Weekly Crop Market Review - September 18, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, September 25, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Sep 18/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  OCT09     120.00     116.00     120.50      +7.40
        -LETH  NOV09     150.50     145.00     150.50      +7.70
        -SASK  DEC09        N/A        N/A     123.50      +7.40
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV09     407.10     387.80     390.20      -4.00
        -SASK  JAN10     410.00     391.30     394.30      -4.10
        -SASK  MAR10     413.30     395.30     396.90      -3.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Sep 18/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC09   4.80       4.52       4.57 1/4  -0.10
        -CBT   MAR10   4.97       4.73       4.76 3/4  -0.10 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC09   5.12 3/4   4.81 1/2   4.96 3/4  +0.02 3/4
        -MINN  MAR10   5.28 1/2   4.97 1/2   5.10 3/4  +0.00 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC09   4.93       4.65       4.72      -0.05 3/4
        -KANS  MAR10   5.08       4.82       4.88 1/4  -0.06
CORN    -CBT   DEC09   3.47 3/4   3.15 1/2   3.18      -0.01 3/4
        -CBT   MAR10   3.61 1/4   3.29       3.31 1/2  -0.01 1/2
OATS    -CBT   DEC09   2.18 1/2   2.05 1/4   2.13      +0.05
        -CBT   MAR10   2.30 1/4   2.18 1/2   2.26      +0.05
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV09   9.75       8.94 1/2   9.41      +0.38
        -CBT   JAN10   9.76       9.01 1/2   9.45 1/4  +0.35 1/4
        -CBT   MAR10   9.80       9.08       9.46 1/2  +0.31
SOYOIL  -CBT   OCT09      35.23      33.17      34.68      +1.16
(¢/lb)  -CBT   DEC09      35.65      33.57      35.10      +1.20
SOYMEAL -CBT   OCT09     303.00     279.00     290.00      +9.50
($/ton) -CBT   DEC09     298.80     274.00     284.80      +9.30

FEEDMILL BIDS on Sep 14/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           140.00-165.00    135.00-165.00
      -REDDEER        147.00-150.00    147.00-150.00
      -EDMTN          150.00-165.30    150.00-169.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          176.40-213.10    183.70-213.10
BARLEY-LETH           133.00-150.00    130.00-150.00
      -MH/BRKS        138.00-150.00    138.00-150.00
      -CALGARY        140.00-145.00    140.00-142.40
      -REDDEER        135.00-145.00    135.00-147.00
      -VERM           119.40-126.30    119.40-126.30
      -EDMTN          121.70-145.00    121.70-147.00
      -PEACE R        103.30-137.80    114.80-137.80
CANOLA CRUSHER on Sep 16/2009
      -Meal (FOB)        229.67           250.00
      -Seed (DEL)        397.50           398.67

ELEVATOR BIDS on Sep 18/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     135.35           136.01
FEED OATS  -Red Deer      97.70            88.59
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     140.88           134.18
RYE        -Red Deer     116.62           116.62
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       253.92           253.92
CANOLA     -Red Deer     404.73           390.33

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Sep 17/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           270.99      7.38      8.71
     FEED                         129.34      3.52      4.46
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    176.55      4.80      6.42
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 605.16      0.27      0.37
         #1 ESTON                 555.56      0.25      0.33
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                735.79      0.33      0.47
         #1 BROWN                 526.35      0.24      0.42
         #1 ORIENTAL              647.60      0.29      0.41

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Sep 17/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    281.05   275.25   286.21   386.99    -26.0%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     329.10   276.11   294.35   380.18    -22.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    188.35   169.58   191.56   293.37    -34.7%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       229.31   210.78   230.78   335.56    -31.2%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           127.04   126.40   128.58   176.85    -27.3%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      95.84    93.90    94.52   137.01    -31.0%
      -#2 STOCKTON          164.63   160.46   162.71   271.92    -40.2%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          383.36   415.62   436.41   449.31     -2.9%
EXCH RATE Sep 17/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0668  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9374
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Sep 13/2009
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 6   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    182.6   1,467.2   1,457.9     +0.6%    -12.2%
 DURUM              85.6     277.9     225.7    +23.1%     +3.1%
 BARLEY              2.8     212.1      62.6   +238.8%    -19.7%
 OATS                6.6     131.9     276.4    -52.3%     -9.8%
 PEAS               10.3     122.5     253.7    -51.7%    -15.0%
 FLAXSEED             .7      23.5      59.9    -60.8%     +8.3%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     48.1     574.9     748.8    -23.2%    -35.5%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       76.1     451.9     487.7     -7.3%    +14.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Sep 10/2009
 WHEAT             585.3   6,037.8  10,150.7    -40.5%     -6.4%
 BARLEY             N/A       15.5      56.9    -72.8%    +15.4%
 CORN            1,029.2   1,669.7   1,131.1    +47.6%    +18.9%
 SOYBEANS          278.9     470.4     271.1    +73.5%     N/A
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jul 31/2009
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   3,290.9  40,442.3  43,204.3     -6.4%     +1.8%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar