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Weekly Crop Market Review - August 18, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, August 25, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Aug 18/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  OCT06     123.00     118.50     121.30      -1.80
        -SASK  DEC06     126.00     122.00     125.00      -1.20
        -SASK  MAR07        N/A        N/A     131.40      -1.70
BARLEY  -LETH  OCT06     129.50     125.50     126.60      -3.10
        -LETH  DEC06     136.00     131.40     132.00      -3.00
        -LETH  MAR07     139.00     139.00     139.00      -2.50
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV06     297.00     287.10     292.40      -4.60
        -SASK  JAN07     306.00     296.00     301.50      -4.50
        -SASK  MAR07     315.00     303.20     307.60      -7.00

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Aug 18/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP06   3.81 1/2   3.57 1/2   3.64 1/2  -0.09 1/4
        -CBT   DEC06   4.01 1/2   3.76 3/4   3.83 1/4  -0.12 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  SEP06   4.58       4.37 1/2   4.48 1/2  -0.08 1/2
        -MINN  DEC06   4.67       4.48       4.59      -0.08 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP06   4.55 1/2   4.40 1/2   4.54 1/4  +0.00
        -KANS  DEC06   4.70 1/2   4.54       4.66 3/4  -0.06
CORN    -CBT   SEP06   2.25 1/4   2.17 1/4   2.19 3/4  -0.05
        -CBT   DEC06   2.42       2.33 1/2   2.35 3/4  -0.06
OATS    -CBT   SEP06   1.78 1/2   1.72 1/2   1.75 1/4  -0.02 1/4
        -CBT   DEC06   1.87       1.82       1.85      -0.00 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   SEP06   5.59 1/2   5.46 1/4   5.47      -0.08 1/4
        -CBT   NOV06   5.73       5.59 1/2   5.60 1/2  -0.07 3/4
        -CBT   JAN07   5.85 1/4   5.72       5.72 3/4  -0.09 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   SEP06      25.46      24.72      24.92      -0.57
(¢/lb)  -CBT   OCT06      25.67      24.90      25.11      -0.60
SOYMEAL -CBT   SEP06     161.80     158.50     159.30      +0.30
($/ton) -CBT   OCT06     163.20     159.80     159.90      -0.30

FEEDMILL BIDS on Aug 14/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           108.00-114.00    108.00-114.00
      -REDDEER         84.50-110.00     84.50-110.00
      -EDMTN           88.20-95.50      88.20-95.50
OATS  -EDMTN           90.80-90.80      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-117.60    110.20-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           106.00-111.00    106.00-110.00
      -MH/BRKS         98.80-108.00    101.00-108.00
      -CALGARY         96.50-104.30     96.50-104.30
      -REDDEER         92.00-102.00     92.00-101.00
      -VERM            82.70-87.30      82.70-87.30
      -EDMTN           85.00-92.00      85.00-92.00
      -PEACE R         82.70-87.30      82.70-87.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Aug 17/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        123.60           119.62
      -Seed (DEL)        276.03           284.60

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Aug 18/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     90.31            91.00
OATS                      93.07            94.70
BARLEY                    90.23            95.35
RYE                       56.62            59.53
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   261.33           267.31

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Aug 17/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           129.16      3.52      3.35
     FEED                         108.95      2.97      2.75
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    131.36      3.57      3.53
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 291.23      0.13      0.14
         #1 ESTON                 309.53      0.14      0.14
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                277.45      0.13      0.13
         #1 BROWN                 264.55      0.12      0.13
         #1 ORIENTAL              238.87      0.11      0.13

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Aug 17/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    229.60   240.55   237.47   239.94     -1.0%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    250.32   251.37   245.65     +2.3%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    172.37   177.11   177.84   170.56     +4.3%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       217.53   223.25   223.17   216.56     +3.0%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            86.60    96.10    94.43    92.56     +2.0%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A    131.72     N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      74.23    74.49    74.39    78.26     -4.9%
      -#2 STOCKTON          156.50   145.25   148.97   147.09     +1.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          221.65   223.97   225.95   245.42     -7.9%
EXCH RATE Aug 17/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1223  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8910
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 13/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 2   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    230.7     500.6     329.1    +52.1%     -1.3%
 DURUM              89.6     164.2      92.1    +78.3%    +19.7%
 BARLEY              5.7       8.1      87.6    -90.8%    +87.9%
 OATS               57.6      77.0      27.2   +183.1%     +8.9%
 PEAS                5.3       5.3      93.3    -94.3%    +24.1%
 FLAXSEED           16.8      16.8       1.2  +1300.0%     +0.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     20.6     107.5     168.2    -36.1%    +58.3%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       56.1     112.2     118.3     -5.1%    +12.2%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 10/2006
 WHEAT             388.0   4,289.9   4,990.3    -14.0%    -10.8%
 BARLEY             N/A        9.4      98.0    -90.4%    -25.9%
 CORN             1164.8  48,870.9  41,420.5    +18.0%    +15.5%
 SOYBEANS          155.1  24,361.3  28,774.4    -15.3%    -15.2%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jun 30/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3574.1  37,675.8  37,021.6     +1.8%     +1.7%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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