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Weekly Crop Market Review - October 28, 2005

The next weekly will be published on Friday, November 04, 2005

This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 28/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  DEC05      93.90      92.00      93.10      +0.10
        -SASK  MAR06     100.00      98.50      99.00      -1.00
        -SASK  MAY06     103.50     103.00     103.00      -1.00
BARLEY  -LETH  DEC05     119.00     117.50     118.40      +0.00
        -LETH  MAR06     125.20     123.00     124.50      +0.10
        -LETH  MAY06     127.00     126.50     126.50      -0.50
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV05     252.00     245.00     247.20      -3.90
        -SASK  JAN06     262.80     255.20     256.20      -4.90
        -SASK  MAR06     271.60     263.60     264.30      -4.70

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 28/2005
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC05   3.29 1/2   3.15 1/2   3.17 3/4  -0.12 1/4
        -CBT   MAR06   3.43 1/2   3.30 1/2   3.33      -0.12
WHEAT   -MINN  MAR06   3.87       3.72       3.80 1/2  +0.02 1/4
        -MINN  MAY06   3.86       3.75       3.78 1/4  -0.02
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC05   3.83       3.63 1/2   3.76      +0.06
        -KANS  MAR06   3.84       3.69 1/2   3.78 3/4  +0.03 1/4
CORN    -CBT   MAR06   2.14 1/4   2.10 1/4   2.10 1/2  -0.04
        -CBT   MAY06   2.22 1/4   2.19       2.19 1/4  -0.03 1/2
OATS    -CBT   DEC05   1.69 1/4   1.59 1/4   1.62 3/4  -0.03
        -CBT   MAR06   1.75 3/4   1.68       1.70 1/2  -0.02 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV05   5.82       5.63 1/4   5.65      -0.07 1/4
        -CBT   JAN06   5.94       5.75 1/2   5.77 1/2  -0.07
        -CBT   MAR06   6.02 1/2   5.84 1/2   5.86      -0.06
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC05      24.05      23.05      23.33      -0.15
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN06      24.23      23.30      23.54      -0.16
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC05     171.90     168.50     168.80      -0.60
($/ton) -CBT   JAN06     173.50     170.40     170.70      -0.70

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 24/2005 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH            93.00-108.00     95.50-108.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-101.00     82.70-101.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-88.00      82.70-88.00
OATS  -EDMTN           84.30-87.50      84.30-87.50
PEAS - EDMTN           99.20-115.70     99.20-115.70
BARLEY-LETH           102.00-118.40    100.00-117.50
      -MH/BRKS         91.90-102.00     91.90-102.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-100.00     91.90-100.00
      -REDDEER         91.90-100.00     91.90-100.00
      -VERM            78.10-82.70      80.40-82.70
      -EDMTN           78.10-90.00      78.10-88.00
      -PEACE R         73.50-80.40      73.50-80.40
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 27/2005
      -Meal (FOB)        127.00           130.33
      -Seed (DEL)        237.77           242.60

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Oct 28/2005 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     79.31            71.49
OATS                      91.88            89.28
BARLEY                    95.08            90.40
RYE                       72.01            72.01
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   225.65           227.87

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 27/2005
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           130.07      3.54      4.49
     FEED                         101.97      2.78      2.49
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    119.42      3.25      3.75
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 270.95      0.12      0.22
         #1 ESTON                 256.50      0.12      0.24
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                273.70      0.12      0.14
         #1 BROWN                 255.40      0.12      0.14
         #1 ORIENTAL              260.91      0.12      0.14

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 27/2005
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    234.05   235.60   234.68   239.00     -1.8%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     239.96     N/A    238.40   244.01     -2.3%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    159.75   158.85   157.67   160.76     -1.9%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       212.72   210.80   208.19   207.95     +0.1%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            78.32    81.27    85.70   100.18    -14.5%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND          131.76   132.45   134.03   134.75     -0.5%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      77.51    77.91    85.10    87.02     -2.2%
      -#2 STOCKTON          151.14   151.93   146.13   149.51     -2.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          241.14   240.01   255.67   273.30     -6.4%
EXCH RATE Oct 27/2005: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1719  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8533
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 23/2005
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #12   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    196.0   1,907.4   2,324.5    -17.9%    +10.2%
 DURUM              71.7     883.4   1,081.5    -18.3%    +10.3%
 BARLEY             55.6     606.9     222.0   +173.4%    +11.1%
 OATS               27.7     213.2     105.9   +101.3%     -3.0%
 PEAS              131.7     631.7     287.6   +119.6%     +7.7%
 FLAXSEED            4.2      24.3      32.7    -25.7%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    168.1     902.9     716.6    +26.0%    +17.2%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       68.8     722.8     705.1     +2.5%     +5.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 20/2005
 WHEAT             569.6  10,837.2  12,455.9    -13.0%     -5.9%
 BARLEY             N/A      344.4      66.5   +417.9%     +8.7%
 CORN             1010.0   6,142.9   6,230.2     -1.4%    +10.2%
 SOYBEANS          891.0   3,101.7   3,879.7    -20.1%     +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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