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Weekly Crop Market Review - March 25, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 01, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Mar 25/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY05      79.50      76.50      78.00      -2.00
        -SASK  JUL05      84.30      82.00      83.50      -1.50
        -SASK  OCT05      94.00      91.00      93.00      -1.00
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY05     117.00     113.60     117.00      +2.20
        -LETH  JUL05     116.00     114.00     115.50      +1.00
        -LETH  OCT05     118.00     116.00     117.00      -1.00
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     281.20     262.50     281.20      +7.80
        -SASK  JUL05     286.30     267.50     286.30      +8.40
        -SASK  SEP05        N/A        N/A     289.80      +9.20

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Mar 25/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY05   3.55       3.35       3.38 1/2  -0.18
        -CBT   JUL05   3.62       3.43       3.47      -0.17
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL05   3.71       3.59       3.63 1/2  -0.07 1/2
        -MINN  SEP05   3.75 1/2   3.64 1/2   3.67 1/2  -0.09 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY05   3.57       3.42       3.48 1/2  -0.11 3/4
        -KANS  JUL05   3.56       3.40       3.45      -0.12
CORN    -CBT   JUL05   2.25       2.17       2.18 1/2  -0.09
        -CBT   SEP05   2.31 1/4   2.23 3/4   2.24 3/4  -0.09 1/2
OATS    -CBT   MAY05   1.59       1.52       1.58 1/4  +0.03 3/4
        -CBT   JUL05   1.52 1/4   1.48       1.51 1/2  +0.00 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY05   6.47       6.14       6.28 3/4  -0.20 1/4
        -CBT   JUL05   6.51       6.18       6.34      -0.19
        -CBT   AUG05   6.47       6.17       6.30 1/2  -0.20
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY05      23.65      22.20      22.95      -0.63
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL05      23.62      22.38      23.09      -0.64
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY05     190.70     182.50     188.40      -3.70
($/ton) -CBT   JUL05     193.00     184.90     189.70      -5.10

FEEDMILL BIDS on Mar 21/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-110.00    100.00-110.00
      -REDDEER         84.50-96.00      84.50-101.00
      -EDMTN           73.50-92.00      77.20-92.00
OATS  -EDMTN           94.00-97.30      94.00-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-119.40    110.20-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           108.00-114.00    105.00-114.00
      -MH/BRKS         97.40-112.00     97.40-111.50
      -CALGARY         96.50-109.00     91.90-109.00
      -REDDEER         94.20-98.70      94.20-104.00
      -VERM            89.60-98.70      87.30-91.90
      -EDMTN           87.30-96.50      87.30-96.50
      -PEACE R         82.70-93.00      82.70-93.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Mar 24/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        152.67           168.00
      -Seed (DEL)        264.32           279.53

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Mar 25/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     79.25            82.67
OATS                      92.89            92.89
BARLEY                   100.28            99.29
RYE                       90.00            90.00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   266.87           259.21

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Mar 24/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           150.83      4.10      5.40
     FEED                         100.50      2.74      4.29
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    131.54      3.58      4.99
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 192.90      0.09      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 471.24      0.21      0.17
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                303.13      0.14      0.18
         #1 BROWN                 296.30      0.13      0.18
         #1 ORIENTAL              293.99      0.13      0.21

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Mar 24/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    235.75   238.55   240.02   242.45     -1.0%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    242.49   247.12   267.97     -7.8%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A    162.06   163.48   187.13    -12.6%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A    207.55   210.06   235.30    -10.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO             N/A    101.72    98.97   135.68    -27.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    132.36   168.68    -21.5%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS       N/A     86.11    82.48   119.51    -31.0%
      -#2 STOCKTON          147.42   145.72   149.00   192.23    -22.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          273.51   290.78   257.79   393.09    -34.4%
EXCH RATE Mar 24/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2158  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8225
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 20/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #33   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)     N/A      N/A     6,548.1   -100.0%     -0.5%
 DURUM              N/A      N/A     2,227.5   -100.0%     +3.6%
 BARLEY             N/A      N/A       956.4   -100.0%    -21.1%
 OATS               N/A      N/A       753.3   -100.0%     +9.5%
 PEAS               N/A      N/A       766.3   -100.0%    +13.9%
 FLAXSEED           N/A      N/A       392.6   -100.0%    -42.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     N/A      N/A     2,521.8   -100.0%    -12.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       56.2   1,974.0   2,107.2     -6.3%     -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 17/2005
 WHEAT             616.2  22,891.7  24,532.9     -6.7%     -9.4%
 BARLEY             N/A      244.1     372.4    -34.4%    -21.1%
 CORN              676.9  23,813.2  26,495.1    -10.1%     -2.5%
 SOYBEANS          537.5  23,178.1  20,364.7    +13.8%    +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 March 25, 2005
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