Weekly Crop Market Review - November 7, 2008

The next weekly will be published on Friday, November 14, 2008
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Nov 07/2008
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  DEC08     177.00     165.60     169.40      -1.60
        -SASK  MAR09     185.00     174.60     178.00      -3.00
        -SASK  MAY09     186.50     182.70     183.30      -3.20
CANOLA  -SASK  JAN09     448.10     414.30     429.70      +9.00
        -SASK  MAR09     457.10     428.10     439.20      +9.60
        -SASK  MAY09     465.40     438.60     448.60     +10.00

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Nov 07/2008
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC08   5.86       5.14       5.21      -0.15 1/4
        -CBT   MAR09   6.07       5.35       5.42      -0.14 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC08   6.82       6.27       6.40      -0.07 1/2
        -MINN  MAR09   6.75       6.18       6.27 1/4  -0.07 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC08   6.22 1/2   5.59       5.68      -0.05
        -KANS  MAR09   6.39       5.75       5.84 1/2  -0.06
CORN    -CBT   DEC08   4.21 1/2   3.74 1/2   3.75 1/2  -0.26
        -CBT   MAR09   4.38 1/2   3.92 1/2   3.93 1/2  -0.25 3/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC08   2.45 1/4   2.34 1/2   2.34 1/2  +0.03
        -CBT   MAR09   2.63       2.50       2.50 1/4  +0.01
SOYBEAN -CBT   JAN09   9.81       8.83       9.21      -0.12
        -CBT   MAR09   9.89       8.96       9.29 1/2  -0.15 3/4
        -CBT   MAY09  10.02       9.06       9.39 1/2  -0.17 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC08      37.07      33.16      33.90      +0.30
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN09      37.55      33.69      34.36      +0.28
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC08     284.50     258.50     271.70      -1.30
($/ton) -CBT   JAN09     285.00     260.50     273.20      -1.10

FEEDMILL BIDS on Nov 03/2008 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           185.00-200.00    180.00-200.00
      -REDDEER        165.00-180.00    170.00-180.00
      -EDMTN          160.00-183.70    160.00-183.70
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          176.40-192.90    176.40-192.90
BARLEY-LETH           160.00-190.00    160.00-183.00
      -MH/BRKS        170.00-173.00    168.00-170.00
      -CALGARY        165.00-190.00    168.00-180.00
      -REDDEER        155.00-190.00    162.00-180.00
      -VERM           137.80-149.30    137.80-149.30
      -EDMTN          137.80-190.00    137.80-180.00
      -PEACE R        128.60-140.10    126.30-137.80
CANOLA CRUSHER on Nov 05/2008
      -Meal (FOB)        220.64           240.33
      -Seed (DEL)        403.47           405.80

ELEVATOR BIDS on Nov 07/2008 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     162.22           168.83
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     103.62            97.24
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     147.34           151.84
RYE        -Red Deer     159.75           159.65
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       433.84           398.01
CANOLA     -Red Deer     407.99           377.06

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Nov 06/2008
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           298.54      8.13      9.04
     FEED                         155.61      4.23      4.91
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    204.85      5.57      6.90
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 672.41      0.30      0.23
         #1 ESTON                 624.68      0.28      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                989.32      0.45      0.50
         #1 BROWN                 713.74      0.32      0.32
         #1 ORIENTAL              823.97      0.37      0.24

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Nov 06/2008
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    376.75   396.50   394.76   466.99    -15.5%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    400.47   409.39   485.04    -15.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    288.32   307.91   306.63   374.44    -18.1%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       336.92   349.31   345.95   402.31    -14.0%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           160.91   177.90   194.73   183.26     +6.3%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     127.41   134.26   177.07   207.48    -14.7%
      -#2 STOCKTON          281.09   287.32   309.13   299.99     +3.0%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          391.65   416.66   449.96   440.20     +2.2%
EXCH RATE Nov 06/2008: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1916  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8392
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Nov 02/2008
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #14   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    171.7   3,115.8   3,526.1    -11.6%     +4.2%
 DURUM              73.2     612.2     812.0    -24.6%    +18.3%
 BARLEY              2.6     207.5     536.2    -61.3%    -59.0%
 OATS               26.5     603.3     588.3     +2.5%    -11.4%
 PEAS               36.7     548.3     668.9    -18.0%     +9.0%
 FLAXSEED           20.3     141.6     168.2    -15.8%    -11.6%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    158.1   1,811.3   1,419.9    +27.6%     -2.8%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       87.3   1,074.8     992.2     +8.3%     +8.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 30/2008
 WHEAT             360.4  14,606.2  16,804.2    -13.1%    -20.9%
 BARLEY             N/A      167.1     337.1    -50.4%    -39.0%
 CORN              438.0   6,889.8  10,389.8    -33.7%    -19.9%
 SOYBEANS         1344.4   5,264.3   5,335.0     -1.3%    -12.1%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Aug 31/2008
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3311.6  46,515.9  46,838.6     -0.7%     -2.3%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar