Weekly Crop Market Review - December 7, 2012

The next weekly will be published on Friday, December 14, 2012
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Dec 07/2012
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  MAR13        N/A        N/A     248.00      +0.00
        -SASK  MAY13        N/A        N/A     249.00      +0.00
        -SASK  JUL13        N/A        N/A     249.50      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  JAN13     606.40     584.50     598.60      +4.30
        -SASK  MAR13     603.60     583.60     595.10      +1.00
        -SASK  MAY13     601.20     582.90     593.30      +0.70
DURUM   -WPG   MAR13        N/A        N/A     316.00      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     320.00      +0.00
        -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     323.00      +0.00
MILLING -WPG   MAR13     303.40     301.00     301.70      -6.90
WHEAT   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     304.70      -6.90
        -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     306.70      -6.90

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Dec 07/2012
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAR13   8.77 1/4   8.51 1/2   8.61      -0.02 1/2
        -CBT   MAY13   8.85       8.60       8.70 1/4  -0.01 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAR13   9.48 1/4   9.25 1/4   9.34      -0.02 3/4
        -MINN  MAY13   9.58 1/4   9.35       9.42 3/4  -0.03 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  MAR13   9.24 1/4   8.98       9.09 3/4  -0.03 1/2
        -KANS  MAY13   9.32 3/4   9.08       9.19 1/2  -0.02 3/4
CORN    -CBT   MAR13   7.64       7.35       7.37 1/4  -0.15 1/2
        -CBT   MAY13   7.62 1/4   7.36 3/4   7.39 1/4  -0.12 3/4
OATS    -CBT   MAR13   4.02       3.78 1/4   3.91 1/4  +0.12 1/2
        -CBT   MAY13   4.04       3.83       3.94 3/4  +0.12
SOYBEAN -CBT   JAN13  14.98 1/4  14.36      14.72 1/4  +0.33 1/2
        -CBT   MAR13  14.93 3/4  14.30      14.72      +0.39 1/2
        -CBT   MAY13  14.71      14.07 1/2  14.53 1/4  +0.43 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   JAN13      51.38      49.06      51.13      +1.39
(¢/lb)  -CBT   MAR13      51.85      49.53      51.62      +1.39
SOYMEAL -CBT   JAN13     452.90     434.20     442.90      +8.00
($/ton) -CBT   MAR13     447.00     427.20     437.90     +10.40

FEEDMILL BIDS on Dec 03/2012 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A       305.00-307.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       304.00-312.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       302.00-306.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A       181.00-193.00
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A       327.00-334.00
BARLEY-LETH                N/A       276.00-280.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A       268.00-270.00
      -CALGARY             N/A       270.00-275.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       264.00-270.00
      -VERM                N/A       260.00-262.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       258.00-263.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A       229.00-240.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Dec 05/2012
      -Meal (FOB)        331.65           305.86
      -Seed (DEL)        597.99           585.12


ELEVATOR BIDS on Dec 07/2012 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     288.32           281.52
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     193.26             N/A
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     235.73           244.60
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       569.65           566.90
CANOLA     -Red Deer     603.01           594.04

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Dec 06/2012
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           504.13     13.72      8.84
     FEED                         273.74      7.45      5.16
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    309.02      8.41      8.63
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 447.76      0.20      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 476.64      0.22      0.26
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                851.53      0.39      0.36
         #1 BROWN                 728.40      0.33      0.32
         #1 ORIENTAL              587.53      0.27      0.25

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Dec 06/2012
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    322.65   318.28   319.33   302.96     +5.4%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       365.63   368.26   363.72   343.49     +5.9%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           294.00   295.29   295.07   252.02    +17.1%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS     213.04   213.40   216.36   207.49     +4.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          548.71   532.60   585.34   494.95    +18.3%
EXCH RATE Dec 06/2012: US$ in CANADA$  .9911  CANADA$ IN US$ 1.0090
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Dec 02/2012
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #18   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    280.2   4,346.8   4,590.2     -5.3%     +7.3%
 DURUM              85.8   1,669.7   1,292.0    +29.2%     -1.7%
 BARLEY             62.5     651.7     421.3    +54.7%    +41.7%
 OATS               24.6     472.0     559.4    -15.6%    +10.4%
 PEAS                 .6     690.4     843.7    -18.2%     +2.9%
 FLAXSEED           11.2      59.9      91.8    -34.7%     -4.9%
 CANOLA             75.5   2,829.8   3,099.2     -8.7%    -33.6%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Dec 05/2012
 CANOLA CRUSH      131.9   2,574.0   2,270.0    +13.4%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Nov 29/2012
 WHEAT             386.1  12,546.1  14,522.6    -13.6%     +4.8%
 BARLEY               .3     121.2     122.1     -0.7%    +11.1%
 CORN              244.5   5,291.8  10,186.7    -48.1%    -25.5%
 SOYBEANS        1,390.2  16,338.4  11,679.0    +39.9%     -1.2%

NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Oct 31/2012
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   4,178.5   7,437.1   6,844.4     +8.7%     -8.4%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar