Weekly Crop Market Review - October 30, 2009

The next weekly will be published on Friday, November 6, 2009
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 30/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  NOV09     170.00     160.00     167.00      +6.10
        -LETH  JAN10     160.00     156.00     156.00      -4.90
        -LETH  MAR10     161.00     157.00     157.00      -6.90
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV09     396.20     377.10     395.60     +15.20
        -SASK  JAN10     405.00     385.10     402.10     +14.40
        -SASK  MAR10     410.00     391.30     408.00     +13.40

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 30/2009
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC09   5.58       4.89       4.94 1/4  -0.53 1/2
        -CBT   MAR10   5.77       5.10       5.14      -0.52 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC09   5.71       5.10 1/2   5.12 3/4  -0.48
        -MINN  MAR10   5.86       5.25 3/4   5.28      -0.50
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC09   5.58 1/2   4.97       4.99      -0.50 1/2
        -KANS  MAR10   5.68       5.13       5.15      -0.51
CORN    -CBT   DEC09   4.00       3.64       3.66      -0.31 3/4
        -CBT   MAR10   4.10 3/4   3.77 1/2   3.79 1/4  -0.30
OATS    -CBT   DEC09   2.59       2.43       2.54 1/2  +0.04 1/4
        -CBT   MAR10   2.71       2.57 1/2   2.68      +0.04 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV09  10.13       9.60       9.78      -0.28
        -CBT   JAN10  10.14 1/2   9.63       9.76 1/2  -0.31
        -CBT   MAR10  10.15       9.66       9.75      -0.31 3/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC09      38.35      36.28      36.40      -1.54
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN10      38.71      36.79      36.86      -1.52
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC09     303.80     285.50     297.00      -6.30
($/ton) -CBT   JAN10     297.00     279.80     289.50      -7.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 26/2009 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           155.00-165.00    152.00-165.00
      -REDDEER        146.76-150.00    146.76-148.00
      -EDMTN          146.98-165.00    146.93-165.00
OATS  -EDMTN          129.68-160.00    123.20-152.00
PEAS - EDMTN          180.00-191.07    170.00-180.00
BARLEY-LETH           152.00-162.00    148.00-156.00
      -MH/BRKS        126.31-158.00    126.31-152.00
      -CALGARY        152.00-158.00    148.00-154.00
      -REDDEER        142.38-145.00    137.79-140.00
      -VERM           121.71-126.31    121.71-126.31
      -EDMTN          122.00-156.00    115.00-150.00
      -PEACE R             N/A         110.23-124.01
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 28/2009
      -Meal (FOB)        217.67           222.33
      -Seed (DEL)        387.00           401.80

ELEVATOR BIDS on Oct 30/2009 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     130.86           129.86
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     108.35           112.62
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     137.10           136.39
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       320.06           311.01
CANOLA     -Red Deer     388.28           383.34

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 29/2009
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           264.19      7.19      8.13
     FEED                         143.85      3.92      4.23
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    194.93      5.31      5.28
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 667.45      0.30      0.31
         #1 ESTON                 532.96      0.24      0.28
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                438.17      0.20      0.47
         #1 BROWN                 383.05      0.17      0.32
         #1 ORIENTAL              416.12      0.19      0.37

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 29/2009
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    295.25   298.80   286.85   386.99    -25.9%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    300.30   298.11   380.18    -21.6%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A      N/A    191.19   293.37    -34.8%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A      N/A    228.84   335.56    -31.8%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           149.96   157.16   135.44   176.85    -23.4%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     104.09   102.22    96.91   137.01    -29.3%
      -#2 STOCKTON          194.07   190.58   174.86   271.92    -35.7%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          388.33   390.01   410.53   449.31     -8.6%
EXCH RATE Oct 29/2009: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0670  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9372
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 25/2009
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #12   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    250.0   3,298.6   2,944.1    +12.0%    -12.2%
 DURUM              93.0     686.6     539.0    +27.4%     +3.1%
 BARLEY             23.0     316.3     204.9    +54.4%    -19.7%
 OATS                8.5     246.6     576.8    -57.2%    -10.0%
 PEAS                9.4     356.5     511.6    -30.3%    -15.1%
 FLAXSEED            6.5      45.2     121.3    -62.7%     -0.5%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    262.1   1,529.9   1,653.2     -7.5%    -30.4%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       74.4     860.3     987.5    -12.9%    +14.5%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 22/2009
 WHEAT             390.2   9,481.6  14,280.4    -33.6%    -11.3%
 BARLEY             N/A       17.8     176.0    -89.9%    +15.4%
 CORN              609.5   6,862.1   6,476.3     +6.0%    +15.7%
 SOYBEANS        1,191.4   4,064.4   3,944.0     +3.1%     +2.0%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Sep 30/2009
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   2,922.4   2,922.4   3,276.1    -10.8%     +1.7%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar