52 3.56 1/2 -0.01 1/2
-CBT JUL05 3.76 3.59 3.64 -0.02
WHEAT -MINN MAY05 3.76 3.63 3.64 -0.09
-MINN JUL05 3.81 3.69 1/2 3.71 -0.07 1/2
WHEAT -KANS MAY05 3.74 3.59 3.60 1/4 -0.06 3/4
-KANS JUL05 3.70 3.51 3.57 +0.02
CORN -CBT JUL05 2.38 2.27 2.27 1/2 -0.04
-CBT SEP05 2.42 1/2 2.33 2.34 1/4 -0.02 1/2
OATS -CBT MAY05 1.59 1/2 1.52 1.54 1/2 -0.03
-CBT JUL05 1.55 1.50 1.51 -0.01 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT MAY05 6.91 1/2 6.46 6.49 -0.13 1/2
-CBT JUL05 6.96 6.51 6.53 -0.13 1/2
-CBT AUG05 6.92 1/2 6.48 6.50 1/2 -0.13
SOYOIL -CBT MAY05 24.75 23.32 23.58 -0.46
(¢/lb) -CBT JUL05 24.88 23.45 23.73 -0.43
SOYMEAL -CBT MAY05 205.00 190.60 192.10 -6.00
($/ton) -CBT JUL05 207.80 193.50 194.80 -5.10
FEEDMILL BIDS on Mar 14/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH 100.00-110.00 96.00-105.00
-REDDEER 84.50-101.00 84.50-102.00
-EDMTN 77.20-92.00 77.20-92.00
OATS -EDMTN 94.00-97.30 94.00-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN 110.20-117.60 110.20-117.60
BARLEY-LETH 105.00-114.00 100.00-112.00
-MH/BRKS 97.40-111.50 97.40-112.00
-CALGARY 91.90-109.00 91.90-109.00
-REDDEER 94.20-104.00 94.20-101.00
-VERM 87.30-91.90 87.30-91.90
-EDMTN 87.30-96.50 87.30-96.50
-PEACE R 82.70-93.00 78.10-93.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Mar 17/2005
-Meal (FOB) 168.00 158.33
-Seed (DEL) 279.53 282.30
ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Mar 18/2005 (Delivered)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
WHEAT 82.67 80.18
OATS 92.89 93.54
BARLEY 99.29 99.00
RYE 90.00 88.50
FLAXSEED .00 .00
CANOLA 259.21 269.86
SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Mar 17/2005
Year Ago
Basis delivered plant $/Tonne $/Bushel $/Bushel
PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER 150.83 4.10 5.34
FEED 100.50 2.74 4.29
LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER 131.91 3.59 4.99
$/Lb $/Lb
LENTILS #1 LAIRD 346.35 0.16 0.23
#1 ESTON 471.24 0.21 0.17
MUSTARD #1 YELLOW 292.11 0.13 0.17
#1 BROWN 296.30 0.13 0.17
#1 ORIENTAL 293.99 0.13 0.21
WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Mar 17/2005
THIS LAST AVG TO LAST YR PCT
WEEK WEEK DATE AV PRICE CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW 238.55 235.70 240.15 242.45 -0.9%
-CWB #1CWRS VANC* 242.49 240.03 247.12 267.97 -7.8%
-#1DNS GREAT FALLS 162.06 166.80 163.48 187.13 -12.6%
-#1DNS PORTLAND 207.55 212.37 210.06 235.30 -10.7%
CORN -#2 CHICAGO 101.72 99.78 98.97 135.68 -27.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND N/A N/A 132.36 168.68 -21.5%
-#2FD GREAT FALLS 86.11 86.27 82.48 119.51 -31.0%
-#2 STOCKTON 145.72 146.00 149.05 192.23 -22.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS 290.78 278.62 257.31 393.09 -34.5%
EXCH RATE Mar 17/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2018 CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8321
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN
CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 13/2005
WEEK* CROP YR LAST YR PCT YR END
COMMODITY #32 TO DATE TO DATE CHG FORECAST
WHEAT(EXC DUR) 186.2 6,769.2 6,309.2 +7.3% -0.5%
DURUM 4.0 1,810.9 2,179.7 -16.9% +3.6%
BARLEY .1 682.8 928.5 -26.5% -21.1%
OATS 8.3 425.7 732.7 -41.9% +9.5%
PEAS 12.9 742.4 721.2 +2.9% +13.9%
FLAXSEED 3.1 255.6 389.0 -34.3% -42.5%
CANOLA-EXPORTS 68.5 2,070.4 2,436.9 -15.0% -12.1%
CANOLA-CRUSH 58.0 1,917.8 2,030.6 -5.6% -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 10/2005
WHEAT 377.5 22,257.6 24,107.7 -7.7% -9.4%
BARLEY N/A 244.1 372.4 -34.4% -21.1%
CORN 735.7 23,128.9 25,396.7 -8.9% -2.5%
SOYBEANS 934.2 22,629.8 19,921.2 +13.6% +18.1%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jan 31/2005
SOYBEAN CRUSH 3847.7 18,812.8 18,547.0 +1.4% +7.8%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar
This information is maintained by
Gail Atkinson
Last Revised/Reviewed December 24, 2004
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