Weekly Crop Market Review - April 5, 2013

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 12, 2013
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 05/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
BARLEY  -SASK  MAY13        N/A        N/A     243.50      +0.00
        -SASK  JUL13        N/A        N/A     244.00      +0.00
        -SASK  OCT13        N/A        N/A     244.00      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY13     628.20     604.00     611.20     -14.30
        -SASK  JUL13     614.40     590.20     597.90     -10.90
        -SASK  NOV13     560.10     543.30     548.70      -5.80
DURUM   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     311.00      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     314.00      +0.00
        -WPG   OCT13        N/A        N/A     299.30      +0.00
MILLING -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     292.00      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     294.00      +0.00
        -WPG   OCT13        N/A        N/A     294.00      +0.00

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 05/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY13   7.05 1/2   6.59 3/4   6.99      +0.11 1/4
        -CBT   JUL13   7.10 1/4   6.64 3/4   7.04 1/4  +0.13 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY13   8.06 1/4   7.61 1/4   7.87 1/2  +0.07 1/4
        -MINN  JUL13   8.03 1/4   7.60       7.86 1/2  +0.06
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY13   7.43 1/2   7.04 1/2   7.26      -0.00 3/4
        -KANS  JUL13   7.50 1/4   7.11 1/2   7.32 3/4  +0.00 1/2
CORN    -CBT   MAY13   6.79       6.26 1/2   6.29      -0.66 1/4
        -CBT   JUL13   6.57 1/4   6.15       6.17 3/4  -0.58 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY13   3.97       3.55       3.59 1/2  -0.36 3/4
        -CBT   JUL13   3.90 1/2   3.48       3.52      -0.39 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY13  14.08 1/4  13.54 1/2  13.61 3/4  -0.43
        -CBT   JUL13  13.88 1/4  13.36 1/2  13.43 3/4  -0.41 3/4
        -CBT   AUG13  13.52 1/2  13.11      13.17 1/4  -0.29 1/2
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY13      50.50      48.25      48.83      -1.28
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL13      50.73      48.55      49.11      -1.24
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY13     406.30     390.30     391.80     -12.80
($/ton) -CBT   JUL13     402.00     388.70     390.50     -10.00

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 01/2013 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           290.00-292.00    290.00-292.00
      -REDDEER        288.00-294.00    285.00-290.00
      -EDMTN          290.00-294.00    285.00-290.00
OATS  -EDMTN          240.00-245.00    218.00-226.00
PEAS - EDMTN          318.00-324.00    312.00-318.00
BARLEY-LETH           288.00-294.00    290.00-295.00
      -MH/BRKS        278.00-285.00    285.00-288.00
      -CALGARY        280.00-286.00    283.00-286.00
      -REDDEER        275.00-280.00    275.00-278.00
      -VERM           265.00-268.00    258.00-262.00
      -EDMTN          265.00-270.00    268.00-273.00
      -GRANDEP        215.00-228.00    228.00-234.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 03/2013
      -Meal (FOB)        318.33           341.42
      -Seed (DEL)        627.57           644.47


ELEVATOR BIDS (CND $/TONNE) on Apr 04/2013
                HIGH       LOW   AVERAGE    CHANGE
*CWRS         287.96    268.22    280.60     -5.77
**CPS         267.02    220.69    248.39    -17.41

* #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 Apr 05/2013 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     263.38           273.96
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     206.09           218.20
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     251.40           249.34
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       629.89           614.14
CANOLA     -Red Deer     626.48           634.51

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 04/2013
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           587.35     15.99     10.06
     FEED                         278.89      7.59      5.16
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    323.71      8.81      8.82
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 468.15      0.21      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 492.62      0.22      0.31
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                860.57      0.39      0.35
         #1 BROWN                 765.22      0.35      0.30
         #1 ORIENTAL              606.60      0.28      0.25

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 04/2013
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    294.22     N/A    309.89   302.96     +2.3%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       340.34     N/A    353.90   343.49     +3.0%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           250.07   300.29   290.93   252.02    +15.4%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS     206.44   212.79   213.70   207.49     +3.0%
      -#2 TULARE            340.34   341.59   340.38   313.29     +8.6%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          529.48   556.71   565.61   494.95    +14.3%
EXCH RATE Apr 04/2013: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0123  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9878

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 31/2013
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #35   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    199.7   8,929.6   9,104.6     -1.9%     +7.3%
 DURUM              50.9   2,906.2   2,317.8    +25.4%     +6.7%
 BARLEY             35.5   1,092.2     880.9    +24.0%     +8.3%
 OATS                8.8     759.8     842.8     -9.8%    -20.2%
 PEAS               89.2   1,356.2   1,214.6    +11.7%     +2.9%
 FLAXSEED             .2     194.1     157.3    +23.4%     -4.9%
 CANOLA            143.5   5,310.8   6,418.8    -17.3%    -33.6%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 03/2013
 CANOLA CRUSH      130.5   4,719.9   4,667.9     +1.1%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Mar 28/2013
 WHEAT             700.4  21,568.6  22,534.9     -4.3%     -2.4%
 BARLEY              1.1     135.5     138.0     -1.8%    -11.1%
 CORN              486.2  10,960.1  24,232.5    -54.8%    -46.5%
 SOYBEANS          443.6  32,930.6  27,590.9    +19.4%     -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