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Weekly Crop Market Review - April 15, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 22, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 15/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY05      82.00      80.00      80.10      -1.90
        -SASK  JUL05      87.50      86.00      86.40      -0.80
        -SASK  OCT05      97.00      94.70      94.70      -1.80
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY05     117.50     115.10     116.00      -1.00
        -LETH  JUL05     119.50     117.00     118.30      -1.20
        -LETH  OCT05     121.90     120.50     120.50      -2.00
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     283.00     278.60     279.70      +1.40
        -SASK  JUL05     287.60     283.50     284.60      +1.40
        -SASK  SEP05        N/A        N/A     286.20      +2.70

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 15/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY05   3.15 1/2   3.03       3.05 1/4  -0.04 3/4
        -CBT   JUL05   3.24 1/2   3.12       3.14 1/4  -0.05 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL05   3.36 1/4   3.18       3.20      -0.15 3/4
        -MINN  SEP05   3.43       3.26 1/2   3.28 1/4  -0.14 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY05   3.24 1/2   3.14       3.15 1/4  -0.04 1/4
        -KANS  JUL05   3.23 1/2   3.10 1/2   3.11 1/2  -0.06 1/4
CORN    -CBT   JUL05   2.17 1/4   2.11 1/4   2.14 1/4  +0.01 3/4
        -CBT   SEP05   2.24 1/4   2.18 3/4   2.21 1/4  +0.01 1/2
OATS    -CBT   MAY05   1.60 1/4   1.53 1/4   1.54      -0.03 1/4
        -CBT   JUL05   1.58       1.51 1/2   1.53      -0.02
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY05   6.26 1/2   6.02       6.16 1/4  +0.04 1/4
        -CBT   JUL05   6.33       6.10 1/2   6.22      +0.02 1/2
        -CBT   AUG05   6.29 1/2   6.09       6.20      +0.01
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY05      22.75      22.07      22.64      +0.37
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL05      22.92      22.24      22.79      +0.30
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY05     191.20     182.50     187.40      +1.90
($/ton) -CBT   JUL05     192.30     184.10     187.70      +0.70

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 11/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-111.00    100.00-111.00
      -REDDEER         84.50-102.00     84.50-102.00
      -EDMTN           77.20-96.00      77.20-88.20
OATS  -EDMTN           94.00-97.30      94.00-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-117.60    110.00-119.40
BARLEY-LETH           109.00-116.00    108.00-116.00
      -MH/BRKS        101.00-113.50     97.40-113.00
      -CALGARY        101.00-111.00     96.50-111.00
      -REDDEER         94.20-109.00     94.20-109.00
      -VERM            91.90-98.70      91.90-98.70
      -EDMTN           87.30-98.70      87.30-98.70
      -PEACE R         89.60-93.00      87.30-98.70
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 14/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        138.33           147.67
      -Seed (DEL)        281.53           280.73

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Apr 15/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     81.86            86.13
OATS                      94.51            93.54
BARLEY                    98.16           100.74
RYE                       90.00            90.00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   266.56           264.38

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 14/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           152.12      4.14      5.84
     FEED                         100.50      2.74      4.72
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    132.09      3.60      5.55
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 359.57      0.16      0.24
         #1 ESTON                 465.72      0.21      0.18
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                304.57      0.14      0.17
         #1 BROWN                 296.30      0.13      0.17
         #1 ORIENTAL              292.11      0.13      0.20

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 14/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    226.30   227.60   239.12   242.45     -1.4%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     232.92     N/A    246.37   267.97     -8.1%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    147.87   152.11   162.33   187.13    -13.3%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       201.04   195.03   208.79   235.30    -11.3%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           100.98    96.54    98.93   135.68    -27.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    132.36   168.68    -21.5%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      98.58    87.63    83.28   119.51    -30.3%
      -#2 STOCKTON          150.61   148.29   148.96   192.23    -22.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          281.59   277.94   259.52   393.09    -34.0%
EXCH RATE Apr 14/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2421  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8051
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 10/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #36   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    127.5   7,471.8   7,078.1     +5.6%     -0.5%
 DURUM              18.7   1,947.8   2,318.5    -16.0%     +3.6%
 BARLEY             28.3     765.7   1,020.0    -24.9%    -21.1%
 OATS               28.3     489.4     823.6    -40.6%     +9.5%
 PEAS               10.8     791.0     813.7     -2.8%    +13.9%
 FLAXSEED            3.0     276.0     414.4    -33.4%    -42.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     70.0   2,337.9   2,668.4    -12.4%    -12.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       59.9   2,157.4   2,327.6     -7.3%     -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 07/2005
 WHEAT             478.9  24,331.2  26,398.9     -7.8%     -9.4%
 BARLEY             N/A      269.7     372.4    -27.6%    -21.1%
 CORN              665.5  26,069.6  29,244.6    -10.9%     -5.1%
 SOYBEANS          309.3  24,497.2  21,104.4    +16.1%    +22.0%
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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