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Weekly Crop Market Review - October 21, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 28, 2005
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 21/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  DEC05      95.00      92.50      93.00      -2.50
        -SASK  MAR06     101.00      99.00     100.00      -2.50
        -SASK  MAY06     104.00     104.00     104.00      -1.40
BARLEY  -LETH  DEC05     119.50     118.00     118.40      +0.90
        -LETH  MAR06     124.60     123.00     124.40      +2.10
        -LETH  MAY06        N/A        N/A     127.00      +2.00
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV05     260.00     248.50     251.10      -8.90
        -SASK  JAN06     269.90     259.20     261.10      -9.80
        -SASK  MAR06     279.00     268.50     269.00      -9.30

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 21/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC05   3.39       3.26 1/4   3.30      -0.09
        -CBT   MAR06   3.53       3.40 1/4   3.45      -0.08 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  MAR06   3.91       3.72 1/2   3.78 1/4  -0.14 1/4
        -MINN  MAY06   3.92       3.78       3.80 1/4  -0.12 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC05   3.81       3.66 1/2   3.70      -0.11
        -KANS  MAR06   3.85       3.71 1/2   3.75 1/2  -0.10
CORN    -CBT   MAR06   2.17 1/4   2.13 3/4   2.14 1/2  -0.01 3/4
        -CBT   MAY06   2.25       2.22       2.22 3/4  -0.01 1/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC05   1.67 3/4   1.60 1/2   1.65 3/4  -0.01 1/2
        -CBT   MAR06   1.75 1/2   1.68 1/4   1.73      -0.01 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV05   5.99 1/2   5.71       5.72 1/4  -0.17 1/4
        -CBT   JAN06   6.11       5.83       5.84 1/2  -0.16
        -CBT   MAR06   6.19       5.91 1/4   5.92      -0.16
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC05      24.77      23.35      23.48      -0.55
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN06      25.00      23.60      23.70      -0.57
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC05     176.90     168.50     169.40      -7.10
($/ton) -CBT   JAN06     178.50     170.50     171.40      -6.90

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 17/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH            95.50-108.00     90.50-107.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-101.00     80.80-101.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-88.00      82.70-91.90
OATS  -EDMTN           84.30-87.50      84.30-87.50
PEAS - EDMTN           99.20-115.70    106.60-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-117.50    100.00-112.90
      -MH/BRKS         91.90-102.00     91.90-103.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-100.00     91.90-101.50
      -REDDEER         91.90-100.00     91.90-100.00
      -VERM            80.40-82.70      80.40-85.00
      -EDMTN           78.10-88.00      82.70-89.60
      -PEACE R         73.50-80.40      73.50-82.70
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 20/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        130.33           126.33
      -Seed (DEL)        242.60           250.75

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Oct 21/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     71.49            80.66
OATS                      89.28            90.58
BARLEY                    90.40            91.85
RYE                       72.01            72.01
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   227.87           237.34

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 20/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           130.07      3.54      4.79
     FEED                         101.97      2.78      2.99
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    119.42      3.25      4.05
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 270.07      0.12      0.22
         #1 ESTON                 262.90      0.12      0.23
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                273.70      0.12      0.12
         #1 BROWN                 255.40      0.12      0.14
         #1 ORIENTAL              260.91      0.12      0.11

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 20/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    235.60   242.45   234.73   239.00     -1.8%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    237.88   244.01     -2.5%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    158.85   166.41   157.50   160.76     -2.0%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       210.80   220.72   207.82   207.95     -0.1%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            81.27    78.21    86.31   100.18    -13.8%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND          132.45   132.96   134.35   134.75     -0.3%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      77.91    78.21    85.73    87.02     -1.5%
      -#2 STOCKTON          151.93   152.51   145.68   149.51     -2.6%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          240.01   243.21   256.88   273.30     -6.0%
EXCH RATE Oct 20/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1780  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8489
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 16/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #11   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    197.8   1,711.4   2,099.3    -18.5%    +10.2%
 DURUM              38.1     811.7   1,047.1    -22.5%    +10.3%
 BARLEY             13.4     551.3     213.6   +158.1%    +11.1%
 OATS               30.8     183.9      94.4    +94.8%     -3.0%
 PEAS               68.1     500.0     285.4    +75.2%     +7.7%
 FLAXSEED           16.4      20.1      29.9    -32.8%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     42.2     734.8     568.1    +29.3%    +17.2%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       70.3     654.0     642.0     +1.9%     +5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 13/2005
 WHEAT             481.5  10,162.6  11,928.6    -14.8%     -5.9%
 BARLEY             N/A      344.4      50.2   +586.2%     +8.7%
 CORN             1081.2   5,102.8   5,152.6     -1.0%    +10.2%
 SOYBEANS          871.9   2,113.0   2,699.2    -21.7%     +1.8%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Aug 31/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3353.3  44,015.3  39,460.5    +11.5%     -0.1%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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