Weekly Crop Market Review - October 8, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 15, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 08/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  DEC10     179.90     175.50     180.00      +0.00
        -LETH  MAR11        N/A        N/A     185.00      +0.10
        -LETH  MAY11        N/A        N/A     185.00      +0.10
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV10     500.00     461.00     488.30     +20.30
        -SASK  JAN11     509.10     466.70     497.50     +22.20
        -SASK  MAR11     514.10     473.70     502.40     +20.60

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 08/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC10   7.19 1/4   6.46       7.19 1/4  +0.64 1/4
        -CBT   MAR11   7.53 3/4   6.80       7.53 3/4  +0.65 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC10   7.66 1/2   6.93 3/4   7.64 1/2  +0.58 1/2
        -MINN  MAR11   7.79 1/4   7.08       7.78 3/4  +0.59
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC10   7.59 1/2   6.82       7.58 1/2  +0.69 1/4
        -KANS  MAR11   7.73 1/2   6.96 1/2   7.73      +0.70
CORN    -CBT   DEC10   5.28 1/4   4.56       5.28 1/4  +0.62 1/2
        -CBT   MAR11   5.37 1/2   4.68       5.37 1/2  +0.59 1/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC10   3.69 1/2   3.37 1/2   3.69 1/2  +0.36 1/4
        -CBT   MAR11   3.79       3.48 3/4   3.79      +0.35 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV10  11.35      10.44      11.35      +0.78
        -CBT   JAN11  11.45      10.54 1/2  11.45      +0.78 1/4
        -CBT   MAR11  11.53 1/4  10.62      11.53 1/4  +0.78 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC10      46.62      43.42      46.62      +2.79
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN11      46.93      43.88      46.93      +2.80
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC10     316.20     287.00     316.20     +26.30
($/ton) -CBT   JAN11     317.50     294.00     317.50     +26.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 04/2010 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           172.00-174.00    164.00-185.00
      -REDDEER             N/A              N/A
      -EDMTN          161.67-175.00    160.00-175.00
OATS  -EDMTN          116.72-150.00         N/A
PEAS - EDMTN          156.16-183.72    156.16-183.72
BARLEY-LETH           163.00-165.00    158.00-172.00
      -MH/BRKS        153.00-165.00    153.00-165.00
      -CALGARY             N/A              N/A
      -REDDEER             N/A              N/A
      -VERM           121.71-137.79    121.71-137.79
      -EDMTN          128.60-164.00    137.79-151.57
      -GRANDEP        137.79-149.27    137.79-149.27
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 06/2010
      -Meal (FOB)        206.73           215.73
      -Seed (DEL)        453.13           461.77

ELEVATOR BIDS on Oct 08/2010 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     142.84           154.79
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     156.50           158.03
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     150.54           149.71
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       483.44           498.40
CANOLA     -Red Deer     474.19           459.17

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 07/2010
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           225.06      6.13      6.79
     FEED                         152.49      4.15      3.45
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    201.18      5.48      4.83
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 826.73      0.37      0.27
         #1 ESTON                 716.94      0.33      0.23
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                482.26      0.22      0.27
         #1 BROWN                 392.75      0.18      0.20
         #1 ORIENTAL              438.17      0.20      0.26

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 07/2010
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    353.35   368.70   356.79   287.43    +24.1%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*     390.05     N/A    367.26   280.41    +31.0%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A      N/A      N/A    192.41     N/A
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A      N/A      N/A    230.15     N/A
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           174.72   176.52   164.95   139.90    +17.9%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     143.15   154.83   137.70   110.33    +24.8%
      -#2 STOCKTON            N/A      N/A      N/A    185.36     N/A
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          392.20   412.78   403.43   384.67     +4.9%
EXCH RATE Oct 07/2010: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0185  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9818
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 03/2010
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 9   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)     88.4   1,780.9   2,503.4    -28.9%     -8.8%
 DURUM              46.2     767.0     488.5    +57.0%     -1.6%
 BARLEY             78.8     219.5     284.0    -22.7%     -8.1%
 OATS               30.4     267.6     202.4    +32.2%    -20.2%
 PEAS              102.6     555.0     254.7   +117.9%    +10.2%
 FLAXSEED           10.6      63.5      38.1    +66.7%    -35.2%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    184.9   1,099.5     954.9    +15.1%    -15.8%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       96.8     950.5     661.2    +43.7%     +8.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Sep 30/2010
 WHEAT             657.4  10,317.0   8,112.7    +27.2%    +41.9%
 BARLEY               .9      48.1      28.8    +67.2%    +66.7%
 CORN              901.4   4,245.3   4,882.2    -13.0%     +6.1%
 SOYBEANS          445.2   1,605.9   1,104.3    +45.4%     -0.7%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jul 31/2010
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   3,379.6  42,390.8  40,097.8     +5.7%     -5.7%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar