Weekly Crop Market Review - May 1, 2009
The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 8, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit
WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of May 01/2009
CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
MONTH HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
BARLEY -SASK JUL09 150.00 139.90 150.00 +3.00
-SASK OCT09 160.00 155.00 160.00 +4.00
-SASK DEC09 158.00 153.50 158.00 +0.00
CANOLA -SASK JUL09 451.60 434.10 450.30 +1.90
-SASK NOV09 455.50 435.20 453.20 +1.80
-SASK JAN10 458.80 439.50 457.40 +2.00
U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of May 01/2009
CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
MONTH HIGH LOW CLOSE CHANGE
WHEAT -CBT JUL09 5.74 5.18 5.70 +0.26 3/4
-CBT SEP09 5.98 5.45 1/2 5.96 1/2 +0.26
WHEAT -MINN JUL09 6.86 3/4 6.36 1/2 6.84 3/4 +0.33 3/4
-MINN SEP09 6.78 6.32 6.76 3/4 +0.32
WHEAT -KANS JUL09 6.22 5.71 6.14 3/4 +0.21 1/4
-KANS SEP09 6.30 1/2 5.83 6.24 3/4 +0.21 3/4
CORN -CBT JUL09 4.15 1/2 3.75 4.13 3/4 +0.28
-CBT SEP09 4.22 1/2 3.86 4.22 1/2 +0.27 1/4
OATS -CBT JUL09 2.07 1.93 2.07 +0.04 3/4
-CBT SEP09 2.16 2.04 1/2 2.16 +0.04 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT JUL09 10.93 9.82 1/2 10.91 +0.57
-CBT AUG09 10.59 9.60 10.59 +0.48 1/2
-CBT SEP09 10.11 9.29 10.11 +0.40 3/4
SOYOIL -CBT JUL09 37.82 34.98 37.75 +1.10
(¢/lb) -CBT AUG09 37.95 35.38 37.92 +1.11
SOYMEAL -CBT JUL09 342.50 303.30 342.00 +23.70
($/ton) -CBT AUG09 327.50 294.50 327.30 +19.70
FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 27/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH 175.00-185.00 175.00-190.00
-REDDEER 165.30-170.00 165.30-170.00
-EDMTN 163.00-170.00 161.70-170.00
OATS -EDMTN 97.30-97.30 116.70-116.70
PEAS - EDMTN 195.00-213.10 195.00-213.10
BARLEY-LETH 156.00-165.00 154.00-165.00
-MH/BRKS 150.00-160.00 152.00-160.00
-CALGARY 147.00-162.00 147.00-158.00
-REDDEER 145.00-162.00 145.00-165.00
-VERM 133.20-137.80 133.20-137.80
-EDMTN 126.30-162.00 128.60-165.00
-PEACE R 126.30-126.30 126.30-126.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 29/2009
-Meal (FOB) 270.40 275.13
-Seed (DEL) 439.20 441.67
ELEVATOR BIDS on May 01/2009 (Delivered)
THIS WEEK LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer 160.10 155.15
FEED OATS -Red Deer 116.01 113.18
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer 144.44 133.90
RYE -Red Deer 128.69 128.69
FLAXSEED -Brooks 398.01 388.17
CANOLA -Red Deer 436.68 439.64
SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 30/2009
Year Ago
Basis delivered plant $/Tonne $/Bushel $/Bushel
PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER 309.38 8.42 10.25
FEED 145.32 3.96 4.91
LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER 219.91 5.99 9.88
$/Lb $/Lb
LENTILS #1 LAIRD 789.03 0.36 0.35
#1 ESTON 600.76 0.27 0.26
MUSTARD #1 YELLOW 771.61 0.35 0.60
#1 BROWN 545.64 0.25 0.44
#1 ORIENTAL 768.20 0.35 0.34
WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 30/2009
THIS LAST AVG TO LAST YR PCT
WEEK WEEK DATE AV PRICE CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW 391.95 387.50 397.41 466.99 -14.9%
-CWB #1CWRS VANC* 374.68 378.10 395.55 485.04 -18.5%
-#1DNS GREAT FALLS 291.95 290.04 301.85 374.44 -19.4%
-#1DNS PORTLAND 334.47 333.88 345.66 402.31 -14.1%
CORN -#2 CHICAGO 176.48 173.68 181.31 183.26 -1.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
-#2FD GREAT FALLS 142.03 145.02 141.49 207.48 -31.8%
-#2 STOCKTON 256.44 263.06 277.67 299.99 -7.4%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS 469.48 467.88 436.84 440.20 -0.8%
EXCH RATE Apr 30/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1930 CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8382
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN
CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 26/2009
WEEK* CROP YR LAST YR PCT YR END
COMMODITY #39 TO DATE TO DATE CHG FORECAST
WHEAT(EXC DUR) 335.3 9,765.6 8,546.0 +14.3% +9.0%
DURUM 109.5 2,502.9 2,481.9 +0.8% +8.7%
BARLEY 33.4 1,070.8 2,257.0 -52.6% -45.6%
OATS 30.5 1,225.1 1,516.8 -19.2% -7.0%
PEAS 35.2 1,471.4 1,429.1 +3.0% +9.0%
FLAXSEED 15.3 406.9 396.2 +2.7% +0.2%
CANOLA-EXPORTS 201.9 5,599.4 4,235.2 +32.2% +14.8%
CANOLA-CRUSH 76.1 3,093.9 2,967.6 +4.3% +8.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 23/2009
WHEAT 330.4 24,719.7 30,669.8 -19.4% -22.5%
BARLEY N/A 243.6 764.5 -68.1% -65.9%
CORN 837.0 27,372.3 41,921.3 -34.7% -30.2%
SOYBEANS 189.0 27,232.4 24,755.0 +10.0% +4.2%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Mar 31/2009
SOYBEAN CRUSH 3735.5 25,664.2 28,221.9 -9.1% -9.2%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar