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Weekly Crop Market Review - March 03, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 10, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Mar 03/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY06     105.00     101.00     102.00      +0.20
        -SASK  JUL06     107.50     104.70     106.00      +0.70
        -SASK  OCT06     112.20     111.50     111.50      -0.80
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY06     123.40     119.00     122.00      -2.20
        -LETH  JUL06     126.90     123.50     126.50      -1.20
        -LETH  OCT06        N/A        N/A     129.80      -0.20
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY06     254.50     246.50     253.50      +3.40
        -SASK  JUL06     262.80     255.20     261.30      +3.10
        -SASK  NOV06     280.00     271.00     278.50      +3.80

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Mar 03/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY06   3.90 1/2   3.71       3.85      +0.05
        -CBT   JUL06   4.00       3.82       3.96      +0.06 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY06   4.35 1/2   4.14       4.28 3/4  +0.02 1/2
        -MINN  JUL06   4.42       4.21 1/2   4.35      +0.01 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY06   4.53 1/2   4.30       4.45 1/2  +0.06
        -KANS  JUL06   4.56       4.31 1/2   4.48 1/2  +0.04 1/4
CORN    -CBT   MAY06   2.40       2.33       2.39 1/2  +0.00 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   2.49 3/4   2.42 3/4   2.49 1/4  +0.01 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY06   1.96 1/4   1.84       1.89 1/2  -0.05 1/4
        -CBT   JUL06   1.89       1.83 1/4   1.86 1/2  -0.02 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY06   6.07 1/2   5.81       6.06      +0.15 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   6.18 1/2   5.92       6.17 1/4  +0.15 3/4
        -CBT   AUG06   6.22       5.96       6.21 3/4  +0.17 3/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY06      25.01      22.96      24.91      +1.54
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL06      25.35      23.33      25.27      +1.53
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY06     180.00     173.50     177.40      +0.10
($/ton) -CBT   JUL06     182.80     176.00     180.10      +0.30

FEEDMILL BIDS on Feb 27/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-106.00    103.00-106.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-98.00      82.70-99.20
      -EDMTN           82.70-91.90      82.70-92.60
OATS  -EDMTN           90.80-90.80      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          110.00-115.70    110.00-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-105.00    100.00-108.00
      -MH/BRKS         98.00-103.00     98.00-103.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-101.00     91.90-101.00
      -REDDEER         89.60-101.00     89.60-101.00
      -VERM            75.80-78.10      78.10-78.10
      -EDMTN           82.70-92.00      82.70-91.90
      -PEACE R         75.80-91.90      75.80-91.90
CANOLA CRUSHER on Mar 02/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        133.70           135.67
      -Seed (DEL)        242.13           237.80

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Mar 03/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     80.26            78.72
OATS                      87.24            88.22
BARLEY                   110.41            94.22
RYE                       74.76            74.76
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   233.69           230.99

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Mar 02/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           122.17      3.33      4.12
     FEED                          96.45      2.62      2.74
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    125.48      3.42      3.68
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 207.23      0.09      0.16
         #1 ESTON                 232.92      0.11      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                257.39      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 $/TONNE) as of Mar 02/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    241.95   243.75   238.76   239.00     -0.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    237.56   244.01     -2.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    172.11   171.13   161.85   160.76     +0.7%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       216.18   217.51   210.03   207.95     +1.0%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            95.65    96.21    87.29   100.18    -12.9%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      74.83    76.24    80.66    87.02     -7.3%
      -#2 STOCKTON          145.92   148.68   148.07   149.51     -1.0%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          242.16   238.58   250.72   273.30     -8.3%
EXCH RATE Mar 02/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1314  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8839
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 26/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #30   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    300.0   5,237.6   6,352.6    -17.6%    +14.5%
 DURUM              25.8   2,183.6   1,773.4    +23.1%    +26.0%
 BARLEY             81.5   1,857.4     598.8   +210.2%    +70.8%
 OATS               28.1     652.6     410.1    +59.1%     +4.9%
 PEAS               48.9   1,224.8     689.7    +77.6%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED           N/A      234.4     245.0     -4.3%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     85.5   2,877.8   1,975.0    +45.7%    +31.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       71.4   1,925.3   1,796.1     +7.2%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 23/2006
 WHEAT             482.3  20,454.3  21,612.8     -5.4%     -5.9%
 BARLEY             N/A      400.2     242.3    +65.2%    +30.4%
 CORN              756.7  22,540.9  21,542.6     +4.6%     +2.0%
 SOYBEANS          544.7  16,192.5  21,004.3    -22.9%    -17.5%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jan 31/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3963.8  19,344.2  18,812.8     +2.8%     +1.4%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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