Weekly Crop Market Review - July 18, 2008

The next weekly will be published on Friday, July 25, 2008
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Jul 18/2008
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  OCT08        N/A        N/A     285.00      +0.00
BARLEY  -SASK  OCT08     268.00     252.10     253.40     -16.80
        -SASK  DEC08     275.00     261.00     261.00     -14.00
        -SASK  MAR09     271.10     271.10     266.00     -15.30
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV08     676.00     634.10     634.60     -46.60
        -SASK  JAN09     686.60     646.20     646.30     -46.60
        -SASK  MAR09     696.40     656.20     656.20     -47.30

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Jul 18/2008
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP08   8.39       7.97       8.04      -0.26 3/4
        -CBT   DEC08   8.61 1/2   8.20 1/2   8.28 1/2  -0.26 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  SEP08   8.98       8.61       8.88      -0.08 1/2
        -MINN  DEC08   9.12 1/2   8.77       8.95      -0.14 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP08   8.66       8.02       8.37 3/4  -0.26 3/4
        -KANS  DEC08   8.88       8.54       8.58 3/4  -0.27 1/4
CORN    -CBT   SEP08   6.75       6.08 1/2   6.09 1/2  -0.81 1/2
        -CBT   DEC08   6.93 1/4   6.27       6.28 1/2  -0.80 3/4
OATS    -CBT   SEP08   4.41       4.00 1/4   4.00 1/4  -0.49 1/4
        -CBT   DEC08   4.60       4.16 1/2   4.16 3/4  -0.50 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   AUG08  16.02      14.70      14.70      -1.45 1/2
        -CBT   SEP08  15.88      14.59      14.58 1/2  -1.47
        -CBT   NOV08  15.80      14.47      14.48      -1.48
SOYOIL  -CBT   AUG08      64.15      61.75      62.09      -2.54
(¢/lb)  -CBT   SEP08      64.50      62.12      62.46      -2.52
SOYMEAL -CBT   AUG08     441.00     395.00     396.30     -49.60
($/ton) -CBT   SEP08     436.50     389.50     391.30     -49.80

FEEDMILL BIDS on Jul 14/2008 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           285.00-298.00    275.00-315.00
      -REDDEER             N/A              N/A
      -EDMTN          249.90-271.90    249.90-271.90
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          205.80-220.50    205.80-220.50
BARLEY-LETH           245.00-260.00    235.00-270.00
      -MH/BRKS        237.00-243.00    238.00-250.00
      -CALGARY        225.10-245.00    225.10-235.00
      -REDDEER        218.20-268.00    218.20-230.00
      -VERM           206.70-206.80    206.70-206.80
      -EDMTN          197.50-271.00    197.50-230.00
      -PEACE R        156.20-202.10    156.20-202.10
CANOLA CRUSHER on Jul 16/2008
      -Meal (FOB)        329.60           336.22
      -Seed (DEL)        629.27           636.17

ELEVATOR BIDS on Jul 18/2008 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     227.11           227.61
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     193.71           194.27
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     200.75           201.20
RYE        -Red Deer     231.41           201.01
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       651.15           652.33
CANOLA     -Red Deer     563.68           591.25

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Jul 17/2008
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           378.09     10.29      5.96
     FEED                         166.63      4.54      4.29
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    356.05      9.69      6.21
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 816.81      0.37      0.17
         #1 ESTON                 722.01      0.33      0.15
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW               1264.90      0.57      0.23
         #1 BROWN                 956.25      0.43      0.19
         #1 ORIENTAL              790.91      0.36      0.17

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Jul 17/2008
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    400.65   400.25   468.48   263.74    +77.6%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    407.51   485.04   267.07    +81.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    318.52   318.50   376.13   202.85    +85.4%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       351.81   354.84   403.83   245.52    +64.5%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           231.77   252.26   182.75   146.05    +25.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     201.43   201.89   207.53   147.63    +40.6%
      -#2 STOCKTON          330.17   330.92   299.35   217.66    +37.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          561.93   594.92   438.56   281.99    +55.5%
EXCH RATE Jul 17/2008: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0068  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9932
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Jul 13/2008
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #50   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)     71.2  10,966.2  13,319.7    -17.7%    -23.5%
 DURUM              42.4   3,041.2   4,241.3    -28.3%    -27.8%
 BARLEY              7.3   2,880.0   1,105.8   +160.4%   +168.1%
 OATS               24.3   1,891.4   1,509.0    +25.3%    +17.8%
 PEAS               50.3   1,637.1   1,466.0    +11.7%     +6.6%
 FLAXSEED           12.7     509.1     548.8     -7.2%     -1.7%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     50.5   5,314.3   5,189.5     +2.4%     -1.4%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       82.5   3,795.9   3,252.6    +16.7%    +14.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Jul 10/2008
 WHEAT             324.7   2,731.8   2,580.4     +5.9%    -21.1%
 BARLEY             N/A       22.6      14.1    +61.0%    -39.0%
 CORN              614.5  52,281.6  45,246.3    +15.5%    +15.3%
 SOYBEANS          156.6  28,297.5  28,242.2     +0.2%     +2.4%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: May 31/2008
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3901.4  35,932.5  35,362.7     +1.6%     +1.8%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar