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Weekly Crop Market Review - April 08, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 15, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 08/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY05      83.50      81.00      82.00      +0.50
        -SASK  JUL05      88.80      86.70      87.20      +0.70
        -SASK  OCT05      98.20      95.10      96.50      -1.00
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY05     118.00     115.60     117.00      -1.00
        -LETH  JUL05     121.60     117.50     119.50      -2.10
        -LETH  OCT05     123.00     120.10     122.50      -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     284.50     276.50     278.30      -4.10
        -SASK  JUL05     290.00     281.10     283.20      -3.80
        -SASK  SEP05     287.70     283.50     283.50     -10.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 08/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY05   3.23       3.07 1/2   3.10      -0.12 1/2
        -CBT   JUL05   3.31 1/2   3.16 3/4   3.20      -0.13
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL05   3.42 1/2   3.34       3.35 3/4  -0.06 1/2
        -MINN  SEP05   3.48 1/4   3.41       3.42 1/2  -0.05 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY05   3.31       3.19       3.19 1/2  -0.12
        -KANS  JUL05   3.28       3.16       3.17 3/4  -0.11 1/2
CORN    -CBT   JUL05   2.20       2.11 1/4   2.12 1/2  -0.08 1/2
        -CBT   SEP05   2.27       2.18 3/4   2.19 3/4  -0.08 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY05   1.57 3/4   1.52 1/2   1.57 1/4  +0.03 1/4
        -CBT   JUL05   1.55 1/2   1.50 1/2   1.55      +0.05 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY05   6.30       6.08       6.12      -0.02
        -CBT   JUL05   6.36 1/2   6.14       6.19 1/2  -0.04
        -CBT   AUG05   6.35       6.12 1/2   6.19      -0.01
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY05      23.15      22.16      22.27      -0.41
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL05      23.35      22.35      22.49      -0.40
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY05     188.70     181.30     185.50      +1.70
($/ton) -CBT   JUL05     190.30     183.00     187.00      +1.30

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 04/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-111.00    100.00-110.00
      -REDDEER         84.50-102.00     84.50-96.00
      -EDMTN           77.20-88.20      77.20-92.00
OATS  -EDMTN           94.00-97.30      94.00-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN          110.00-119.40    110.20-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           108.00-116.00    108.00-115.00
      -MH/BRKS         97.40-113.00     97.40-112.00
      -CALGARY         96.50-111.00     96.50-109.00
      -REDDEER         94.20-109.00     94.20-98.70
      -VERM            91.90-98.70      89.60-98.70
      -EDMTN           87.30-98.70      87.30-96.50
      -PEACE R         87.30-98.70      82.70-93.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 07/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        147.67           152.50
      -Seed (DEL)        280.73           284.93

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Apr 08/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     86.13            84.57
OATS                      93.54            93.54
BARLEY                   100.74           100.86
RYE                       90.00            90.00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   264.38           270.89

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 07/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           151.75      4.13      5.49
     FEED                         100.50      2.74      4.37
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    132.46      3.61      5.10
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 358.25      0.16      0.24
         #1 ESTON                 465.72      0.21      0.18
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                303.13      0.14      0.17
         #1 BROWN                 296.30      0.13      0.17
         #1 ORIENTAL              293.99      0.13      0.20

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 07/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    227.60   232.75   239.47   242.45     -1.2%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    247.12   267.97     -7.8%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    152.11   152.45   162.78   187.13    -13.0%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       195.03   192.23   209.03   235.30    -11.2%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            98.46    99.05    98.93   135.68    -27.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    132.36   168.68    -21.5%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      87.63    86.67    82.78   119.51    -30.7%
      -#2 STOCKTON          148.29   146.67   148.92   192.23    -22.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          277.94   275.56   258.91   393.09    -34.1%
EXCH RATE Apr 07/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2230  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8177
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 03/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #35   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    141.4   7,346.5   6,832.8     +7.5%     -0.5%
 DURUM              18.6   1,929.1   2,287.7    -15.7%     +3.6%
 BARLEY              3.0     737.4   1,001.1    -26.3%    -21.1%
 OATS               10.5     461.1     787.9    -41.5%     +9.5%
 PEAS                4.5     780.2     813.7     -4.1%    +13.9%
 FLAXSEED            5.5     273.0     398.0    -31.4%    -42.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     40.4   2,267.9   2,641.4    -14.1%    -12.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       62.1   2,097.5   2,252.2     -6.9%     -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 31/2005
 WHEAT             335.6  23,837.9  25,796.5     -7.6%     -9.4%
 BARLEY             N/A      269.7     372.4    -27.6%    -21.1%
 CORN              783.2  25,402.8  28,082.6     -9.5%     -2.5%
 SOYBEANS          454.2  24,179.0  20,908.4    +15.6%    +18.1%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Feb 28/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3568.4  22,381.1  21,925.9     +2.1%     +7.8%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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