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Weekly Crop Market Review - February 17, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, February 24, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Feb 17/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAR06      99.00      96.60      97.80      -0.50
        -SASK  MAY06     101.50     100.00     100.80      -0.70
        -SASK  JUL06     105.00     104.50     104.50      +0.50
BARLEY  -LETH  MAR06     118.00     115.50     116.80      +0.10
        -LETH  MAY06     124.50     121.50     123.50      +2.10
        -LETH  JUL06     126.50     124.50     126.50      +2.10
CANOLA  -SASK  MAR06     247.40     241.60     246.50      +2.60
        -SASK  MAY06     255.00     248.50     254.50      +3.30
        -SASK  JUL06     262.70     256.20     262.60      +3.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Feb 17/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAR06   3.69       3.42 3/4   3.68      +0.12 3/4
        -CBT   MAY06   3.80       3.54 1/2   3.79 1/2  +0.12 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY06   4.24 1/2   3.96       4.22      +0.04 1/2
        -MINN  JUL06   4.30       4.03       4.28 3/4  +0.06 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAR06   4.35 3/4   4.07       4.35 1/4  +0.05 1/4
        -KANS  MAY06   4.40       4.10       4.39 1/2  +0.04 3/4
CORN    -CBT   MAY06   2.37 3/4   2.27 1/2   2.37 1/4  +0.05 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   2.46 1/2   2.36 1/4   2.46 1/4  +0.05 3/4
OATS    -CBT   MAR06   1.92 3/4   1.87       1.92      +0.00 1/2
        -CBT   MAY06   1.93 1/2   1.87       1.91 1/2  +0.00 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAR06   6.03       5.71       6.01 1/4  +0.19
        -CBT   MAY06   6.17       5.83       6.14 1/2  +0.18 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   6.28       5.93 1/2   6.24      +0.17 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAR06      23.39      21.76      23.33      +1.06
(¢/lb)  -CBT   MAY06      23.80      22.15      23.71      +1.03
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAR06     187.00     178.60     185.30      +4.80
($/ton) -CBT   MAY06     188.40     180.50     187.20      +4.40

FEEDMILL BIDS on Feb 13/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-109.00    100.00-109.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-92.00      82.70-92.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-91.90      82.70-91.90
OATS  -EDMTN           90.80-90.80      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          110.00-117.60    110.00-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-108.00    104.00-108.00
      -MH/BRKS        102.00-104.00    102.00-104.00
      -CALGARY         98.00-101.00     98.00-101.00
      -REDDEER         89.60-98.80      89.60-96.50
      -VERM            78.10-85.00      80.40-82.70
      -EDMTN           85.00-91.90      82.70-91.90
      -PEACE R         78.10-89.60      78.10-91.90
CANOLA CRUSHER on Feb 16/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        141.77           139.50
      -Seed (DEL)        242.50           240.80

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Feb 17/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     77.09            78.20
OATS                      85.00            80.76
BARLEY                    92.57            94.70
RYE                       70.00            74.17
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   232.42           230.63

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Feb 16/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           122.17      3.33      4.14
     FEED                          98.29      2.67      2.74
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    125.48      3.42      3.56
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 215.50      0.10      0.16
         #1 ESTON                 240.30      0.11      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                257.39      0.12      0.13
         #1 BROWN                 248.02      0.11      0.13
         #1 ORIENTAL              238.87      0.11      0.13

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Feb 16/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    244.35   247.75   238.48   239.00     -0.2%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    242.61   237.56   244.01     -2.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    172.28   168.41   161.15   160.76     +0.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       216.73   217.45   209.55   207.95     +0.8%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            95.94    93.15    86.69   100.18    -13.5%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      76.57    75.78    81.03    87.02     -6.9%
      -#2 STOCKTON          149.31   145.88   148.12   149.51     -0.9%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          248.00   243.24   251.44   273.30     -8.0%
EXCH RATE Feb 16/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1577  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8638
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 12/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #28   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    246.0   4,838.1   5,858.5    -17.4%    +14.5%
 DURUM             115.7   2,100.0   1,678.9    +25.1%    +26.0%
 BARLEY              4.3   1,730.1     568.4   +204.4%    +70.8%
 OATS               20.4     609.6     386.8    +57.6%     +4.9%
 PEAS               18.9   1,145.0     638.3    +79.4%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED            1.9     233.6     230.9     +1.2%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    160.4   2,661.4   1,847.5    +44.1%    +31.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       65.5   1,784.0   1,674.1     +6.6%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 09/2006
 WHEAT             444.3  19,536.6  20,416.4     -4.3%     -5.9%
 BARLEY             N/A      400.2     242.3    +65.2%    +30.4%
 CORN              738.7  20,585.3  20,126.2     +2.3%     +2.0%
 SOYBEANS          927.7  14,877.7  19,259.1    -22.7%    -17.5%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Nov 30/2005
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3929.4  11,494.2  11,062.7     +3.9%     +1.4%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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