Weekly Crop Market Review - April 20, 2007
The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 27, 2007
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit
WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 20/2007
CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
MONTH HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
WHEAT -SASK MAY07 162.00 153.50 161.50 +8.50
-SASK JUL07 162.00 159.00 161.50 +2.50
-SASK OCT07 166.00 N/A 166.00 +4.50
BARLEY -LETH MAY07 181.00 N/A 179.00 -0.50
-LETH JUL07 186.00 182.00 184.50 -1.30
-LETH OCT07 147.00 144.00 145.50 -2.00
CANOLA -SASK MAY07 356.70 343.10 355.00 +1.60
-SASK JUL07 365.90 353.50 363.80 -0.30
-SASK NOV07 382.70 371.00 380.80 +0.50
U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 20/2007
CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
MONTH HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
WHEAT -CBT MAY07 5.03 4.73 5.02 +0.23 1/2
-CBT JUL07 5.16 4.86 5.14 3/4 +0.24 3/4
WHEAT -MINN MAY07 5.28 5.10 5.24 3/4 +0.06
-MINN JUL07 5.19 5.04 5.19 +0.02 3/4
WHEAT -KANS MAY07 5.15 4.90 5.14 +0.18 1/4
-KANS JUL07 5.11 4.86 5.10 1/2 +0.14
CORN -CBT MAY07 3.72 1/2 3.51 1/2 3.60 1/2 -0.08 1/2
-CBT JUL07 3.83 3/4 3.63 1/2 3.72 -0.09 1/2
OATS -CBT MAY07 2.71 1/2 2.58 2.58 -0.13
-CBT JUL07 2.78 2.63 2.63 1/4 -0.12 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT MAY07 7.42 1/4 7.14 7.23 1/4 -0.14 3/4
-CBT JUL07 7.59 1/2 7.29 7.40 1/4 -0.14 3/4
-CBT AUG07 7.66 7.37 7.47 -0.16
SOYOIL -CBT MAY07 33.07 30.98 32.35 -0.62
(¢/lb) -CBT JUL07 33.62 31.58 32.90 -0.67
SOYMEAL -CBT MAY07 201.20 195.80 196.40 -2.90
($/ton) -CBT JUL07 206.70 201.80 202.10 -2.60
FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 16/2007 (Different Delivery Points)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH 170.00-176.00 170.00-176.00
-REDDEER 169.00-170.00 169.00-170.00
-EDMTN 148.80-165.00 147.00-165.00
OATS -EDMTN N/A N/A
PEAS - EDMTN 161.70-176.40 161.70-169.00
BARLEY-LETH 170.00-181.00 170.00-183.00
-MH/BRKS 173.00-180.00 173.00-180.00
-CALGARY 160.80-176.00 160.80-176.00
-REDDEER 160.80-170.00 160.80-170.00
-VERM 142.40-147.00 147.00-151.60
-EDMTN 142.40-165.00 142.40-165.00
-PEACE R 144.70-151.60 144.70-151.60
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 19/2007
-Meal (FOB) 164.00 174.50
-Seed (DEL) 343.73 353.22
ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Apr 20/2007 (Delivered)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
WHEAT 156.22 146.54
OATS 156.75 161.18
BARLEY 159.92 153.76
RYE 118.50 118.50
FLAXSEED .00 .00
CANOLA 345.64 343.40
SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 19/2007
Year Ago
Basis delivered plant $/Tonne $/Bushel $/Bushel
PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER 241.22 6.56 3.69
FEED 145.14 3.95 2.62
LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER 264.19 7.19 3.79
$/Lb $/Lb
LENTILS #1 LAIRD 354.39 0.16 0.10
#1 ESTON 325.18 0.15 0.11
MUSTARD #1 YELLOW 508.93 0.23 0.12
#1 BROWN 402.34 0.18 0.11
#1 ORIENTAL 349.10 0.16 0.11
WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 19/2007
THIS LAST AVG TO LAST YR PCT
WEEK WEEK DATE AV PRICE CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW 268.50 269.10 259.41 239.94 +8.1%
-CWB #1CWRS VANC* 271.47 275.98 265.50 245.65 +8.1%
-#1DNS GREAT FALLS 212.49 214.27 197.78 170.56 +16.0%
-#1DNS PORTLAND 252.54 253.24 242.24 216.56 +11.9%
CORN -#2 CHICAGO 159.97 153.53 145.28 92.56 +57.0%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND N/A N/A N/A 131.72 N/A
-#2FD GREAT FALLS 158.75 156.95 144.79 83.13 +74.2%
-#2 STOCKTON 246.02 247.11 207.65 147.09 +41.2%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS 291.24 300.45 273.09 245.42 +11.3%
EXCH RATE Apr 19/2007: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1295 CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8853
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN
CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 15/2007
WEEK* CROP YR LAST YR PCT YR END
COMMODITY #37 TO DATE TO DATE CHG FORECAST
WHEAT(EXC DUR) 231.1 9,577.2 6,889.9 +39.0% +37.8%
DURUM 56.3 3,024.7 2,719.7 +11.2% +2.9%
BARLEY 14.9 883.3 1,956.0 -54.8% -39.4%
OATS 17.1 1,308.1 825.4 +58.5% +17.3%
PEAS 26.9 1,174.5 1,387.4 -15.3% -18.2%
FLAXSEED 14.0 355.1 281.6 +26.1% +21.1%
CANOLA-EXPORTS 111.8 3,916.6 3,705.8 +5.7% +9.0%
CANOLA-CRUSH 71.2 2,415.5 2,390.0 +1.1% +5.2%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 12/2007
WHEAT 574.4 20,655.0 23,261.8 -11.2% -10.8%
BARLEY .4 401.7 414.4 -3.1% -10.7%
CORN 759.5 33,099.8 29,382.7 +12.7% +4.8%
SOYBEANS 339.9 24,359.5 19,948.7 +22.1% +14.0%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Feb 28/2007
SOYBEAN CRUSH 3559.2 23,658.3 22,882.0 +3.4% +1.5%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar