Weekly Crop Market Review - August 28, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, September 4, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Aug 28/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  OCT09     135.00     109.00     109.40     -25.60
        -LETH  NOV09     160.10     145.00     145.60     -16.40
        -SASK  DEC09        N/A        N/A     111.40     -25.60
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV09     436.30     423.10     429.60      +5.90
        -SASK  JAN10     439.90     427.50     433.60      +5.80
        -SASK  MAR10     442.70     429.70     437.10      +6.20

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Aug 28/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP09   4.88       4.60       4.67      +0.06 3/4
        -CBT   DEC09   5.16       4.89       4.95 1/4  +0.08
WHEAT   -MINN  SEP09   5.43 1/4   5.28       5.32      +0.00
        -MINN  DEC09   5.57       5.39 1/2   5.44      +0.00
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP09   5.23       4.96       5.00      +0.06 1/4
        -KANS  DEC09   5.39       5.12       5.16 3/4  +0.07
CORN    -CBT   SEP09   3.31       3.15       3.21      -0.00 3/4
        -CBT   DEC09   3.37 1/2   3.21       3.29      +0.02 3/4
OATS    -CBT   SEP09   2.19       2.10 3/4   2.10 3/4  +0.05 3/4
        -CBT   DEC09   2.34       2.22 1/4   2.25      +0.06
SOYBEAN -CBT   SEP09  11.60      10.45      11.35 3/4  +1.12 3/4
        -CBT   NOV09  10.17       9.89      10.11      +0.38
        -CBT   JAN10  10.15       9.92      10.11 3/4  +0.36
SOYOIL  -CBT   SEP09      37.20      35.95      36.07      -0.26
(¢/lb)  -CBT   OCT09      37.50      36.20      36.27      -0.26
SOYMEAL -CBT   SEP09     398.00     340.50     387.00     +54.00
($/ton) -CBT   OCT09     320.00     303.80     320.00     +22.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Aug 24/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           165.00-180.00    160.00-190.00
      -REDDEER        160.00-169.00    180.00-183.00
      -EDMTN          160.00-183.70    165.00-175.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          200.30-225.00    185.00-200.00
BARLEY-LETH           156.00-170.00    152.00-170.00
      -MH/BRKS        154.00-170.00    160.00-168.00
      -CALGARY        147.00-160.00    147.00-165.00
      -REDDEER        135.00-158.00    150.00-164.00
      -VERM           126.30-130.90    129.00-138.00
      -EDMTN          130.00-156.20    130.00-162.00
      -PEACE R        137.80-137.80    137.80-137.80
CANOLA CRUSHER on Aug 26/2009
      -Meal (FOB)        307.00           276.17
      -Seed (DEL)        445.21           443.73

ELEVATOR BIDS on Aug 28/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     152.65           166.89
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     102.85            94.55
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     123.16           139.04
RYE        -Red Deer     116.62           116.62
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       390.14           390.14
CANOLA     -Red Deer     425.54           418.07

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Aug 27/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           269.52      7.34      9.29
     FEED                         148.44      4.04      4.50
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    204.66      5.57      7.54
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 686.18      0.31      0.36
         #1 ESTON                 622.80      0.28      0.33
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                790.90      0.36      0.50
         #1 BROWN                 526.35      0.24      0.45
         #1 ORIENTAL              691.70      0.31      0.41

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Aug 27/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    287.20   282.65   290.75   386.99    -24.9%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     288.06     N/A    292.70   380.18    -23.0%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    194.26   193.37   200.24   293.37    -31.7%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       232.75   231.52   238.20   335.56    -29.0%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           127.15   127.77   129.48   176.85    -26.8%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      90.35    90.97    93.95   137.01    -31.4%
      -#2 STOCKTON          161.55     N/A    161.55   271.92    -40.6%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          463.11   427.28   453.10   449.31     +0.8%
EXCH RATE Aug 27/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0856  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9211
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 23/2009
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 3   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    272.9     797.0     621.3    +28.3%     N/A
 DURUM              49.8     120.0     182.6    -34.3%     N/A
 BARLEY              4.6      75.2      16.0   +370.0%     N/A
 OATS               27.7      86.6     132.3    -34.5%     N/A
 PEAS               21.5      82.1     N/A       N/A       N/A
 FLAXSEED           N/A         .6      43.5    -98.6%     N/A
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    109.4     344.8     329.1     +4.8%     N/A
 CANOLA-CRUSH       72.2     221.5     281.3    -21.3%     N/A
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 20/2009
 WHEAT             453.8   4,429.9   8,033.1    -44.9%     -6.4%
 BARLEY             N/A        8.1      33.1    -75.6%    +15.4%
 CORN              979.3  43,756.8  58,286.5    -24.9%    -24.1%
 SOYBEANS          206.3  32,959.5  30,104.3     +9.5%     +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