Weekly Crop Market Review - October 15, 2010

The next weekly will be published on Friday, October 22, 2010
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 15/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  DEC10     187.10     187.10     180.00      +0.00
        -LETH  MAR11        N/A        N/A     185.00      +0.00
        -LETH  MAY11        N/A        N/A     185.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV10     502.10     486.40     498.40     +10.10
        -SASK  JAN11     509.90     496.00     506.90      +9.40
        -SASK  MAR11     517.00     502.10     513.90     +11.50

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 15/2010
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC10   7.25       6.97 1/2   7.04 1/2  -0.14 3/4
        -CBT   MAR11   7.59       7.33 1/2   7.40 3/4  -0.13
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC10   7.80       7.41 3/4   7.54      -0.10 1/2
        -MINN  MAR11   7.93 3/4   7.55 1/2   7.68      -0.10 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC10   7.61 1/2   7.34 3/4   7.45      -0.13 1/2
        -KANS  MAR11   7.72       7.50       7.59 3/4  -0.13 1/4
CORN    -CBT   DEC10   5.85 1/2   5.55       5.63      +0.34 3/4
        -CBT   MAR11   5.95       5.63 3/4   5.75      +0.37 1/2
OATS    -CBT   DEC10   3.83       3.69       3.70 1/4  +0.00 3/4
        -CBT   MAR11   3.94 1/4   3.79       3.80 1/4  +0.01 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV10  11.98      11.51      11.85      +0.50
        -CBT   JAN11  12.07      11.62      11.95 3/4  +0.50 3/4
        -CBT   MAR11  12.13 1/2  11.70 1/2  12.03 1/2  +0.50 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC10      48.05      46.15      47.77      +1.15
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN11      48.39      46.60      48.12      +1.19
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC10     336.00     325.00     328.20     +12.00
($/ton) -CBT   JAN11     337.00     326.00     329.40     +11.90

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 11/2010 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           167.00-175.00    172.00-174.00
      -REDDEER             N/A              N/A
      -EDMTN          146.98-170.00    161.67-175.00
OATS  -EDMTN          116.72-148.00    116.72-150.00
PEAS - EDMTN          156.16-160.00    156.16-183.72
BARLEY-LETH           162.00-166.00    163.00-165.00
      -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          128.60-158.00    128.60-164.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A         137.79-149.27
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 13/2010
      -Meal (FOB)        246.40           206.73
      -Seed (DEL)        474.80           453.13

ELEVATOR BIDS on Oct 15/2010 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     142.51           142.84
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     172.62           156.50
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     145.31           150.54
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       483.44           483.44
CANOLA     -Red Deer     473.75           474.19

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 14/2010
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           236.08      6.42      6.69
     FEED                         152.49      4.15      3.45
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    205.95      5.61      4.83
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 817.58      0.37      0.27
         #1 ESTON                 715.40      0.32      0.24
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                482.26      0.22      0.25
         #1 BROWN                 392.75      0.18      0.19
         #1 ORIENTAL              438.17      0.20      0.21

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 14/2010
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    374.20   353.35   358.37   287.43    +24.7%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A    390.05   367.26   280.41    +31.0%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A      N/A      N/A    192.41     N/A
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A      N/A      N/A    230.15     N/A
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           201.88   174.72   168.31   139.90    +20.3%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     155.25   143.15   139.30   110.33    +26.3%
      -#2 STOCKTON            N/A      N/A      N/A    185.36     N/A
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          433.77   392.20   406.19   384.67     +5.6%
EXCH RATE Oct 14/2010: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0060  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9940
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 10/2010
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #10   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    245.1   2,062.6   2,749.3    -25.0%     -8.8%
 DURUM              83.0     857.9     535.3    +60.3%     -1.6%
 BARLEY             12.3     231.8     285.3    -18.8%     -8.1%
 OATS               35.9     303.5     232.2    +30.7%    -20.2%
 PEAS               49.4     604.4     302.3    +99.9%    +10.2%
 FLAXSEED             .6      64.1      38.6    +66.1%    -35.2%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    198.6   1,298.1   1,159.4    +12.0%    -15.8%
 CANOLA-CRUSH      113.9   1,064.3     720.4    +47.7%     +8.6%
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 07/2010
 WHEAT             596.3  11,093.8   8,625.7    +28.6%    +41.9%
 BARLEY             N/A       69.9      29.0   +140.8%    +66.7%
 CORN              779.0   5,104.2   5,502.7     -7.2%     +0.7%
 SOYBEANS        1,032.0   2,914.2   1,798.3    +62.0%     +1.5%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Aug 31/2010
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   3,331.1  45,721.9  43,162.7     +5.9%     -5.0%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar