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Weekly Crop Market Review - March 17, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 24, 2006

This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Mar 17/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY06     105.00     102.50     103.00      +0.20
        -SASK  JUL06     108.00     105.80     105.80      -1.00
        -SASK  OCT06     114.00     112.50     112.50      +0.50
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY06     119.80     118.00     118.20      -1.20
        -LETH  JUL06     124.50     122.60     123.70      -0.80
        -LETH  OCT06     130.00     129.00     129.00      +0.30
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY06     256.80     251.80     254.40      +0.50
        -SASK  JUL06     264.00     259.00     262.00      +0.50
        -SASK  NOV06     279.40     274.00     277.50      +0.30

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Mar 17/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY06   3.77 1/2   3.51       3.57 1/2  -0.24
        -CBT   JUL06   3.91       3.62       3.70      -0.23 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL06   4.34       4.08       4.13 1/2  -0.26 1/4
        -MINN  SEP06   4.38       4.12       4.18 1/2  -0.24 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY06   4.46       4.12       4.21 1/2  -0.31 3/4
        -KANS  JUL06   4.52       4.16       4.22 1/2  -0.37
CORN    -CBT   JUL06   2.43 1/4   2.31 1/2   2.32 1/4  -0.12 3/4
        -CBT   SEP06   2.51 1/4   2.41       2.41 1/2  -0.11 1/2
OATS    -CBT   MAY06   1.84 1/2   1.72       1.72 3/4  -0.12 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   1.84       1.74 1/2   1.75 1/2  -0.09 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY06   5.92 3/4   5.75       5.76 1/2  -0.12 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   6.04       5.87 1/4   5.89      -0.11 1/2
        -CBT   AUG06   6.08       5.92       5.93 1/4  -0.13 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY06      23.93      23.22      23.24      -0.92
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL06      24.32      23.60      23.62      -0.95
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY06     177.40     172.50     173.80      -0.50
($/ton) -CBT   JUL06     180.30     175.30     177.10      +0.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Mar 13/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-105.00    100.00-105.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-99.00      82.70-98.00
      -EDMTN           84.50-91.90      82.70-93.70
OATS  -EDMTN           90.80-90.80      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          110.00-119.40    110.00-115.70
BARLEY-LETH           100.00-107.00    100.00-106.00
      -MH/BRKS         99.00-105.00     99.00-102.50
      -CALGARY         91.90-99.00      91.90-100.00
      -REDDEER         89.60-101.00     89.60-101.00
      -VERM            75.80-80.40      73.50-78.10
      -EDMTN           82.70-91.80      82.70-91.90
      -PEACE R         75.80-87.30      75.80-89.60
CANOLA CRUSHER on Mar 16/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        131.17           131.33
      -Seed (DEL)        249.87           247.63

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Mar 17/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     82.30            81.61
OATS                      88.25            89.74
BARLEY                    90.84            92.94
RYE                       75.51            77.26
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   238.59           238.23

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Mar 16/2006
                                                    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    127.68      3.47      3.58
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 210.54      0.10      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 $/TONNE) as of Mar 16/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    234.65   242.45   238.75   239.00     -0.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     240.94   248.59   238.67   244.01     -2.2%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    171.99   180.09   162.73   160.76     +1.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       211.81   222.12   210.47   207.95     +1.2%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            93.27    95.33    87.71   100.18    -12.4%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      76.25    76.81    80.41    87.02     -7.6%
      -#2 STOCKTON          148.69   149.79   148.14   149.51     -0.9%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          237.33   243.99   250.11   273.30     -8.5%
EXCH RATE Mar 16/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1529  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8674
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 12/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #32   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    123.1   5,491.8   6,769.2    -18.9%    +14.5%
 DURUM              60.3   2,254.0   1,810.9    +24.5%    +26.0%
 BARLEY             43.5   1,942.9     682.8   +184.5%    +70.8%
 OATS               21.7     698.7     425.7    +64.1%     +4.9%
 PEAS               44.2   1,308.3     742.4    +76.2%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED           N/A      234.6     255.6     -8.2%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     91.9   3,114.1   2,070.4    +50.4%    +31.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       66.0   2,061.7   1,917.8     +7.5%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 09/2006
 WHEAT             614.4  21,498.2  22,323.5     -3.7%     -5.9%
 BARLEY              4.7     404.9     244.1    +65.9%    +30.4%
 CORN              925.2  24,459.7  23,139.8     +5.7%     +4.7%
 SOYBEANS          786.1  17,728.9  22,673.1    -21.8%    -18.4%
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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