Weekly Crop Market Review - October 26, 2012

The next weekly will be published on Friday, November 2, 2012
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Oct 26/2012
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  DEC12        N/A        N/A     250.00      +0.00
        -SASK  MAR13        N/A        N/A     253.00      +0.00
        -SASK  MAY13        N/A        N/A     254.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV12     625.20     613.00     618.90      +7.00
        -SASK  JAN13     624.80     609.50     619.90      +9.30
        -SASK  MAR13     622.10     611.20     617.70      +8.60
DURUM   -WPG   DEC12        N/A        N/A     312.40      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   MAR13        N/A        N/A     319.00      +0.00
        -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     323.00      +0.00
MILLING -WPG   DEC12     308.50     308.50     308.50      +3.90
WHEAT   -WPG   MAR13        N/A        N/A     318.00      +3.90
        -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     321.00      +3.90

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Oct 26/2012
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   DEC12   8.95       8.60       8.63 3/4  -0.08 3/4
        -CBT   MAR13   9.08       8.72 3/4   8.78 1/2  -0.05 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  DEC12   9.63 1/2   9.35 1/2   9.40      -0.02 1/2
        -MINN  MAR13   9.66 1/2   9.36       9.44      +0.01 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  DEC12   9.35       8.98 1/2   9.09 1/4  +0.01 1/4
        -KANS  MAR13   9.47 1/4   9.11 1/2   9.23 1/4  +0.03 3/4
CORN    -CBT   DEC12   7.67       7.37       7.37 3/4  -0.23 3/4
        -CBT   MAR13   7.65       7.39       7.39 3/4  -0.19 3/4
OATS    -CBT   DEC12   4.00       3.81       3.89 3/4  -0.04 1/2
        -CBT   MAR13   4.03       3.86 3/4   3.96 1/2  -0.01 1/2
SOYBEAN -CBT   NOV12  15.74 3/4  15.26 1/2  15.61 1/4  +0.27
        -CBT   JAN13  15.77      15.29      15.63 3/4  +0.27 1/4
        -CBT   MAR13  15.43      14.97      15.37      +0.27 3/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   DEC12      52.23      50.70      50.96      -0.62
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JAN13      52.63      51.06      51.31      -0.67
SOYMEAL -CBT   DEC12     484.60     461.30     483.40     +19.60
($/ton) -CBT   JAN13     479.00     457.10     478.10     +19.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Oct 22/2012 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A       288.00-294.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       285.00-293.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       290.00-298.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A       191.00-198.00
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A       290.00-302.00
BARLEY-LETH                N/A       277.00-283.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A       274.00-280.00
      -CALGARY             N/A       268.00-272.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       259.00-268.00
      -VERM                N/A       258.00-264.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       250.00-265.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A       216.00-235.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Oct 24/2012
      -Meal (FOB)        343.34           312.11
      -Seed (DEL)        611.99           594.16


ELEVATOR BIDS on Oct 26/2012 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     267.48           266.56
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     190.87           181.71
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     231.56           221.17
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       561.39           546.82
CANOLA     -Red Deer     601.30           614.39

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Oct 25/2012
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           397.57     10.82      9.05
     FEED                         275.76      7.51      5.25
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    304.06      8.28      8.73
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 472.89      0.21      0.27
         #1 ESTON                 492.07      0.22      0.26
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                795.09      0.36      0.35
         #1 BROWN                 687.40      0.31      0.32
         #1 ORIENTAL              573.20      0.26      0.26

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Oct 25/2012
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    327.22   319.19   316.74   302.96     +4.5%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       374.88   368.04   358.87   343.49     +4.5%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           290.72   290.90   296.91   252.02    +17.8%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS     219.12   217.13   216.08   207.49     +4.1%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          574.82   562.92   604.98   494.95    +22.2%
EXCH RATE Oct 25/2012: US$ in CANADA$  .9939  CANADA$ IN US$ 1.0061
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 21/2012
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #12   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    317.5   3,067.6   2,939.7     +4.4%     +7.3%
 DURUM              60.4     992.3     670.3    +48.0%     -1.7%
 BARLEY              1.6     219.5     178.6    +22.9%    +41.7%
 OATS               31.0     328.4     360.8     -9.0%    +10.4%
 PEAS               20.0     510.9     607.1    -15.8%     +2.9%
 FLAXSEED             .3      23.2      60.3    -61.5%     -4.9%
 CANOLA            226.6   1,786.4   1,792.8     -0.4%    -33.6%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 24/2012
 CANOLA CRUSH      155.2   1,728.8   1,474.8    +17.2%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Oct 18/2012
 WHEAT             446.4  10,694.6  12,009.0    -10.9%     +9.5%
 BARLEY             N/A       97.2     117.4    -17.2%    +11.1%
 CORN              244.0   3,222.9   4,953.9    -34.9%    -25.5%
 SOYBEANS        1,671.6   6,597.8   4,313.4    +53.0%     -7.0%

NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Aug 31/2012
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   3,395.7  44,202.3  42,896.3     +3.0%     -9.6%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar