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Weekly Crop Market Review - August 19, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, August 26, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Aug 19/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  OCT05      98.90      94.50      97.60      -0.40
        -SASK  DEC05     103.00      99.00     101.60      -0.80
        -SASK  MAR06     110.00     106.00     109.10      -0.90
BARLEY  -LETH  OCT05     117.50     116.00     117.20      -0.30
        -LETH  DEC05     120.90     119.00     119.50      -0.50
        -LETH  MAR06     123.00     122.50     123.00      -2.50
FLAX*   -WPG   OCT05        N/A        N/A     335.00      +0.00
        -WPG   DEC05        N/A        N/A     339.00      +0.00
        -WPG   MAR06        N/A        N/A     343.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  SEP05        N/A        N/A     270.80      -6.80
        -SASK  NOV05     282.00     274.10     276.50      -6.70
        -SASK  JAN06     290.00     283.00     284.80      -6.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Aug 19/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP05   3.28       3.10       3.25 1/4  +0.04
        -CBT   DEC05   3.42 3/4   3.24 1/2   3.39 1/4  +0.03 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC05   3.51 1/2   3.41 1/2   3.49 1/2  +0.01 1/2
        -MINN  MAR06   3.60 1/2   3.52       3.58 1/2  +0.01
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP05   3.52       3.35 1/2   3.50 1/2  +0.09 1/4
        -KANS  DEC05   3.60 1/2   3.41       3.59 1/4  +0.08
CORN    -CBT   DEC05   2.28       2.21 1/4   2.23 1/2  -0.07 1/2
        -CBT   MAR06   2.37 3/4   2.31       2.33      -0.06 3/4
OATS    -CBT   SEP05   1.53 1/2   1.47 1/2   1.49 1/2  -0.04 1/4
        -CBT   DEC05   1.61 3/4   1.55 3/4   1.58 1/2  -0.04 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   SEP05   6.32 1/2   5.95       5.97 1/4  -0.43 1/4
        -CBT   NOV05   6.40       6.04 1/4   6.07 1/2  -0.40 1/2
        -CBT   JAN06   6.44       6.11       6.13 3/4  -0.39 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   SEP05      22.73      22.20      22.28      -0.45
(¢/lb)  -CBT   OCT05      22.83      22.30      22.35      -0.48
SOYMEAL -CBT   SEP05     199.50     185.50     186.80     -15.40
($/ton) -CBT   OCT05     199.00     186.00     187.10     -15.20

FEEDMILL BIDS on Aug 15/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           102.00-112.00    103.00-115.00
      -REDDEER         75.30-92.00      82.70-92.00
      -EDMTN           84.50-95.50      84.50-90.00
OATS  -EDMTN           94.00-97.30      94.00-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-119.40    110.20-119.40
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-119.30    104.00-119.30
      -MH/BRKS        100.00-110.00    101.00-105.60
      -CALGARY         96.50-100.00     96.50-103.00
      -REDDEER         92.00-95.50      92.00-98.80
      -VERM            82.70-87.30      89.60-91.90
      -EDMTN           87.30-96.50      87.30-94.20
      -PEACE R         78.10-87.30      78.10-87.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Aug 18/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        155.67           163.38
      -Seed (DEL)        267.63           267.80

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Aug 19/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     86.29            82.78
OATS                     104.84            97.06
BARLEY                    94.49            97.16
RYE                       70.00            70.00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   256.43           263.56

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Aug 18/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           123.09      3.35      4.24
     FEED                         101.05      2.75      3.97
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    129.52      3.53      3.95
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 317.68      0.14      0.16
         #1 ESTON                 298.51      0.14      0.15
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                297.62      0.13      0.14
         #1 BROWN                 288.48      0.13      0.16
         #1 ORIENTAL              289.58      0.13      0.15

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Aug 18/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    225.80   220.10   222.62   239.00     -6.9%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    230.28   244.01     -5.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    156.93   148.69   145.58   160.76     -9.4%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       204.61   192.59   195.28   207.95     -6.1%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            96.30    99.27    98.40   100.18     -1.8%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    139.81   134.75     +3.8%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      96.71    95.30    92.55    87.02     +6.4%
      -#2 STOCKTON          145.06   142.96   144.17   149.51     -3.6%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          277.03   289.11   290.91   273.30     +6.4%
EXCH RATE Aug 18/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2185  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8207
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 14/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 2   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)     N/A      N/A       470.8   -100.0%     +3.6%
 DURUM              N/A      N/A       206.8   -100.0%     +3.6%
 BARLEY             N/A      N/A        77.2   -100.0%    -32.3%
 OATS               N/A      N/A         8.3   -100.0%     -7.3%
 PEAS               N/A      N/A         3.6   -100.0%    +13.9%
 FLAXSEED           N/A      N/A        10.1   -100.0%    -42.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     N/A      N/A        64.9   -100.0%    -14.8%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       54.5     118.3     133.8    -11.6%     -5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 11/2005
 WHEAT             509.6   4,906.2   5,713.3    -14.1%     -8.3%
 BARLEY             N/A       97.9      36.7   +167.1%     +8.7%
 CORN              799.8  41,360.1  44,500.7     -7.1%     -3.9%
 SOYBEANS          173.2  28,752.8  22,964.7    +25.2%    +24.0%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jun 30/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3408.9  37,021.6  33,877.2     +9.3%    +10.5%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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