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Weekly Crop Market Review - April 21, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 28, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 21/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY06     106.10     104.50     105.50      +0.00
        -SASK  JUL06     110.00     107.50     108.70      +1.20
        -SASK  OCT06     115.00     114.50     115.00      +0.60
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY06     118.20     116.00     116.60      -1.40
        -LETH  JUL06     125.00     122.10     122.20      -2.90
        -LETH  OCT06     130.00     128.00     128.00      -1.90
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY06     266.10     255.60     263.10      +7.60
        -SASK  JUL06     273.00     264.10     271.10      +7.30
        -SASK  NOV06     287.50     280.00     285.90      +6.90

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 21/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY06   3.56 3/4   3.44 1/2   3.52 3/4  -0.04 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   3.70       3.57 1/2   3.65 1/4  -0.06
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL06   4.36       4.18 1/2   4.27 1/4  -0.09 1/2
        -MINN  SEP06   4.39 1/2   4.22       4.30 1/2  -0.09 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY06   4.54       4.31       4.37 1/2  -0.19
        -KANS  JUL06   4.60       4.38       4.44 1/4  -0.20 1/4
CORN    -CBT   JUL06   2.53 1/4   2.45 1/4   2.48      -0.00 1/2
        -CBT   SEP06   2.62 3/4   2.55 1/4   2.58 1/2  +0.01
OATS    -CBT   MAY06   1.78       1.68 1/2   1.73 1/2  +0.01
        -CBT   JUL06   1.83       1.75       1.79 1/4  +0.01 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY06   5.77 1/2   5.66 1/4   5.69 3/4  +0.06 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   5.91 1/2   5.80       5.83 1/4  +0.05 3/4
        -CBT   AUG06   5.97 1/2   5.85 1/2   5.89 1/4  +0.06 3/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY06      24.72      22.65      24.61      +2.05
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL06      25.14      23.03      25.06      +2.07
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY06     178.50     171.40     171.90      -1.50
($/ton) -CBT   JUL06     179.30     171.60     172.00      -3.10

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 17/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           101.00-108.00    100.00-106.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-95.00      82.70-95.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-100.00     84.50-94.00
OATS  -EDMTN           93.70-93.70      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          115.70-118.20    110.20-119.40
BARLEY-LETH           106.00-111.00    106.00-111.00
      -MH/BRKS        101.00-107.00    101.00-106.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-102.50     91.90-102.50
      -REDDEER         89.60-94.20      89.60-94.20
      -VERM            78.10-82.70      80.40-85.00
      -EDMTN           85.00-94.80      85.00-92.00
      -PEACE R         87.30-87.30      80.40-87.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 20/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        131.73           128.67
      -Seed (DEL)        257.03           251.30

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Apr 21/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     87.47            86.27
OATS                      81.90            80.50
BARLEY                    94.60            91.62
RYE                       60.55            60.55
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   252.58           242.60

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 20/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           135.58      3.69      4.14
     FEED                          96.45      2.62      2.74
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    139.26      3.79      3.60
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 210.54      0.10      0.17
         #1 ESTON                 241.41      0.11      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                268.41      0.12      0.14
         #1 BROWN                 240.63      0.11      0.13
         #1 ORIENTAL              238.87      0.11      0.13

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 20/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    232.45   240.70   238.13   239.00     -0.4%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     249.23   256.79   240.58   244.01     -1.4%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    180.28     N/A    164.56   160.76     +2.4%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       223.41     N/A    211.46   207.95     +1.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            99.94    99.10    89.10   100.18    -11.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      75.38     N/A     79.96    87.02     -8.1%
      -#2 STOCKTON          146.99   148.42   148.23   149.51     -0.9%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          238.17   235.31   248.54   273.30     -9.1%
EXCH RATE Apr 20/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1397  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8774
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 16/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #37   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    204.4   6,889.9   7,679.3    -10.3%    +14.5%
 DURUM             122.8   2,719.7   2,019.9    +34.6%    +26.0%
 BARLEY               .2   1,956.0     801.3   +144.1%    +70.8%
 OATS               34.4     825.4     506.6    +62.9%     +4.9%
 PEAS               11.4   1,387.4     808.0    +71.7%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED           13.4     281.6     298.1     -5.5%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    116.8   3,705.8   2,400.5    +54.4%    +31.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       60.7   2,390.0   2,210.7     +8.1%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 13/2006
 WHEAT             258.6  23,226.7  24,771.6     -6.2%     -4.5%
 BARLEY             N/A      414.4     270.0    +53.5%    +30.4%
 CORN              741.2  29,337.7  26,905.5     +9.0%     +7.5%
 SOYBEANS          312.7  19,945.0  24,995.5    -20.2%    -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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