Weekly Crop Market Review - October 23, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 30, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 23/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  NOV09     165.00     152.00     160.90      +9.90
        -LETH  JAN10     162.00     156.40     160.90      +4.90
        -LETH  MAR10     165.00     163.00     163.90      +0.90
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV09     401.80     377.80     380.40      -6.90
        -SASK  JAN10     408.40     386.10     387.70      -3.60
        -SASK  MAR10     413.70     393.00     394.60      -1.80

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 23/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC09   5.73       5.04 3/4   5.47 3/4  +0.49
        -CBT   MAR10   5.92       5.26       5.66 3/4  +0.49
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC09   5.83       5.22 3/4   5.60 3/4  +0.34 1/4
        -MINN  MAR10   5.99 1/4   5.46       5.78      +0.35 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC09   5.98 1/2   5.18       5.49 1/2  +0.39
        -KANS  MAR10   5.89       5.33 1/2   5.66      +0.40 1/4
CORN    -CBT   DEC09   4.13       3.75 1/2   3.97 3/4  +0.25 3/4
        -CBT   MAR10   4.23 1/2   3.88       4.09 1/4  +0.25 1/2
OATS    -CBT   DEC09   2.65       2.50 1/4   2.50 1/4  -0.01 1/4
        -CBT   MAR10   2.74 3/4   2.63 3/4   2.63 3/4  -0.00 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV09  10.25 1/2   9.80      10.06      +0.28 1/2
        -CBT   JAN10  10.28       9.84      10.07 1/2  +0.25 1/2
        -CBT   MAR10  10.25       9.86      10.06 3/4  +0.21 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC09      38.75      37.00      37.94      +1.00
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN10      39.15      37.47      38.38      +1.00
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC09     308.20     292.00     303.30      +8.60
($/ton) -CBT   JAN10     301.60     287.20     296.50      +4.50

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 19/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           152.00-165.00    165.00-165.00
      -REDDEER        146.76-148.00         N/A
      -EDMTN          146.93-165.00    146.98-160.00
OATS  -EDMTN          123.20-152.00    113.47-150.00
PEAS - EDMTN          170.00-180.00    170.00-191.07
BARLEY-LETH           148.00-156.00    152.00-156.00
      -MH/BRKS        126.31-152.00    126.00-150.00
      -CALGARY        148.00-154.00         N/A
      -REDDEER        137.79-140.00         N/A
      -VERM           121.71-126.31    119.42-154.00
      -EDMTN          115.00-150.00    115.00-150.00
      -PEACE R        110.23-124.01    110.23-126.31
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 21/2009
      -Meal (FOB)        222.33           230.67
      -Seed (DEL)        401.80           388.67

ELEVATOR BIDS on Oct 23/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     129.86           129.86
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     112.62           109.93
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     136.39           145.10
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       311.01           298.80
CANOLA     -Red Deer     383.34           389.66

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 22/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           245.82      6.69      8.06
     FEED                         140.55      3.83      4.13
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    178.76      4.87      5.21
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 615.09      0.28      0.32
         #1 ESTON                 537.37      0.24      0.30
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                548.40      0.25      0.47
         #1 BROWN                 416.12      0.19      0.32
         #1 ORIENTAL              471.24      0.21      0.41

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 22/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    298.80   290.85   286.15   386.99    -26.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     300.30   306.44   298.11   380.18    -21.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A      N/A    191.19   293.37    -34.8%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A      N/A    228.84   335.56    -31.8%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           157.16   142.75   134.23   176.85    -24.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     102.22    99.78    96.31   137.01    -29.7%
      -#2 STOCKTON          190.58   188.16   172.72   271.92    -36.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          390.01   382.20   412.38   449.31     -8.2%
EXCH RATE Oct 22/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0478  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9544
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 18/2009
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #11   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    299.3   3,048.6   2,639.1    +15.5%    -12.2%
 DURUM              58.3     593.6     513.0    +15.7%     +3.1%
 BARLEY              8.0     293.3     193.5    +51.6%    -19.7%
 OATS                5.9     238.1     530.0    -55.1%    -10.0%
 PEAS               44.8     347.1     463.6    -25.1%    -15.1%
 FLAXSEED             .1      38.7     106.9    -63.8%     -0.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     92.7   1,263.5   1,420.9    -11.1%    -30.4%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       65.5     785.9     901.1    -12.8%    +14.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 15/2009
 WHEAT             506.9   9,053.1  13,678.5    -33.8%    -11.3%
 BARLEY             N/A       17.8     171.1    -89.6%    +15.4%
 CORN              624.1   6,065.1   5,836.8     +3.9%    +15.7%
 SOYBEANS        1,063.9   2,836.3   2,665.2     +6.4%     +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