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Weekly Crop Market Review - April 28, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 05, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 28/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  MAY06     112.50     106.20     109.50      +4.00
        -SASK  JUL06     112.50     108.70     111.00      +2.30
        -SASK  OCT06     119.50     116.00     117.90      +2.90
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY06     116.00     112.10     113.50      -3.10
        -LETH  JUL06     123.00     119.50     120.50      -1.70
        -LETH  OCT06     128.00     126.00     126.40      -1.60
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY06     269.00     262.20     266.50      +3.40
        -SASK  JUL06     279.60     270.30     276.50      +5.40
        -SASK  NOV06     294.80     285.70     292.60      +6.70

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 28/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY06   3.56 1/2   3.39 1/2   3.46 1/4  -0.06 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   3.69 1/2   3.51       3.58 1/2  -0.06 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL06   4.36       4.10 1/4   4.20 1/4  -0.07
        -MINN  SEP06   4.39       4.16       4.25 3/4  -0.04 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY06   4.50       4.19 1/2   4.29 3/4  -0.07 3/4
        -KANS  JUL06   4.58       4.26       4.31 1/2  -0.12 3/4
CORN    -CBT   JUL06   2.50 1/4   2.40 1/4   2.49      +0.01
        -CBT   SEP06   2.60 3/4   2.50 1/2   2.59 3/4  +0.01 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY06   1.88 1/2   1.74 1/2   1.88 1/4  +0.14 3/4
        -CBT   JUL06   1.91       1.80 1/2   1.90 1/2  +0.11 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY06   5.98       5.69       5.87 1/4  +0.17 1/2
        -CBT   JUL06   6.14       5.82 1/2   6.01      +0.17 3/4
        -CBT   AUG06   6.16       5.88 1/2   6.06 1/2  +0.17 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY06      26.09      24.34      25.54      +0.93
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL06      26.57      24.75      25.72      +0.66
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY06     175.80     171.00     172.90      +1.00
($/ton) -CBT   JUL06     177.00     171.10     173.70      +1.70

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 24/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           103.00-109.00    101.00-108.00
      -REDDEER         82.70-95.00      82.70-95.00
      -EDMTN           82.70-100.00     82.70-100.00
OATS  -EDMTN           93.70-93.70      93.70-93.70
PEAS - EDMTN          115.70-118.20    115.70-118.20
BARLEY-LETH           106.00-110.00    106.00-111.00
      -MH/BRKS        101.00-107.50    101.00-107.00
      -CALGARY         91.90-102.50     91.90-102.50
      -REDDEER         91.90-96.00      89.60-94.20
      -VERM            80.40-85.00      78.10-82.70
      -EDMTN           85.00-94.80      85.00-94.80
      -PEACE R         80.40-87.30      87.30-87.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 27/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        129.02           131.73
      -Seed (DEL)        257.30           257.03

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Apr 28/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     89.76            87.47
OATS                      83.85            81.90
BARLEY                    88.48            94.60
RYE                       62.72            60.55
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   253.12           252.58

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 27/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           135.58      3.69      4.14
     FEED                          96.45      2.62      2.88
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    141.46      3.85      3.74
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 209.99      0.10      0.16
         #1 ESTON                 241.41      0.11      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                268.41      0.12      0.14
         #1 BROWN                 246.37      0.11      0.13
         #1 ORIENTAL              238.87      0.11      0.13

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 27/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    227.80   232.45   237.86   239.00     -0.5%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     245.35   249.23   240.88   244.01     -1.3%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    173.53   180.28   164.80   160.76     +2.5%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       214.59   223.41   211.55   207.95     +1.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            97.60    99.94    89.32   100.18    -10.8%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A    131.72   134.75     -2.2%
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      74.28    75.38    79.80    87.02     -8.3%
      -#2 STOCKTON          144.85   146.99   148.14   149.51     -0.9%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          236.77   238.17   248.24   273.30     -9.2%
EXCH RATE Apr 27/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1231  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8904
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 23/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #38   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    297.5   7,185.2   7,904.1     -9.1%    +14.5%
 DURUM              36.4   2,795.5   2,050.3    +36.3%    +26.0%
 BARLEY             11.1   1,971.7     810.1   +143.4%    +70.8%
 OATS               42.2     868.3     528.4    +64.3%     +4.9%
 PEAS               28.6   1,412.7     855.5    +65.1%     +8.4%
 FLAXSEED           20.9     302.5     320.9     -5.7%    +28.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    153.8   3,863.4   2,436.9    +58.5%    +31.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       73.8   2,463.8   2,268.0     +8.6%    +15.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 20/2006
 WHEAT             520.0  23,760.1  25,362.9     -6.3%     -4.5%
 BARLEY             58.6     473.0     315.6    +49.9%    +30.4%
 CORN             1273.8  30,659.3  27,778.6    +10.4%     +7.5%
 SOYBEANS          249.3  20,199.8  25,452.8    -20.6%    -18.4%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Mar 31/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3887.8  26,769.8  26,240.6     +2.0%     +1.4%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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