Weekly Crop Market Review - May 8, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 15, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of May 08/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  JUL09     155.00     148.50     154.00      +4.00
        -SASK  OCT09     160.00     158.00     160.00      +0.00
        -SASK  DEC09        N/A        N/A     156.00      -2.00
CANOLA  -SASK  JUL09     467.50     445.10     466.20     +15.90
        -SASK  NOV09     464.20     447.50     460.40      +7.20
        -SASK  JAN10     467.80     452.00     464.50      +7.10

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of May 08/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   JUL09   5.92       5.47 1/2   5.91      +0.21
        -CBT   SEP09   6.16       5.75       6.17 1/4  +0.20 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  JUL09   7.01 3/4   6.58 1/2   7.00      +0.15 1/4
        -MINN  SEP09   6.97       6.52 1/2   6.96 1/4  +0.19 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  JUL09   6.34 1/2   5.93       6.33      +0.18 1/4
        -KANS  SEP09   6.43 1/2   6.04 1/2   6.43 1/2  +0.18 3/4
CORN    -CBT   JUL09   4.21 1/4   3.97       4.21      +0.07 1/4
        -CBT   SEP09   4.29 1/2   4.07       4.29 1/2  +0.07
OATS    -CBT   JUL09   2.28       2.00 3/4   2.26      +0.19
        -CBT   SEP09   2.34 1/2   2.10       2.34 1/2  +0.18 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   JUL09  11.26 1/2  10.88      11.11 1/2  +0.20 1/2
        -CBT   AUG09  10.85      10.55      10.73 1/2  +0.14 1/2
        -CBT   SEP09  10.33      10.07      10.21 1/2  +0.10 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   JUL09      39.65      37.76      39.61      +1.86
(¢/lb)  -CBT   AUG09      39.52      37.90      39.77      +1.85
SOYMEAL -CBT   JUL09     350.20     337.80     341.50      -0.50
($/ton) -CBT   AUG09     333.00     322.50     324.80      -2.50

FEEDMILL BIDS on May 04/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           175.00-188.00    175.00-185.00
      -REDDEER        165.30-170.00    165.30-170.00
      -EDMTN          161.70-170.00    163.00-170.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A          97.30-97.30
PEAS - EDMTN          194.70-213.10    195.00-213.10
BARLEY-LETH           160.00-165.00    156.00-165.00
      -MH/BRKS        150.00-158.00    150.00-160.00
      -CALGARY        147.00-162.00    147.00-162.00
      -REDDEER        145.00-162.00    145.00-162.00
      -VERM           133.20-137.80    133.20-137.80
      -EDMTN          124.00-162.00    126.30-162.00
      -PEACE R        126.30-135.50    126.30-126.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on May 06/2009
      -Meal (FOB)        295.67           270.40
      -Seed (DEL)        456.33           439.20

ELEVATOR BIDS on May 08/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     161.89           160.10
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     119.84           116.01
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     143.23           144.44
RYE        -Red Deer     136.58           128.69
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       403.92           398.01
CANOLA     -Red Deer     458.87           436.68

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on May 07/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           309.38      8.42     10.38
     FEED                         145.32      3.96      4.91
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    221.01      6.02      9.77
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 823.97      0.37      0.37
         #1 ESTON                 592.49      0.27      0.27
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                804.68      0.36      0.60
         #1 BROWN                 545.64      0.25      0.44
         #1 ORIENTAL              768.20      0.35      0.34

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of May 07/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    380.50   391.95   397.00   466.99    -15.0%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    374.68   395.55   485.04    -18.5%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    290.81   291.95   301.58   374.44    -19.5%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       331.95   334.47   345.26   402.31    -14.2%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           178.41   176.48   181.24   183.26     -1.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     140.23   142.03   141.45   207.48    -31.8%
      -#2 STOCKTON          232.64   256.44   276.58   299.99     -7.8%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          483.38   469.48   437.97   440.20     -0.5%
EXCH RATE May 07/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1725  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.8529
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of May 03/2009
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #40   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    413.3  10,215.4   8,732.5    +17.0%     +9.0%
 DURUM             110.6   2,697.4   2,566.5     +5.1%     +8.7%
 BARLEY              4.0   1,152.4   2,268.4    -49.2%    -45.6%
 OATS               36.2   1,261.3   1,579.5    -20.1%     -7.0%
 PEAS               61.7   1,533.1   1,437.1     +6.7%     +9.0%
 FLAXSEED             .9     407.8     419.4     -2.8%     +0.2%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    171.5   5,771.0   4,379.0    +31.8%    +14.8%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       65.2   3,159.1   3,039.9     +3.9%     +8.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 30/2009
 WHEAT             279.9  25,040.1  31,268.9    -19.9%    -22.5%
 BARLEY               .3     243.8     791.1    -69.2%    -65.9%
 CORN              766.4  28,174.4  42,818.7    -34.2%    -30.2%
 SOYBEANS          494.8  27,771.6  25,162.9    +10.4%     +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