Weekly Crop Market Review - October 06, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 13, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 06/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  DEC06     150.00     142.30     147.00      +4.70
        -SASK  MAR07     157.00     151.00     153.50      +4.60
        -SASK  MAY07        N/A        N/A     156.50      +4.50
BARLEY  -LETH  DEC06     150.90     140.00     149.60     +10.10
        -LETH  MAR07     157.50     149.90     157.00      +7.50
        -LETH  MAY07     158.00     154.00     158.00      +3.90
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV06     303.50     296.50     301.50      +1.40
        -SASK  JAN07     311.90     305.60     309.90      +1.90
        -SASK  MAR07     319.00     314.50     316.70      +0.90

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 06/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC06   4.87       4.36       4.64      +0.21
        -CBT   MAR07   4.98       4.53       4.77 1/2  +0.19 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC06   4.97 3/4   4.65       4.79 3/4  +0.11
        -MINN  MAR07   5.05 1/2   4.78       4.92      +0.06 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC06   5.21       4.86 1/2   5.01 3/4  +0.05 3/4
        -KANS  MAR07   5.27       4.97       5.14      +0.11 3/4
CORN    -CBT   DEC06   2.76 1/4   2.61 3/4   2.71      +0.08 1/2
        -CBT   MAR07   2.89       2.75 1/2   2.84      +0.08 3/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC06   2.16 1/2   2.04 1/2   2.16 1/4  +0.10
        -CBT   MAR07   2.22       2.13       2.22      +0.09
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV06   5.70       5.40 1/2   5.64      +0.16 1/2
        -CBT   JAN07   5.83 1/2   5.54 3/4   5.77 3/4  +0.15 1/2
        -CBT   MAR07   5.93 1/2   5.67       5.88 1/4  +0.15 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC06      24.52      23.48      24.22      -0.02
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN07      24.88      23.89      24.60      -0.04
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC06     171.00     161.90     167.80      +4.30
($/ton) -CBT   JAN07     172.00     163.20     169.10      +4.70

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 02/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           138.00-140.00    110.00-123.00
      -REDDEER        102.00-109.00     84.50-108.00
      -EDMTN           95.50-123.10     91.90-115.70
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          110.20-117.60    104.70-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           120.00-131.00    108.00-127.00
      -MH/BRKS        105.60-127.00    105.60-120.00
      -CALGARY        103.30-118.00    101.00-118.00
      -REDDEER         98.00-105.60     94.20-103.00
      -VERM           101.00-107.90     89.60-94.20
      -EDMTN           85.00-103.30     82.70-96.00
      -PEACE R         89.60-91.90      87.30-91.90
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 05/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        125.27           119.93
      -Seed (DEL)        297.27           284.87

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Oct 06/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                    128.00           111.68
OATS                     113.99           108.55
BARLEY                   122.90           114.27
RYE                       88.50            80.47
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   271.34           275.68

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 05/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           140.18      3.81      3.54
     FEED                         109.87      2.99      2.88
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    163.51      4.45      3.25
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 299.28      0.14      0.12
         #1 ESTON                 301.48      0.14      0.12
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                321.54      0.15      0.12
         #1 BROWN                 303.13      0.14      0.12
         #1 ORIENTAL              255.40      0.12      0.11

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 05/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    249.60   236.05   234.29   239.94     -2.4%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    239.34   247.36   245.65     +0.7%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    186.12   180.00   176.71   170.56     +3.6%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       230.37   224.08   221.44   216.56     +2.3%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           108.01   103.31    96.28    92.56     +4.0%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A    131.72     N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      96.78    73.47    76.13    78.26     -2.7%
      -#2 STOCKTON          164.40   162.24   154.93   147.09     +5.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          225.20   221.11   222.56   245.42     -9.3%
EXCH RATE Oct 05/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1256  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8884
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 01/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 9   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    243.4   2,644.1   1,442.8    +83.3%    +28.9%
 DURUM              64.7     650.8     711.8     -8.6%     -6.5%
 BARLEY             12.8     135.1     430.4    -68.6%    -46.1%
 OATS               36.0     429.7     129.5   +231.8%     +6.3%
 PEAS               98.7     411.8     387.0     +6.4%    -29.9%
 FLAXSEED           24.8      62.8       2.9  +2065.5%     +2.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    113.9     967.6     540.4    +79.1%     -3.9%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       67.7     540.4     521.7     +3.6%     +2.3%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Sep 28/2006
 WHEAT             436.8   7,565.7   8,929.0    -15.3%    -10.8%
 BARLEY             N/A       35.6     292.6    -87.8%    -25.9%
 CORN             1010.3   4,649.3   2,995.9    +55.2%     +4.7%
 SOYBEANS          532.6   1,498.6     730.7   +105.1%    +19.0%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jul 31/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3881.6  41,557.4  40,662.1     +2.2%     +1.4%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar