Weekly Crop Market Review - April 30, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 7, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 30/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  MAY10        N/A        N/A     151.10      +0.00
        -LETH  JUL10        N/A        N/A     145.50      +0.00
        -LETH  OCT10        N/A        N/A     145.50      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY10     389.70     378.10     386.90      +7.50
        -SASK  JUL10     393.00     385.00     389.90      +4.00
        -SASK  NOV10     394.70     388.90     391.60      +2.10

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 30/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY10   4.99       4.72 3/4   4.91 3/4  -0.01 1/2
        -CBT   JUL10   5.15       4.83       5.03      -0.02 1/2
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY10   5.34       5.08 1/2   5.26      -0.00 3/4
        -MINN  JUL10   5.45       5.18 1/4   5.37 1/2  -0.00 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY10   5.14       4.88       5.05 1/2  -0.00 1/4
        -KANS  JUL10   5.26       4.97 3/4   5.14 3/4  -0.01 3/4
CORN    -CBT   MAY10   3.69 3/4   3.45 1/2   3.66 1/4  +0.13 1/4
        -CBT   JUL10   3.77 1/2   3.52       3.75 1/4  +0.14 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY10   2.07       1.98 1/2   2.05 1/4  +0.00 1/4
        -CBT   JUL10   2.15 1/2   2.08       2.13 3/4  +0.00 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY10  10.08       9.78       9.89 1/2  -0.10 1/2
        -CBT   JUL10  10.19       9.88       9.99      -0.11
        -CBT   AUG10  10.15       9.87       9.97 1/2  -0.09 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY10      39.67      38.45      38.58      -0.77
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL10      40.12      38.81      38.93      -0.93
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY10     296.00     286.00     291.30      -1.00
($/ton) -CBT   JUL10     296.00     285.70     293.10      +0.90

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 26/2010 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           156.00-158.00    150.00-160.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         143.00-150.42
      -EDMTN          139.63-160.00    139.63-160.00
OATS  -EDMTN          123.20-152.00    123.20-150.00
PEAS - EDMTN          160.00-183.72    155.00-183.72
BARLEY-LETH           148.00-149.00    142.00-154.00
      -MH/BRKS        141.01-146.00    141.00-145.00
      -CALGARY             N/A         140.00-148.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         138.00-142.38
      -VERM           117.12-126.31    117.12-126.31
      -EDMTN          126.00-148.00    126.00-146.00
      -PEACE R        114.83-135.49    114.83-135.49
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 28/2010
      -Meal (FOB)        203.33           206.67
      -Seed (DEL)        386.23           382.31

ELEVATOR BIDS on Apr 30/2010 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     126.85           135.85
FEED OATS  -Red Deer      82.39            89.55
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     123.33           124.98
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       296.83           301.56
CANOLA     -Red Deer     383.40           377.41

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 29/2010
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           196.03      5.34      8.42
     FEED                         100.31      2.73      3.96
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    166.27      4.53      5.99
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 652.56      0.30      0.36
         #1 ESTON                 562.18      0.25      0.27
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                460.21      0.21      0.35
         #1 BROWN                 361.00      0.16      0.25
         #1 ORIENTAL              385.48      0.17      0.35

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 29/2010
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    262.85   265.75   289.52   386.99    -25.2%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    271.21   286.28   380.18    -24.7%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    185.64   191.44   193.67   293.37    -34.0%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       224.24   229.65   232.58   335.56    -30.7%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           134.77   134.15   139.79   176.85    -21.0%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     105.84   104.72   110.46   137.01    -19.4%
      -#2 STOCKTON            N/A      N/A    185.36   271.92    -31.8%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          366.00   369.92   386.62   449.31    -14.0%
EXCH RATE Apr 29/2010: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0054  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9946
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 25/2010
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #38   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    311.0   9,852.3   9,765.6     +0.9%     -8.9%
 DURUM              42.0   2,334.0   2,502.9     -6.7%     -2.8%
 BARLEY             21.4   1,034.7   1,070.8     -3.4%     N/A
 OATS                5.2     663.9   1,225.1    -45.8%    -25.9%
 PEAS               17.2   1,116.8   1,471.4    -24.1%    -15.1%
 FLAXSEED           19.1     422.3     406.9     +3.8%    -20.2%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    126.4   5,176.2   5,599.4     -7.6%    -20.3%
 CANOLA-CRUSH      104.7   3,156.9   3,093.9     +2.0%     +5.1%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 22/2010
 WHEAT             268.0  20,565.6  24,764.9    -17.0%    -14.8%
 BARLEY             N/A       59.5     244.4    -75.7%    -61.5%
 CORN              833.7  28,493.4  27,408.0     +4.0%     +2.3%
 SOYBEANS          218.5  35,213.2  27,280.9    +29.1%    +12.6%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Mar 31/2010
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   4,072.1  28,512.2  25,664.2    +11.1%     +4.1%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar