Weekly Crop Market Review - April 2, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 9, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 02/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY10        N/A        N/A     154.00      +0.00
        -LETH  JUL10        N/A        N/A     145.00      +0.00
        -LETH  OCT10        N/A        N/A     145.50      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY10     388.30     376.50     380.70      -1.60
        -SASK  JUL10     394.10     382.00     386.10      -2.20
        -SASK  NOV10     393.50     382.10     386.80      -1.80

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 02/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY10   4.73       4.50       4.54 3/4  -0.10
        -CBT   JUL10   4.86       4.64       4.68 1/2  -0.09 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY10   5.02       4.81 1/2   4.89      -0.08
        -MINN  JUL10   5.13 1/4   4.92 1/2   5.00      -0.08 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY10   4.82       4.61       4.70      -0.05 1/2
        -KANS  JUL10   4.91       4.73       4.81 3/4  -0.04 3/4
CORN    -CBT   MAY10   3.59 1/2   3.43 1/2   3.44 1/2  -0.11 3/4
        -CBT   JUL10   3.70 1/2   3.55       3.56      -0.11 1/2
OATS    -CBT   MAY10   2.14 1/4   2.08       2.10 1/2  -0.01 1/2
        -CBT   JUL10   2.24       2.16 3/4   2.19 1/2  -0.01 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY10   9.77       9.31       9.42      -0.10
        -CBT   JUL10   9.83       9.41       9.51 1/4  -0.08 1/2
        -CBT   AUG10   9.71       9.33 3/4   9.46 1/4  -0.06 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY10      39.65      38.10      38.98      +0.03
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL10      40.00      38.53      39.45      +0.07
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY10     283.50     263.60     265.90      -5.00
($/ton) -CBT   JUL10     279.00     262.70     264.90      -2.70

FEEDMILL BIDS on Mar 29/2010 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A         142.00-160.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         142.00-147.00
      -EDMTN          140.00-176.37    139.63-155.00
OATS  -EDMTN          123.20-136.17    126.44-155.00
PEAS - EDMTN          165.35-176.00    165.00-183.72
BARLEY-LETH                N/A         140.00-150.00
      -MH/BRKS        141.00-145.00    141.00-146.00
      -CALGARY             N/A         140.00-148.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         128.00-138.00
      -VERM           114.83-126.31    117.12-126.31
      -EDMTN          126.00-133.20    126.00-145.00
      -PEACE R        114.83-135.49    114.83-135.49
CANOLA CRUSHER on Mar 31/2010
      -Meal (FOB)        186.67           197.33
      -Seed (DEL)        380.17           379.97

ELEVATOR BIDS on Apr 02/2010 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     126.78           126.78
FEED OATS  -Red Deer      89.30            93.81
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     126.43           127.35
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       305.10           305.10
CANOLA     -Red Deer     381.42           382.72

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 01/2010
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           258.68      7.04      8.17
     FEED                         119.42      3.25      4.20
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    162.59      4.42      5.78
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 680.67      0.31      0.31
         #1 ESTON                 574.85      0.26      0.23
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                493.28      0.22      0.37
         #1 BROWN                 372.03      0.17      0.26
         #1 ORIENTAL              407.52      0.18      0.38

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 01/2010
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    265.85   270.15   292.26   386.99    -24.5%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    288.56   380.18    -24.1%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A    201.08   196.19   293.37    -33.1%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A    236.85   233.60   335.56    -30.4%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           127.37   132.73   140.60   176.85    -20.5%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS       N/A    112.97   110.88   137.01    -19.1%
      -#2 STOCKTON            N/A      N/A    185.36   271.92    -31.8%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          351.78   353.20   389.54   449.31    -13.3%
EXCH RATE Apr 01/2010: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0158  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9844
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 28/2010
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #34   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)     N/A      N/A     8,597.7   -100.0%     -8.9%
 DURUM              N/A      N/A     1,967.8   -100.0%     -2.8%
 BARLEY             N/A      N/A       969.6   -100.0%     N/A
 OATS               N/A      N/A     1,109.8   -100.0%    -25.9%
 PEAS               N/A      N/A     1,316.2   -100.0%    -15.1%
 FLAXSEED           N/A      N/A       363.5   -100.0%    -20.2%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS     N/A      N/A     4,810.6   -100.0%    -20.3%
 CANOLA-CRUSH      106.8   2,735.4   2,772.8     -1.3%     +5.1%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 25/2010
 WHEAT             402.1  18,728.3  22,943.2    -18.4%    -18.7%
 BARLEY               .1      59.1     241.5    -75.5%    -61.5%
 CORN              961.5  24,570.9  23,520.9     +4.5%     +2.3%
 SOYBEANS          797.2  33,642.9  25,223.2    +33.4%    +10.7%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Feb 28/2010
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   4,037.4  24,440.0  21,928.7    +11.5%     +4.1%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar