Weekly Crop Market Review - October 16, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 23, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 16/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  NOV09     152.00     150.00     151.00      +0.00
        -SASK  JAN10     160.00     155.00     156.00      -1.00
        -LETH  MAR10     163.00     160.10     163.00      -1.20
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV09     395.00     382.50     387.30      +5.00
        -SASK  JAN10     399.10     386.60     391.30      +4.00
        -SASK  MAR10     403.30     391.20     396.40      +4.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 16/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC09   5.27 1/2   4.76       4.98 3/4  +0.30 3/4
        -CBT   MAR10   5.43       5.01       5.17 3/4  +0.30 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC09   5.54 1/4   5.19       5.26 1/2  +0.22 1/2
        -MINN  MAR10   5.69       5.35       5.42 3/4  +0.24 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC09   5.41 1/2   4.94 1/2   5.10 1/2  +0.25 1/2
        -KANS  MAR10   5.57 1/4   5.10       5.25 3/4  +0.24 3/4
CORN    -CBT   DEC09   3.88 1/2   3.68 3/4   3.72      +0.09 3/4
        -CBT   MAR10   4.00       3.81       3.83 3/4  +0.09 1/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC09   2.63       2.45 1/2   2.51 1/2  +0.11 1/2
        -CBT   MAR10   2.71 1/2   2.63 1/4   2.64 1/4  +0.10 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV09  10.08 1/2   9.72 1/2   9.77 1/2  +0.13 1/2
        -CBT   JAN10  10.10       9.78       9.82      +0.15
        -CBT   MAR10  10.05       9.82       9.85 1/4  +0.17 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC09      37.20      35.50      36.94      +1.74
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN10      37.60      36.00      37.38      +1.74
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC09     310.80     292.80     294.70      -2.60
($/ton) -CBT   JAN10     306.50     290.20     292.00      -1.80

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 12/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           165.00-165.00    148.00-165.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         146.98-148.00
      -EDMTN          146.98-160.00    146.98-158.00
OATS  -EDMTN          113.47-150.00         N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          170.00-191.07    139.63-191.07
BARLEY-LETH           152.00-156.00    143.00-152.00
      -MH/BRKS        126.00-150.00    145.00-150.00
      -CALGARY             N/A         143.00-150.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         132.00-137.79
      -VERM           119.42-154.00    119.42-119.42
      -EDMTN          115.00-150.00    115.00-150.00
      -PEACE R        110.23-126.31    114.83-126.31
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 14/2009
      -Meal (FOB)        230.67           203.33
      -Seed (DEL)        388.67           372.70

ELEVATOR BIDS on Oct 16/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     129.86             N/A
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     109.93             N/A
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     145.10             N/A
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       298.80           295.26
CANOLA     -Red Deer     389.66             N/A

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 15/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           245.82      6.69      8.31
     FEED                         126.77      3.45      4.13
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    177.29      4.83      5.39
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 588.63      0.27      0.33
         #1 ESTON                 526.35      0.24      0.31
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                548.40      0.25      0.47
         #1 BROWN                 416.12      0.19      0.37
         #1 ORIENTAL              471.24      0.21      0.41

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 15/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    290.85   280.40   285.00   386.99    -26.4%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     306.44   306.38   297.80   380.18    -21.7%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A    190.80   191.19   293.37    -34.8%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A    228.49   228.84   335.56    -31.8%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           142.75   140.42   132.15   176.85    -25.3%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      99.78    98.59    95.77   137.01    -30.1%
      -#2 STOCKTON          188.16   173.98   170.49   271.92    -37.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          382.20   366.71   414.41   449.31     -7.8%
EXCH RATE Oct 15/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0345  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9667
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 11/2009
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #10   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    245.9   2,749.3   2,368.7    +16.1%    -12.2%
 DURUM              46.8     535.3     345.3    +55.0%     +3.1%
 BARLEY              1.3     285.3     155.3    +83.7%    -19.7%
 OATS               29.8     232.2     479.4    -51.6%    -10.0%
 PEAS               47.6     302.3     436.1    -30.7%    -15.1%
 FLAXSEED             .5      38.6      87.2    -55.7%     -0.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    202.7   1,159.4   1,278.7     -9.3%    -30.4%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       59.2     720.4     817.2    -11.8%    +14.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 08/2009
 WHEAT             485.7   8,517.3  13,160.2    -35.3%    -11.3%
 BARLEY               .3      17.8     161.3    -89.0%    +15.4%
 CORN              519.5   5,368.5   5,030.9     +6.7%    +15.7%
 SOYBEANS          399.7   1,482.6   1,440.4     +2.9%     +2.0%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Aug 31/2009
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   3,064.9  43,507.2  46,515.9     -6.5%     +1.7%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar