Weekly Crop Market Review - January 2, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, January 9, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Jan 02/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  MAR09     160.00     149.60     151.00      +0.40
        -SASK  MAY09     163.00     157.00     158.50      +0.90
        -SASK  JUL09        N/A        N/A     163.00      +0.90
CANOLA  -SASK  MAR09     423.60     402.70     419.00     +13.30
        -SASK  MAY09     431.50     413.50     427.20     +12.80
        -SASK  JUL09     439.10     420.90     435.40     +12.30

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Jan 02/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAR09   6.15       5.85 1/2   6.11            N/A
        -CBT   MAY09   6.27       5.99       6.23 3/4        N/A
WHEAT   -MINN  MAR09   6.40       6.19 3/4   6.55 1/4  +0.02 1/4
        -MINN  MAY09   6.40       6.20       6.60 1/4  +0.08
WHEAT   -KANS  MAR09   6.36       6.05       6.33 1/2        N/A
        -KANS  MAY09   6.46       6.20 1/2   6.45            N/A
CORN    -CBT   MAR09   4.21       3.86       4.12 1/4  +0.00
        -CBT   MAY09   4.31       3.99       4.22 3/4  +0.00 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAR09   2.35 1/2   2.10       2.12      -0.19
        -CBT   MAY09   2.27 1/2   2.20       2.21 1/4  -0.18 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAR09   9.93       9.36 1/2   9.77            N/A
        -CBT   MAY09  10.00       9.52       9.88 1/2        N/A
        -CBT   JUL09  10.14       9.61      10.00            N/A
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAR09      34.50      32.08      33.88        N/A
(¢/lb)  -CBT   MAY09      34.85      32.50      34.22        N/A
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAR09     305.30     290.80     300.20      +3.20
($/ton) -CBT   MAY09     306.00     293.00     302.20      +2.90

FEEDMILL BIDS on Dec 29/2008 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           180.00-190.00    170.00-185.00
      -REDDEER        158.00-170.00    158.00-170.00
      -EDMTN          163.10-180.00    163.10-170.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A         129.70-130.00
PEAS - EDMTN          192.90-213.10    192.90-213.10
BARLEY-LETH           160.00-178.00    160.00-172.00
      -MH/BRKS        151.00-165.00    151.00-165.00
      -CALGARY        147.00-160.00    147.00-160.00
      -REDDEER        141.00-145.00    140.10-160.00
      -VERM           133.20-142.40         N/A
      -EDMTN          114.80-160.00    114.80-160.00
      -PEACE R        130.90-137.80    130.90-137.80
CANOLA CRUSHER on Dec 31/2008
      -Meal (FOB)        290.00           275.55
      -Seed (DEL)        405.00           395.67

ELEVATOR BIDS on Jan 02/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     154.28           154.90
FEED OATS  -Red Deer      98.25            90.53
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     149.06           148.81
RYE        -Red Deer     150.25             N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       353.13             N/A
CANOLA     -Red Deer     399.24           384.13

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Jan 01/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           261.80      7.12      9.46
     FEED                         139.44      3.79      4.91
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    190.89      5.20      8.93
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 484.46      0.22      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 504.31      0.23      0.21
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                912.16      0.41      0.50
         #1 BROWN                 631.07      0.29      0.35
         #1 ORIENTAL              834.99      0.38      0.24

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Jan 01/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    420.55   417.10   398.68   466.99    -14.6%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    405.66   485.04    -16.4%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A    313.24   304.02   374.44    -18.8%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A      N/A    345.66   402.31    -14.1%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           180.77   173.52   184.61   183.26     +0.7%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     112.11     N/A    159.75   207.48    -23.0%
      -#2 STOCKTON          248.38   246.59   296.11   299.99     -1.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          438.03   410.20   432.77   440.20     -1.7%
EXCH RATE Jan 01/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.2180  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8210
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Dec 21/2008
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #21   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    235.3   5,057.1     N/A       N/A      +12.2%
 DURUM              78.9   1,134.5     N/A       N/A      +18.3%
 BARLEY             30.7     461.3     N/A       N/A      -59.2%
 OATS               20.1     807.3     N/A       N/A       -7.0%
 PEAS               21.0     750.3     N/A       N/A       +9.0%
 FLAXSEED           22.9     320.1     N/A       N/A       +0.2%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    163.5   2,858.8     N/A       N/A       +6.0%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       84.2   1,649.1   1,557.7     +5.9%     +8.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Dec 25/2008
 WHEAT              96.5  17,811.8  21,364.5    -16.6%    -20.9%
 BARLEY              4.1     227.3     512.5    -55.6%    -51.2%
 CORN              569.3  13,075.7  20,930.8    -37.5%    -26.1%
 SOYBEANS          832.6  13,426.1  11,997.6    +11.9%     -9.6%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Oct 31/2008
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3902.6   7,178.7   8,023.2    -10.5%     -4.8%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar