Weekly Crop Market Review - February 22, 2013

The next weekly will be published on Friday, March 1, 2013
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Feb 22/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  MAR13        N/A        N/A     241.50      +0.00
        -SASK  MAY13        N/A        N/A     242.50      +0.00
        -SASK  JUL13        N/A        N/A     243.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAR13     649.90     630.20     632.00      +1.80
        -SASK  MAY13     638.10     615.80     621.40      +5.60
        -SASK  JUL13     624.60     603.50     609.80      +7.60
DURUM   -WPG   MAR13        N/A        N/A     307.00      +2.80
WHEAT   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     311.00      +2.80
        -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     314.00      +2.80
MILLING -WPG   MAR13        N/A        N/A     291.00      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     294.00      +0.00
        -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     296.00      +0.00

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Feb 22/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAR13   7.47 1/4   7.13 1/2   7.15      -0.27 1/4
        -CBT   MAY13   7.52 1/2   7.17 1/2   7.18 3/4  -0.29 3/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAR13   8.27 1/4   8.01 3/4   8.02 3/4  -0.20 3/4
        -MINN  MAY13   8.44       8.10 1/2   8.12      -0.27 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAR13   7.82 3/4   7.48 3/4   7.49 3/4  -0.27 3/4
        -KANS  MAY13   7.94       7.58 3/4   7.59 1/2  -0.29 1/4
CORN    -CBT   MAR13   7.03 1/4   6.90       6.90 1/4  -0.08 1/2
        -CBT   MAY13   7.00 1/2   6.83 1/2   6.84 1/4  -0.12 3/4
OATS    -CBT   MAR13   3.93       3.74       3.88      +0.09
        -CBT   MAY13   3.93 1/2   3.79       3.85 1/4  +0.05 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAR13  15.16 1/2  14.32 1/4  14.61 1/4  +0.36 3/4
        -CBT   MAY13  14.97      14.21      14.43 3/4  +0.29
        -CBT   JUL13  14.83 1/2  14.11 1/2  14.29      +0.24 1/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAR13      52.79      50.30      50.35      -1.27
(¢/lb)  -CBT   MAY13      53.13      50.67      50.73      -1.28
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAR13     445.00     412.50     426.90     +17.50
($/ton) -CBT   MAY13     443.90     411.60     426.40     +17.50

FEEDMILL BIDS on Feb 18/2013 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A       297.00-300.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       298.00-305.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       293.00-302.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A       192.00-206.00
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A       308.00-316.00
BARLEY-LETH                N/A       281.00-284.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A       276.00-281.00
      -CALGARY             N/A       276.00-280.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       269.00-273.00
      -VERM                N/A       262.00-265.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       260.00-265.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A       213.00-222.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Feb 20/2013
      -Meal (FOB)        349.56           321.40
      -Seed (DEL)        639.93           623.60


ELEVATOR BIDS (CND $/TONNE) on Feb 21/2013
                HIGH       LOW   AVERAGE    CHANGE
*CWRS         297.23    269.55    288.93     +0.00
**CPS         280.75    242.44    266.45     +0.00

* #1/2 Canada Western Red Spring Wheat, 13% or higher protein
** #1/2 Canada Prairie Spring Wheat, 10.5% or higher protein


ELEVATOR BIDS on Feb 22/2013 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     276.28           274.08
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     208.94           200.67
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     250.84           250.86
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       576.74           576.74
CANOLA     -Red Deer     628.40           638.99

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Feb 21/2013
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           584.59     15.91      9.03
     FEED                         275.03      7.48      5.41
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    322.61      8.78      8.42
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 446.43      0.20      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 491.52      0.22      0.27
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                860.57      0.39      0.36
         #1 BROWN                 765.22      0.35      0.31
         #1 ORIENTAL              609.24      0.28      0.23

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Feb 21/2013
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    297.20   298.35   311.00   302.96     +2.7%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       346.42   341.95   354.66   343.49     +3.3%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           284.24   280.93   290.97   252.02    +15.5%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS     213.36   209.69   213.79   207.49     +3.0%
      -#2 TULARE            345.86   339.92   340.00   313.29     +8.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          568.85   533.79   567.28   494.95    +14.6%
EXCH RATE Feb 21/2013: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0187  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9816

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 10/2013
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #28   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    297.9   7,215.6   7,164.5     +0.7%     +7.3%
 DURUM              47.9   2,435.9   1,982.9    +22.8%     +6.7%
 BARLEY              8.9     896.8     646.6    +38.7%     +8.3%
 OATS               19.2     667.8     745.3    -10.4%    -20.2%
 PEAS               77.3     973.1   1,081.7    -10.0%     +2.9%
 FLAXSEED            1.9     157.5     125.0    +26.0%     -4.9%
 CANOLA            120.4   4,323.4   5,152.0    -16.1%    -33.6%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 20/2013
 CANOLA CRUSH      130.6   3,922.3   3,804.2     +3.1%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Feb 14/2013
 WHEAT             825.6  17,789.2  19,489.5     -8.7%     N/A
 BARLEY               .3     122.3     127.8     -4.3%     N/A
 CORN              241.3   8,547.5  19,714.1    -56.6%    -41.7%
 SOYBEANS        1,099.1  29,360.3  22,748.0    +29.1%     -1.2%

NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Dec 31/2012
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   4,351.7  16,070.0  14,647.0     +9.7%     -5.2%

* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar