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Weekly Crop Market Review - February 03, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, February 10, 2006

This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Feb 03/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAR06     101.00      98.00      99.00      -1.20
        -SASK  MAY06     104.00     102.00     103.00      -0.70
        -SASK  JUL06     107.00     106.00     106.00      -1.70
BARLEY  -LETH  MAR06     118.50     116.00     117.00      -1.40
        -LETH  MAY06     124.50     122.00     122.90      +0.10
        -LETH  JUL06     127.00     126.00     126.20      +0.20
CANOLA  -SASK  MAR06     245.60     238.10     243.00      +1.90
        -SASK  MAY06     251.90     245.80     250.40      +1.90
        -SASK  JUL06     260.00     253.60     257.90      +0.70

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Feb 03/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAR06   3.61 1/2   3.37 1/2   3.56 1/2  +0.13
        -CBT   MAY06   3.71 1/2   3.48 1/2   3.67 3/4  +0.13
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY06   4.13       3.94 1/4   4.11      +0.07
        -MINN  JUL06   4.19       3.97 1/2   4.15 3/4  +0.10 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAR06   4.16       3.91       4.11 1/2  +0.17 3/4
        -KANS  MAY06   4.19       3.94       4.16      +0.17 1/2
CORN    -CBT   MAY06   2.35 1/2   2.25 1/2   2.35      +0.06 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   2.44 3/4   2.34 1/2   2.44      +0.06 1/2
OATS    -CBT   MAR06   2.02       1.88 1/4   2.02      +0.11 1/4
        -CBT   MAY06   2.00       1.84 1/2   1.97 3/4  +0.13 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAR06   6.03 1/2   5.77 1/2   5.94 3/4  +0.05 1/2
        -CBT   MAY06   6.14       5.90       6.07 1/2  +0.07 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   6.25       6.01       6.17 1/2  +0.08
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAR06      22.68      21.71      22.66      +0.61
(¢/lb)  -CBT   MAY06      23.08      22.10      23.07      +0.68
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAR06     190.50     180.00     184.00      -2.40
($/ton) -CBT   MAY06     192.10     183.00     186.70      -0.70

FEEDMILL BIDS on Jan 30/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A         103.00-109.00
      -REDDEER             N/A          82.70-92.00
      -EDMTN               N/A          84.50-91.90
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A          87.50-87.50
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A         106.60-119.40
BARLEY-LETH                N/A         106.00-109.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A         103.00-105.00
      -CALGARY             N/A          96.50-103.50
      -REDDEER             N/A          89.60-96.50
      -VERM                N/A          82.70-82.70
      -EDMTN               N/A          82.70-91.90
      -PEACE R             N/A          80.40-85.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Feb 02/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        143.88           144.30
      -Seed (DEL)        237.33           235.16

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Feb 03/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     78.98            80.48
OATS                      96.00            96.00
BARLEY                    92.36            93.36
RYE                       70.00            70.00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   226.55           224.05

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Feb 02/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           122.72      3.34      4.22
     FEED                         107.48      2.93      2.51
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    121.81      3.32      3.62
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 215.50      0.10      0.18
         #1 ESTON                 259.04      0.12      0.24
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                257.17      0.12      0.13
         #1 BROWN                 251.65      0.11      0.13
         #1 ORIENTAL              238.87      0.11      0.13

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Feb 02/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    239.70   243.10   237.92   239.00     -0.5%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    234.79   237.05   244.01     -2.9%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    161.06   164.84   160.44   160.76     -0.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       211.74   211.12   208.97   207.95     +0.5%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            94.17    93.74    86.28   100.18    -13.9%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND          126.16   126.17   131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      75.70    74.81    81.40    87.02     -6.5%
      -#2 STOCKTON          145.71   146.45   148.16   149.51     -0.9%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          242.02   239.02   251.88   273.30     -7.8%
EXCH RATE Feb 02/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1445  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8737
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Jan 29/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #26   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    188.0   4,473.8   5,397.3    -17.1%    +18.9%
 DURUM              70.5   1,920.9   1,613.3    +19.1%    +26.0%
 BARLEY            138.6   1,632.0     439.2   +271.6%    +45.2%
 OATS               21.3     567.2     358.3    +58.3%     +4.9%
 PEAS               35.9   1,092.7     638.3    +71.2%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED            2.9     231.7     227.3     +1.9%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    109.4   2,423.0   1,759.9    +37.7%    +23.1%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       59.8   1,650.8   1,550.4     +6.5%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Jan 26/2006
 WHEAT             636.9  18,391.7  19,607.8     -6.2%     -5.9%
 BARLEY             N/A      400.2     236.2    +69.5%    +30.4%
 CORN              917.9  18,855.0  18,804.6     +0.3%     +2.0%
 SOYBEANS          513.1  13,283.7  17,788.6    -25.3%    -13.9%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Nov 30/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3929.4  11,494.2  11,062.7     +3.9%     +2.0%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar
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