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Weekly Crop Market Review - August 26, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, September 02, 2005

This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Aug 26/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  OCT05      99.50      95.00      98.40      +0.80
        -SASK  DEC05     103.00     100.50     102.10      +0.50
        -SASK  MAR06     108.50     108.50     108.50      -0.60
BARLEY  -LETH  OCT05     118.10     116.50     117.30      +0.10
        -LETH  DEC05     120.60     119.00     119.00      -0.50
        -LETH  MAR06     122.80     122.00     122.50      -0.50
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     270.00     264.00     264.00      -6.80
        -SASK  NOV05     278.90     268.00     270.60      -5.90
        -SASK  JAN06     286.90     276.30     279.00      -5.80

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Aug 26/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP05   3.26 1/2   3.10 1/4   3.12 1/4  -0.13
        -CBT   DEC05   3.41 1/2   3.25 1/4   3.27 1/2  -0.11 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC05   3.50 1/2   3.39       3.42 1/4  -0.07 1/4
        -MINN  MAR06   3.59 3/4   3.48       3.50 1/2  -0.08
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP05   3.54       3.40       3.51 1/2  +0.01
        -KANS  DEC05   3.62 3/4   3.46       3.52 3/4  -0.06 1/2
CORN    -CBT   DEC05   2.28 1/2   2.17       2.17 3/4  -0.05 3/4
        -CBT   MAR06   2.38       2.27       2.27 3/4  -0.05 1/4
OATS    -CBT   SEP05   1.52       1.47 3/4   1.48      -0.01 1/2
        -CBT   DEC05   1.61       1.56       1.56      -0.02 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   SEP05   6.15 1/2   5.84 1/2   5.91      -0.06 1/4
        -CBT   NOV05   6.26       5.95 1/2   6.02      -0.05 1/2
        -CBT   JAN06   6.32       6.02 1/2   6.09 1/4  -0.04 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   SEP05      22.69      21.95      22.08      -0.20
(¢/lb)  -CBT   OCT05      22.79      22.05      22.20      -0.15
SOYMEAL -CBT   SEP05     193.20     182.80     183.70      -3.10
($/ton) -CBT   OCT05     193.30     183.20     184.80      -2.30

FEEDMILL BIDS on Aug 22/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH            96.00-110.00    102.00-112.00
      -REDDEER         84.50-101.00     75.30-92.00
      -EDMTN           82.00-91.90      84.50-95.50
OATS  -EDMTN           84.30-97.30      94.00-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN          106.60-119.40    110.20-119.40
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-108.00    100.00-119.30
      -MH/BRKS             N/A       100.00-110.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-101.00     96.50-100.00
      -REDDEER         90.00-104.00     92.00-95.50
      -VERM            82.70-82.70      82.70-87.30
      -EDMTN           82.70-91.90      87.30-96.50
      -PEACE R         78.10-91.90      78.10-87.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Aug 25/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        141.67           155.67
      -Seed (DEL)        263.00           267.63

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Aug 26/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     84.86            86.29
OATS                      90.17           104.84
BARLEY                    93.25            94.49
RYE                       70.00            70.00
FLAXSEED                    N/A              N/A
CANOLA                   247.81           256.43

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Aug 25/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           126.03      3.43      4.71
     FEED                         105.64      2.88      3.97
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    127.32      3.47      4.00
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 314.38      0.14      0.19
         #1 ESTON                 287.92      0.13      0.15
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                286.60      0.13      0.15
         #1 BROWN                 277.45      0.13      0.14
         #1 ORIENTAL              278.55      0.13      0.15

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Aug 25/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    239.20   225.80   226.76   239.00     -5.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    230.28   244.01     -5.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    153.85   156.93   147.65   160.76     -8.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       204.26   204.61   197.53   207.95     -5.0%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            93.57    96.30    97.19   100.18     -3.0%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    139.81   134.75     +3.8%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      89.42    96.71    91.76    87.02     +5.5%
      -#2 STOCKTON          142.01   145.06   143.63   149.51     -3.9%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          261.46   277.03   283.55   273.30     +3.8%
EXCH RATE Aug 25/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1929  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8383
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 21/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 3   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    118.2     447.3     795.9    -43.8%       N/A
 DURUM              45.4     161.5     332.9    -51.5%       N/A
 BARLEY             51.0     138.6      91.6    +51.3%       N/A
 OATS               13.5      40.7      16.3   +149.7%       N/A
 PEAS               71.7     165.0       8.1  +1937.0%       N/A
 FLAXSEED           N/A        1.2      10.2    -88.2%       N/A
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     59.4     227.6      88.9   +156.0%       N/A
 CANOLA-CRUSH       56.9     175.2     199.2    -12.1%       N/A
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 18/2005
 WHEAT             370.7   5,359.1   6,270.1    -14.5%       -8.3%
 BARLEY             N/A       98.0      36.7   +167.3%       +8.7%
 CORN              738.2  42,161.6  45,367.4     -7.1%       -3.9%
 SOYBEANS          150.3  28,923.2  23,075.8    +25.3%      +24.0%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jul 31/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3640.5  40,662.1  36,834.4    +10.4%      +10.5%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar
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