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Weekly Crop Market Review - March 10, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 17, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Mar 10/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY06     105.00     100.00     102.80      +0.80
        -SASK  JUL06     107.00     104.20     106.80      +0.80
        -SASK  OCT06     112.00     112.00     112.00      +0.50
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY06     121.00     118.90     119.40      -2.60
        -LETH  JUL06     126.00     124.10     124.50      -2.00
        -LETH  OCT06        N/A        N/A     128.70      -1.10
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY06     255.90     250.40     253.90      +0.40
        -SASK  JUL06     263.40     258.80     261.50      +0.20
        -SASK  NOV06     279.00     274.70     277.20      -1.30

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Mar 10/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY06   3.90       3.74       3.81 1/2  -0.03 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   4.00       3.85       3.93 1/2  -0.02 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY06   4.40       4.17       4.34 3/4  +0.06
        -MINN  JUL06   4.44       4.25 1/2   4.39 3/4  +0.04 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY06   4.56       4.34 1/2   4.53 1/4  +0.07 3/4
        -KANS  JUL06   4.62 1/2   4.37       4.59 1/2  +0.11
CORN    -CBT   MAY06   2.35 3/4   2.27 3/4   2.34 1/2  -0.05
        -CBT   JUL06   2.46       2.38       2.45      -0.04 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY06   1.89       1.81       1.85 1/4  -0.04 1/4
        -CBT   JUL06   1.87       1.83       1.85      -0.01 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY06   6.06       5.79       5.89 1/4  -0.16 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   6.17       5.91       6.00 1/2  -0.16 3/4
        -CBT   AUG06   6.19 1/2   5.97       6.06 1/2  -0.15 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY06      24.84      23.78      24.16      -0.75
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL06      25.20      24.05      24.57      -0.70
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY06     177.80     172.30     174.30      -3.10
($/ton) -CBT   JUL06     180.20     175.10     177.10      -3.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Mar 06/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-105.00    100.00-106.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-98.00      82.70-98.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-93.70      82.70-91.90
OATS  -EDMTN           90.80-90.80      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          110.00-115.70    110.00-115.70
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-106.00    100.00-105.00
      -MH/BRKS         99.00-102.50     98.00-103.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-100.00     91.90-101.00
      -REDDEER         89.60-101.00     89.60-101.00
      -VERM            73.50-78.10      75.80-78.10
      -EDMTN           82.70-91.90      82.70-92.00
      -PEACE R         75.80-89.60      75.80-91.90
CANOLA CRUSHER on Mar 09/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        131.33           133.70
      -Seed (DEL)        247.63           242.13

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Mar 10/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     81.61            80.26
OATS                      89.74            87.24
BARLEY                    92.94           110.41
RYE                       77.26            74.76
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   238.23           233.69

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Mar 09/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           123.46      3.36      4.10
     FEED                          96.45      2.62      2.74
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    125.85      3.42      3.58
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 207.23      0.09      0.16
         #1 ESTON                 232.92      0.11      0.21
 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 $/TONNE) as of Mar 09/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    242.45   241.95   238.88   239.00     -0.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     248.59     N/A    238.48   244.01     -2.3%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    180.09   172.11   162.43   160.76     +1.0%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       222.12   216.18   210.42   207.95     +1.2%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            95.33    95.65    87.54   100.18    -12.6%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      76.81    74.83    80.54    87.02     -7.4%
      -#2 STOCKTON          149.79   145.92   148.12   149.51     -0.9%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          243.99   242.16   250.51   273.30     -8.3%
EXCH RATE Mar 09/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1614  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8610
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 05/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #31   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    132.8   5,370.4   6,583.0    -18.4%    +14.5%
 DURUM              10.1   2,193.7   1,806.9    +21.4%    +26.0%
 BARLEY             42.0   1,899.4     682.7   +178.2%    +70.8%
 OATS               24.4     677.0     417.4    +62.2%     +4.9%
 PEAS               39.3   1,264.1     729.5    +73.3%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED             .2     234.6     252.5     -7.1%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    138.8   3,016.6   2,001.9    +50.7%    +31.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       70.4   1,995.6   1,859.8     +7.3%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 02/2006
 WHEAT             416.9  20,883.3  21,931.9     -4.8%     -5.9%
 BARLEY             N/A      400.2     244.1    +63.9%    +30.4%
 CORN              939.6  23,496.0  22,395.9     +4.9%     +2.0%
 SOYBEANS          695.7  16,919.5  21,706.8    -22.1%    -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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