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Weekly Crop Market Review - October 20, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 27, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 20/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  DEC06     159.00     153.00     157.50      +2.50
        -SASK  MAR07     166.70     162.00     164.50      +2.70
        -SASK  MAY07        N/A        N/A     167.50      +2.50
BARLEY  -LETH  DEC06     160.00     153.60     158.10      +1.10
        -LETH  MAR07     168.40     164.50     167.90      +2.80
        -LETH  MAY07     170.00        N/A     170.90      +2.90
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV06     327.70     309.70     320.50      +6.30
        -SASK  JAN07     336.90     318.00     329.90      +6.70
        -SASK  MAR07     342.20     325.30     335.90      +6.80

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 20/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC06   5.57       5.02 1/2   5.05      -0.20 1/2
        -CBT   MAR07   5.60       5.16       5.24 1/2  -0.07 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC06   5.38       5.05       5.09 3/4  -0.12
        -MINN  MAR07   5.51       5.18       5.25      -0.11 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC06   5.55       5.16       5.31      -0.12
        -KANS  MAR07   5.64       5.24       5.43 1/4  -0.11
CORN    -CBT   DEC06   3.24 1/2   3.09 1/2   3.12 3/4  -0.01 3/4
        -CBT   MAR07   3.34       3.19 1/2   3.24 3/4  +0.00 3/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC06   2.42       2.23 1/2   2.24 1/4  -0.12 1/4
        -CBT   MAR07   2.48       2.30 1/2   2.30 3/4  -0.12
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV06   6.13 1/2   5.86 1/2   6.06 1/2  +0.15
        -CBT   JAN07   6.27 1/2   6.00 1/2   6.20 1/4  +0.14 3/4
        -CBT   MAR07   6.33 3/4   6.11 1/2   6.28      +0.12 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC06      26.78      24.68      26.17      +1.24
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN07      27.16      25.04      26.54      +1.27
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC06     182.40     177.70     180.40      +0.70
($/ton) -CBT   JAN07     183.10     178.80     181.40      +0.80

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 16/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           145.00-165.00    138.00-154.00
      -REDDEER        106.50-150.00    106.60-150.00
      -EDMTN          110.20-150.00     95.50-150.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A          90.80-115.00
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-117.60    110.20-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           139.00-150.00    130.00-150.00
      -MH/BRKS        112.50-140.00    107.90-133.00
      -CALGARY        128.60-144.00    105.60-144.00
      -REDDEER        105.60-136.00    104.00-136.00
      -VERM           105.60-107.90    103.30-107.90
      -EDMTN           91.90-132.00     87.30-132.00
      -PEACE R         91.90-96.50      89.60-94.20
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 19/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        138.67           122.67
      -Seed (DEL)        313.87           300.53

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Oct 20/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                    128.16           135.08
OATS                     121.22           121.51
BARLEY                   122.19           145.32
RYE                       92.50            90.00
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   301.35           292.53

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 19/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           154.69      4.21      3.54
     FEED                         113.54      3.09      2.78
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    164.61      4.48      3.25
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 302.58      0.14      0.12
         #1 ESTON                 304.79      0.14      0.12
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                327.05      0.15      0.12
         #1 BROWN                 303.13      0.14      0.12
         #1 ORIENTAL              255.40      0.12      0.12

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 19/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    259.75   269.45   239.34   239.94     -0.3%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    247.36   245.65     +0.7%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    193.14   200.65   180.08   170.56     +5.6%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       238.53   242.58   224.62   216.56     +3.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           129.23   122.35   101.20    92.56     +9.3%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A    131.72     N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      74.60    97.61    77.80    78.26     -0.6%
      -#2 STOCKTON          202.05   165.82   159.76   147.09     +8.6%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          249.51   234.54   225.80   245.42     -8.0%
EXCH RATE Oct 19/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1280  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8865
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 15/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #11   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    291.7   3,220.1   1,711.4    +88.2%    +28.9%
 DURUM             131.3     889.7     811.7     +9.6%     -6.5%
 BARLEY              4.4     143.5     551.3    -74.0%    -46.1%
 OATS               53.5     530.5     183.9   +188.5%     +6.3%
 PEAS               20.0     480.9     500.0     -3.8%    -29.9%
 FLAXSEED           50.5     126.2      20.1   +527.9%     +2.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    148.0   1,292.8     734.8    +75.9%     -3.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       68.0     679.7     654.0     +3.9%     +2.3%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 12/2006
 WHEAT             506.7   8,696.3  10,267.6    -15.3%     -8.3%
 BARLEY               .3      68.0     344.4    -80.3%    -28.6%
 CORN             1042.5   6,833.8   5,183.8    +31.8%     +4.7%
 SOYBEANS         1051.3   3,337.3   2,225.5    +50.0%    +20.8%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Aug 31/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3663.4  45,220.9  44,015.3     +2.7%     +2.1%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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