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Weekly Crop Market Review - October 07, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 14, 2005

This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 07/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  DEC05      95.50      94.00      94.50      +0.70
        -SASK  MAR06     102.00     101.50     101.50      +1.50
        -SASK  MAY06        N/A        N/A     104.40      +0.70
BARLEY  -LETH  DEC05     121.00     118.00     118.00      -1.50
        -LETH  MAR06     123.00     122.50     122.50      -1.00
        -LETH  MAY06        N/A        N/A     127.00      +1.50
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV05     262.90     254.50     259.70      +3.20
        -SASK  JAN06     272.60     264.70     269.20      +3.20
        -SASK  MAR06     278.20     272.50     276.10      +2.30

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 07/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC05   3.52       3.36 3/4   3.38      -0.08 1/4
        -CBT   MAR06   3.64       3.50 1/2   3.52 1/2  -0.09
WHEAT   -MINN  MAR06   3.88       3.81       3.82      -0.02 3/4
        -MINN  MAY06   3.89       3.83       3.83 3/4  -0.01 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC05   3.84       3.73       3.76 3/4  -0.03 1/2
        -KANS  MAR06   3.86 1/2   3.75 1/2   3.79 1/4  -0.03 1/4
CORN    -CBT   MAR06   2.22       2.15 1/4   2.15 1/2  -0.02 1/4
        -CBT   MAY06   2.29 1/2   2.23 1/4   2.23 1/2  -0.02 1/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC05   1.70 1/2   1.60 3/4   1.68      +0.06 1/2
        -CBT   MAR06   1.74 1/2   1.66 3/4   1.72 1/2  +0.06
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV05   5.86       5.58       5.64 1/4  -0.09
        -CBT   JAN06   5.96 1/2   5.71       5.76      -0.07 1/4
        -CBT   MAR06   6.04 1/2   5.78 1/2   5.83 3/4  -0.07
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC05      24.98      23.63      23.66      -0.29
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN06      25.10      23.88      23.92      -0.29
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC05     172.50     165.20     168.60      -1.80
($/ton) -CBT   JAN06     174.30     167.00     170.30      -1.80

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 03/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH            88.80-106.00     89.00-107.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-101.00     84.50-101.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-91.90      82.70-91.90
OATS  -EDMTN           84.30-87.50      84.30-87.50
PEAS - EDMTN          106.60-117.60    106.60-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-113.30    100.00-114.50
      -MH/BRKS         91.90-102.00     91.90-101.50
      -CALGARY         91.90-101.50     91.90-100.00
      -REDDEER         91.90-100.00     91.90-100.00
      -VERM            82.70-85.00      82.70-85.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-89.60      82.70-89.60
      -PEACE R         73.50-82.70      73.50-91.90
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 06/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        121.00           121.33
      -Seed (DEL)        244.93           246.04

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Oct 07/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     83.51            84.80
OATS                      90.58            89.81
BARLEY                    92.55            91.26
RYE                       72.01            72.10
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   235.89           236.56

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 06/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           130.07      3.54      4.97
     FEED                         105.64      2.88      3.13
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    119.42      3.25      4.11
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 261.80      0.12      0.22
         #1 ESTON                 261.80      0.12      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                262.68      0.12      0.15
         #1 BROWN                 255.40      0.12      0.14
         #1 ORIENTAL              249.89      0.11      0.15

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 06/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    241.35   241.70   233.87   239.00     -2.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    237.88   244.01     -2.5%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    164.17   167.40   156.47   160.76     -2.7%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       219.55   216.03   206.23   207.95     -0.8%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            78.52    78.84    87.63   100.18    -12.5%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND          134.20   133.62   135.01   134.75     +0.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      80.78    82.63    87.26    87.02     +0.3%
      -#2 STOCKTON          149.84     N/A    144.23   149.51     -3.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          235.29   232.17   259.94   273.30     -4.9%
EXCH RATE Oct 06/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1820  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8460
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 02/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 9   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)     62.0   1,442.8   1,904.4    -24.2%     -5.9%
 DURUM             140.5     711.8     856.1    -16.9%     -6.1%
 BARLEY               .4     430.4     163.4   +163.4%    -34.0%
 OATS               22.4     129.5      60.0   +115.8%     +4.2%
 PEAS               35.2     387.0     194.0    +99.5%    +41.1%
 FLAXSEED             .1       2.9      29.9    -90.3%    -23.1%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     51.5     540.4     323.4    +67.1%     -9.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       66.1     521.7     505.3     +3.3%    -10.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Sep 29/2005
 WHEAT             426.2   8,866.2  10,812.5    -18.0%     -8.3%
 BARLEY             N/A      292.6      48.4   +505.1%     +8.7%
 CORN              760.6   2,937.0   3,682.4    -20.2%    +10.5%
 SOYBEANS          147.6     710.2   1,210.2    -41.3%     +1.8%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Aug 31/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3353.3  44,015.3  39,460.5    +11.5%     -0.9%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar
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