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Weekly Crop Market Review - May 06, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 13, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of May 06/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  JUL05      89.50      87.00      88.50      -0.50
        -SASK  OCT05      98.40      97.00      98.00      -1.00
        -SASK  DEC05     102.40     102.00     102.40      -0.40
BARLEY  -LETH  JUL05     114.50     112.10     112.90      -3.10
        -LETH  OCT05     118.40     117.50     118.00      -1.50
        -LETH  DEC05     121.50     120.50     120.80      -1.70
FLAX*   -WPG   JUL05        N/A        N/A     488.00      +0.00
        -WPG   OCT05        N/A        N/A     338.00      +0.00
        -WPG   DEC05        N/A        N/A     342.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  JUL05     284.40     279.50     282.60      -2.70
        -SASK  SEP05        N/A        N/A     286.90      -2.50
        -SASK  NOV05     292.00     288.00     290.50      -2.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of May 06/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   JUL05   3.25       3.12       3.17      -0.08 1/2
        -CBT   SEP05   3.33       3.20 1/2   3.26      -0.08
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL05   3.41 1/2   3.30       3.33 1/4  -0.11 1/4
        -MINN  SEP05   3.49       3.36 1/2   3.39 1/4  -0.11 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  JUL05   3.29       3.15       3.20      -0.11
        -KANS  SEP05   3.36       3.21       3.25      -0.12
CORN    -CBT   JUL05   2.10 1/2   2.04 1/2   2.08 1/4  -0.04 1/4
        -CBT   SEP05   2.18 1/4   2.12 3/4   2.16 1/4  -0.04
OATS    -CBT   JUL05   1.41       1.36 1/4   1.38 1/4  -0.04 1/2
        -CBT   SEP05   1.43 3/4   1.40 3/4   1.41 1/4  -0.04 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   JUL05   6.42       6.16       6.40      +0.17
        -CBT   AUG05   6.38       6.15 1/2   6.37 3/4  +0.13 3/4
        -CBT   SEP05   6.28       6.15       6.27 1/2  +0.06 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   JUL05      23.35      22.36      23.31      +1.03
(¢/lb)  -CBT   AUG05      23.35      22.40      23.35      +1.05
SOYMEAL -CBT   JUL05     196.00     189.80     194.60      +1.60
($/ton) -CBT   AUG05     195.30     189.70     194.30      +1.30

FEEDMILL BIDS on May 02/2005 (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           82.70-90.00      82.70-90.00
OATS  -EDMTN          100.50-103.00    100.50-103.70
PEAS - EDMTN          113.90-119.40    113.90-119.40
BARLEY-LETH           109.00-117.00    109.00-117.00
      -MH/BRKS        101.00-110.00    101.00-111.00
      -CALGARY        101.00-111.00    101.00-110.00
      -REDDEER         94.00-109.00     94.00-109.00
      -VERM            91.90-98.70      91.90-98.70
      -EDMTN           91.90-96.50      91.90-96.50
      -PEACE R         89.60-93.00      89.60-93.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on May 05/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        151.33           156.33
      -Seed (DEL)        286.03           285.77

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on May 06/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     87.27            87.78
OATS                     101.97            94.83
BARLEY                    91.44            96.29
RYE                       82.01            90.00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   271.61           278.74

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on May 05/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           152.12      4.14      6.21
     FEED                         100.50      2.74      4.72
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    138.34      3.77      5.72
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 368.61      0.17      0.24
         #1 ESTON                 472.89      0.21      0.19
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                304.57      0.14      0.18
         #1 BROWN                 296.30      0.13      0.18
         #1 ORIENTAL              289.36      0.13      0.20

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of May 05/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    232.40   238.05   238.64   242.45     -1.6%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    245.75   245.93   267.97     -8.2%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    159.25   166.03   162.23   187.13    -13.3%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       207.30   214.32   208.86   235.30    -11.2%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            98.55    99.54    98.94   135.68    -27.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    132.36   168.68    -21.5%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      98.84    99.34    84.61   119.51    -29.2%
      -#2 STOCKTON          154.58   151.77   149.21   192.23    -22.4%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          290.12   286.99   261.75   393.09    -33.4%
EXCH RATE May 05/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2454  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8030
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of May 01/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #39   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    277.7   8,182.7   7,799.3     +4.9%     -0.5%
 DURUM              23.5   2,073.8   2,400.0    -13.6%     +3.6%
 BARLEY               .5     810.6   1,218.7    -33.5%    -21.1%
 OATS                5.8     534.2     859.2    -37.8%     +9.5%
 PEAS               44.5     900.0     887.8     +1.4%    +13.9%
 FLAXSEED           24.8     345.7     430.6    -19.7%    -42.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     96.9   2,533.8   2,811.5     -9.9%    -12.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       64.0   2,332.0   2,540.4     -8.2%     -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 28/2005
 WHEAT             617.4  25,979.0  28,381.9     -8.5%     -9.4%
 BARLEY             28.7     344.3     372.4     -7.5%    -21.1%
 CORN              916.6  28,670.5  31,280.1     -8.3%     -5.1%
 SOYBEANS          439.7  25,863.4  21,605.9    +19.7%    +22.0%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Mar 31/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3859.5  26,240.6  25,230.6     +4.0%     +7.8%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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