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Weekly Crop Market Review - April 07, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 14, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 07/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY06     104.90     103.00     104.70      +0.10
        -SASK  JUL06     107.90     105.80     106.50      -1.10
        -SASK  OCT06     115.00     113.00     113.50      -1.50
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY06     118.80     116.60     118.80      +1.20
        -LETH  JUL06     125.30     122.10     124.00      -0.50
        -LETH  OCT06     129.90     127.40     129.90      +0.40
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY06     259.90     254.50     256.30      -3.30
        -SASK  JUL06     268.60     262.80     264.80      -3.30
        -SASK  NOV06     283.00     276.50     279.60      -3.90

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 07/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY06   3.56 1/2   3.40 1/4   3.51 1/4  +0.03 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   3.68 1/2   3.53       3.64 3/4  +0.03 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL06   4.28       4.07       4.22 3/4  +0.12 3/4
        -MINN  SEP06   4.31       4.11       4.27      +0.12
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY06   4.33       4.13       4.30      +0.11 1/2
        -KANS  JUL06   4.37 1/2   4.17 1/2   4.37      +0.14
CORN    -CBT   JUL06   2.55       2.44 3/4   2.54 1/2  +0.07 1/4
        -CBT   SEP06   2.63 3/4   2.54       2.63 1/4  +0.07 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY06   1.76 3/4   1.71 1/4   1.73      -0.00 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   1.83       1.76       1.76 3/4  -0.05
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY06   5.74 1/2   5.56 1/2   5.57 3/4  -0.13 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   5.88       5.70 1/4   5.72 1/4  -0.13 1/4
        -CBT   AUG06   5.92 1/2   5.75 1/2   5.77 1/2  -0.12 3/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY06      22.90      22.25      22.54      -0.25
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL06      23.31      22.65      22.96      -0.31
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY06     175.50     170.50     171.10      -3.50
($/ton) -CBT   JUL06     177.60     172.80     173.40      -3.40

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 03/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           100.00-105.00    101.00-106.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-95.00      82.70-95.00
      -EDMTN           84.50-93.70      84.50-91.90
OATS  -EDMTN           90.80-90.80      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          110.00-119.40    110.00-119.40
BARLEY-LETH           104.00-109.00    104.00-109.00
      -MH/BRKS        101.00-106.00    101.00-106.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-102.00     91.90-103.00
      -REDDEER         89.60-94.20      91.90-96.50
      -VERM            80.40-85.00      80.40-82.70
      -EDMTN           85.00-91.90      85.00-91.90
      -PEACE R         78.10-87.30      80.40-87.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 06/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        134.11           135.95
      -Seed (DEL)        251.92           253.85

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Apr 07/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     86.04            85.64
OATS                      82.36            81.31
BARLEY                    91.75            90.36
RYE                       62.52            62.52
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   241.93           243.92

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 06/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           134.66      3.66      4.13
     FEED                          96.45      2.62      2.74
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    133.75      3.64      3.61
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 210.54      0.10      0.16
         #1 ESTON                 240.30      0.11      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                257.17      0.12      0.14
         #1 BROWN                 251.65      0.11      0.13
         #1 ORIENTAL              238.87      0.11      0.13

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 06/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    234.50   229.70   238.21   239.00     -0.3%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    238.67   244.01     -2.2%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    184.36   182.52   164.11   160.76     +2.1%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       224.19   216.21   211.12   207.95     +1.5%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           102.39    97.44    88.52   100.18    -11.6%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      76.28    76.76    80.09    87.02     -8.0%
      -#2 STOCKTON          148.75   149.68   148.26   149.51     -0.8%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          233.09   244.67   249.19   273.30     -8.8%
EXCH RATE Apr 06/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1534  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8670
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 02/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #35   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    370.5   6,289.7   7,346.5    -14.4%    +14.5%
 DURUM              56.7   2,518.2   1,929.1    +30.5%    +26.0%
 BARLEY               .8   1,954.5     737.4   +165.1%    +70.8%
 OATS               22.5     758.0     461.1    +64.4%     +4.9%
 PEAS               N/A    1,360.2     780.2    +74.3%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED           21.6     262.1     273.0     -4.0%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    139.4   3,474.8   2,267.9    +53.2%    +31.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       73.5   2,266.2   2,097.5     +8.0%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 30/2006
 WHEAT             318.4  22,646.6  23,867.5     -5.1%     -5.9%
 BARLEY              5.2     414.4     269.7    +53.7%    +30.4%
 CORN             1073.1  27,659.9  25,409.4     +8.9%     +4.7%
 SOYBEANS          358.1  19,347.9  24,205.1    -20.1%    -18.4%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Feb 28/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3537.8  22,882.0  22,381.1     +2.2%     +1.4%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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