Weekly Crop Market Review - August 21, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, August 28, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Aug 21/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  OCT09     135.00     130.10     135.00      -2.50
        -LETH  NOV09     162.00     155.10     162.00      +1.50
        -SASK  DEC09        N/A        N/A     137.00      -2.40
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV09     431.70     418.00     423.70      -7.50
        -SASK  JAN10     433.70     422.70     427.80      -8.10
        -SASK  MAR10     437.10     424.60     430.90      -7.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Aug 21/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP09   4.79 3/4   4.59       4.60 1/4  -0.21 1/2
        -CBT   DEC09   5.07       4.85 3/4   4.87 1/4  -0.22 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  SEP09   5.48 1/4   5.28       5.32      -0.17 1/4
        -MINN  DEC09   5.61 3/4   5.39 1/2   5.44      -0.19 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP09   5.07 1/4   4.87 1/2   4.93 3/4  -0.14 3/4
        -KANS  DEC09   5.24       5.04       5.09 3/4  -0.14 3/4
CORN    -CBT   SEP09   3.27       3.04 1/2   3.21 3/4  +0.02 1/2
        -CBT   DEC09   3.32       3.11 3/4   3.26 1/4  -0.01 1/2
OATS    -CBT   SEP09   2.05       1.98 1/4   2.05      +0.03 3/4
        -CBT   DEC09   2.20       2.09       2.19      +0.04
SOYBEAN -CBT   SEP09  10.33       9.80      10.23      -0.01 1/2
        -CBT   NOV09   9.87       9.45       9.73      -0.08 1/2
        -CBT   JAN10   9.89       9.53       9.75 3/4  -0.12 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   SEP09      36.55      35.63      36.33      -0.85
(¢/lb)  -CBT   OCT09      36.80      35.83      36.53      -0.85
SOYMEAL -CBT   SEP09     339.50     308.00     333.00     +13.70
($/ton) -CBT   OCT09     301.50     283.50     298.00      +5.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Aug 17/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           160.00-190.00    175.00-195.00
      -REDDEER        180.00-183.00    180.00-183.70
      -EDMTN          165.00-175.00    175.00-187.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          185.00-200.00    185.00-220.50
BARLEY-LETH           152.00-170.00    156.00-175.00
      -MH/BRKS        160.00-168.00    160.00-166.00
      -CALGARY        147.00-165.00    147.00-172.00
      -REDDEER        150.00-164.00    150.00-172.00
      -VERM           129.00-138.00    130.90-149.30
      -EDMTN          130.00-162.00    130.90-170.00
      -PEACE R        137.80-137.80    137.80-137.80
CANOLA CRUSHER on Aug 19/2009
      -Meal (FOB)        276.17           310.53
      -Seed (DEL)        443.73           459.80

ELEVATOR BIDS on Aug 21/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     166.89           167.68
FEED OATS  -Red Deer      94.55            96.03
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     139.04           158.59
RYE        -Red Deer     116.62           116.62
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       390.14           389.74
CANOLA     -Red Deer     418.07           430.64

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Aug 20/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           282.56      7.69      9.54
     FEED                         164.43      4.48      4.91
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    237.18      6.46      7.83
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 702.72      0.32      0.35
         #1 ESTON                 618.39      0.28      0.33
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                870.82      0.39      0.50
         #1 BROWN                 562.18      0.25      0.45
         #1 ORIENTAL              658.63      0.30      0.41

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Aug 20/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    282.65   290.00   291.93   386.99    -24.6%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    297.34   380.18    -21.8%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    193.37   201.07   202.23   293.37    -31.1%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       231.52   239.29   240.02   335.56    -28.5%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           136.12   130.55   133.04   176.85    -24.8%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      90.97    91.83    95.16   137.01    -30.5%
      -#2 STOCKTON            N/A      N/A      N/A    271.92     N/A
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          427.28   465.66   449.76   449.31     +0.1%
EXCH RATE Aug 20/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0873  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9197
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 16/2009
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 2   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    389.0     524.1     371.0    +41.3%     N/A
 DURUM              52.8      70.2      72.8     -3.6%     N/A
 BARLEY             38.1      70.6      15.1   +367.5%     N/A
 OATS               40.4      58.9      75.9    -22.4%     N/A
 PEAS               27.9      60.6     N/A       N/A       N/A
 FLAXSEED           N/A         .6      33.6    -98.2%     N/A
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    189.3     237.2     289.3    -18.0%     N/A
 CANOLA-CRUSH       71.8     149.2     228.8    -34.8%     N/A
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 13/2009
 WHEAT             378.7   3,953.2   7,036.8    -43.8%     -6.4%
 BARLEY             N/A        8.1      31.9    -74.7%    +15.4%
 CORN            1,038.4  42,660.7  57,456.4    -25.8%    -24.1%
 SOYBEANS          153.0  32,724.9  29,862.6     +9.6%     +9.1%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jun 30/2009
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   3,623.6  36,806.9  39,583.8     -7.0%     -7.9%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar