Weekly Crop Market Review - April 16, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 23, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 16/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY10        N/A        N/A     152.00      -2.00
        -LETH  JUL10        N/A        N/A     145.50      +0.00
        -LETH  OCT10        N/A        N/A     145.50      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY10     383.90     375.70     381.50      +0.40
        -SASK  JUL10     390.50     382.30     388.10      +0.20
        -SASK  NOV10     395.00     386.20     393.00      +1.10

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 16/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY10   4.91       4.64 1/2   4.90 1/2  +0.24 3/4
        -CBT   JUL10   5.03 1/2   4.78       5.02 1/2  +0.23 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY10   5.20 3/4   4.98 1/2   5.20      +0.18 3/4
        -MINN  JUL10   5.31 1/2   5.10       5.30 3/4  +0.18 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY10   5.06 1/2   4.81 1/4   5.06 1/2  +0.23
        -KANS  JUL10   5.17 1/2   4.92 1/4   5.17 1/2  +0.23 1/4
CORN    -CBT   MAY10   3.64 1/2   3.45 1/2   3.64      +0.18 1/4
        -CBT   JUL10   3.74 1/2   3.56 1/2   3.74      +0.16 3/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY10   2.19       2.15 1/4   2.15 1/4  +0.00 1/4
        -CBT   JUL10   2.23       2.19 1/4   2.20      -0.01 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY10   9.89 1/2   9.53 1/2   9.85 1/4  +0.33
        -CBT   JUL10   9.98 3/4   9.62 1/2   9.95      +0.33
        -CBT   AUG10   9.93       9.62       9.90 3/4  +0.33 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY10      40.25      39.40      39.80      -0.24
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL10      40.70      39.87      40.27      -0.25
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY10     284.20     266.50     280.90     +15.60
($/ton) -CBT   JUL10     284.00     266.00     280.70     +16.10

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 12/2010 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           157.00-158.00    156.00-160.00
      -REDDEER             N/A              N/A
      -EDMTN          139.63-160.00    139.63-160.00
OATS  -EDMTN          123.20-150.00    123.20-155.00
PEAS - EDMTN          165.35-176.00    165.35-183.72
BARLEY-LETH           148.00-154.00    148.00-150.00
      -MH/BRKS        141.00-147.00    141.00-145.00
      -CALGARY             N/A              N/A
      -REDDEER             N/A              N/A
      -VERM           117.12-126.31    117.12-126.31
      -EDMTN          126.00-145.00    126.00-148.00
      -PEACE R        114.83-135.49    114.83-135.49
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 14/2010
      -Meal (FOB)        188.04           180.17
      -Seed (DEL)        388.95           386.23

ELEVATOR BIDS on Apr 16/2010 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     136.57           127.51
FEED OATS  -Red Deer      91.12            83.38
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     123.28           127.35
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       305.10           305.10
CANOLA     -Red Deer     379.88           381.71

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 15/2010
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           243.43      6.62      8.30
     FEED                         107.66      2.93      4.19
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    162.23      4.42      5.86
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 670.75      0.30      0.34
         #1 ESTON                 589.68      0.27      0.24
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                460.21      0.21      0.37
         #1 BROWN                 361.00      0.16      0.25
         #1 ORIENTAL              385.48      0.17      0.38

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 15/2010
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    263.60   269.95   290.88   386.99    -24.8%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     272.90   273.68   287.03   380.18    -24.5%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A    189.02   195.88   293.37    -33.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A    228.45   233.33   335.56    -30.5%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           138.14   127.61   140.16   176.85    -20.7%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     107.83   108.88   110.74   137.01    -19.2%
      -#2 STOCKTON            N/A      N/A    185.36   271.92    -31.8%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          362.94   347.83   387.63   449.31    -13.7%
EXCH RATE Apr 15/2010: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0033  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9967
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 11/2010
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #36   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    253.3   9,346.7   9,113.0     +2.6%     -8.9%
 DURUM              55.3   2,165.0   2,250.6     -3.8%     -2.8%
 BARLEY             50.2     974.7   1,031.2     -5.5%     N/A
 OATS               14.7     652.0   1,159.1    -43.7%    -25.9%
 PEAS                 .4   1,066.2   1,396.2    -23.6%    -15.1%
 FLAXSEED            1.0     401.9     372.0     +8.0%    -20.2%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    134.3   4,937.3   5,215.0     -5.3%    -20.3%
 CANOLA-CRUSH      105.2   2,949.5   2,937.3     +0.4%     +5.1%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 08/2010
 WHEAT             465.1  19,775.1  23,984.2    -17.5%    -18.7%
 BARLEY             N/A       59.5     243.6    -75.6%    -61.5%
 CORN              812.2  26,528.8  25,492.9     +4.1%     +2.3%
 SOYBEANS          364.6  34,512.4  26,461.3    +30.4%    +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