Weekly Crop Market Review - August 26, 2011

The next weekly will be published on Friday, September 2, 2011
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Aug 26/2011
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -LETH  OCT11     205.00     201.00     205.00      +6.00
        -LETH  DEC11     208.00     205.00     207.00      +2.00
        -LETH  MAR12     210.00     210.00     210.00      +5.00
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV11     572.00     549.20     567.50     +13.10
        -SASK  JAN12     580.10     557.50     576.00     +13.20
        -SASK  MAR12     588.10     570.50     584.20     +13.40

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Aug 26/2011
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP11   7.68 1/2   7.30 3/4   7.62 1/4  +0.31 1/2
        -CBT   DEC11   8.03 1/4   7.61 1/2   7.97      +0.35 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  SEP11   9.69 3/4   9.10 1/2   9.56 1/4  +0.11
        -MINN  DEC11   9.45 1/2   8.96 1/4   9.36 3/4  +0.16
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP11   8.75       8.16 1/4   8.66      +0.47
        -KANS  DEC11   8.94       8.40       8.92      +0.49 1/4
CORN    -CBT   SEP11   7.54 3/4   7.11 1/2   7.52 1/2  +0.41 1/2
        -CBT   DEC11   7.68 1/2   7.25 1/2   7.67      +0.41 3/4
OATS    -CBT   SEP11   3.79 1/4   3.47       3.79      +0.30 1/2
        -CBT   DEC11   3.88 3/4   3.56 1/2   3.88      +0.30 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   SEP11  14.18      13.62 1/4  14.14 3/4  +0.55
        -CBT   NOV11  14.26      13.71      14.23 1/2  +0.55
        -CBT   JAN12  14.35 1/4  13.81 1/4  14.32 3/4  +0.54
SOYOIL  -CBT   SEP11      56.61      55.25      56.60      +1.21
(¢/lb)  -CBT   OCT11      56.93      55.47      56.93      +1.36
SOYMEAL -CBT   SEP11     377.50     355.80     376.00     +21.90
($/ton) -CBT   OCT11     380.00     357.20     376.20     +19.70

FEEDMILL BIDS on Aug 22/2011 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           195.00-200.00    190.00-200.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         186.00-200.00
      -EDMTN          191.07-211.00    191.07-211.00
OATS  -EDMTN          129.68-180.00    136.00-175.00
PEAS - EDMTN          194.74-250.00    194.74-250.00
BARLEY-LETH           192.00-200.00    184.00-200.00
      -MH/BRKS        190.00-193.00    192.00-196.00
      -CALGARY             N/A         184.00-195.00
      -REDDEER             N/A         178.00-195.00
      -VERM           146.98-169.94    151.57-169.94
      -EDMTN          169.94-190.00    172.00-195.00
      -GRANDEP        172.24-183.72    172.00-172.24
CANOLA CRUSHER on Aug 24/2011
      -Meal (FOB)        255.67           249.17
      -Seed (DEL)        542.77           544.27

ELEVATOR BIDS on Aug 26/2011 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     166.14           169.90
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     180.95           177.92
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     148.26           158.76
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       490.53           490.52
CANOLA     -Red Deer     554.36           531.46

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Aug 25/2011
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           295.60      8.04      5.31
     FEED                         164.25      4.47      4.15
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    301.12      8.20      5.11
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 639.34      0.29      0.28
         #1 ESTON                 626.44      0.28      0.23
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                660.28      0.30      0.21
         #1 BROWN                 687.40      0.31      0.18
         #1 ORIENTAL              526.13      0.24      0.20

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Aug 25/2011
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    431.49   430.08   426.39   417.33     +2.2%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A      N/A    413.88     N/A
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A    339.21   296.63   334.17    -11.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A      N/A    319.78   378.41    -15.5%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           270.87   257.40   271.06   231.77    +16.9%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS     217.55   217.91   217.32   181.75    +19.6%
      -#2 STOCKTON            N/A      N/A      N/A    292.88     N/A
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          508.98   498.64   496.02   470.24     +5.5%
EXCH RATE Aug 25/2011: US$ in CANADA$  .9868  CANADA$ IN US$ 1.0134
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 21/2011
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 3   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    214.0     733.9     633.4    +15.9%     +5.0%
 DURUM              56.9     179.2     245.4    -27.0%    +17.7%
 BARLEY               .3        .9      63.7    -98.6%     -3.9%
 OATS                9.5      37.2      84.9    -56.2%    +20.0%
 PEAS                 .1      73.3     173.5    -57.8%    -37.9%
 FLAXSEED            2.5       7.9       8.7     -9.2%    -25.0%
 CANOLA            149.7     318.2     302.4     +5.2%     -2.9%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 24/2011
 CANOLA CRUSH       86.0     434.1     412.7     +5.2%     +5.1%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 18/2011
 WHEAT             474.1   6,831.2   5,784.9    +18.1%    -14.7%
 BARLEY              2.7      63.5       5.1  +1136.4%    +25.0%
 CORN              749.7  44,040.1  46,013.2     -4.3%     -7.8%
 SOYBEANS          295.4  40,068.7  39,242.5     +2.1%     -0.3%

NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jun 30/2011
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   3,203.7  36,317.8  39,011.2     -6.9%     -6.1%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar