Weekly Crop Market Review - April 12, 2013

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 19, 2013
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 12/2013
              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     234.00     -10.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY13     628.70     611.00     625.40     +14.20
        -SASK  JUL13     616.00     597.90     612.70     +14.80
        -SASK  NOV13     563.20     547.90     560.50     +11.80
DURUM   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     310.80      -0.20
WHEAT   -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     313.80      -0.20
        -WPG   OCT13        N/A        N/A     299.10      -0.20
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. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 12/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY13   7.16       6.88       7.14 3/4  +0.15 3/4
        -CBT   JUL13   7.20 1/2   6.93 3/4   7.19 1/2  +0.15 1/4
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY13   8.13       7.76 3/4   8.07 3/4  +0.20 1/4
        -MINN  JUL13   8.02 1/2   7.74       7.98 3/4  +0.12 1/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY13   7.57       7.26 1/4   7.53      +0.27
        -KANS  JUL13   7.63       7.33 1/4   7.59 1/4  +0.26 1/2
CORN    -CBT   MAY13   6.66 3/4   6.27 1/2   6.58 1/2  +0.29 1/2
        -CBT   JUL13   6.47 1/4   6.15 3/4   6.41 1/4  +0.23 1/2
OATS    -CBT   MAY13   3.81       3.57 1/2   3.80 1/2  +0.21
        -CBT   JUL13   3.72 3/4   3.51 1/2   3.72 3/4  +0.20 3/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY13  14.19      13.56 1/4  14.13      +0.51 1/4
        -CBT   JUL13  13.83 3/4  13.37 3/4  13.79 1/4  +0.35 1/2
        -CBT   AUG13  13.50 3/4  13.13 1/2  13.39 1/4  +0.22
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY13      50.23      48.69      49.23      +0.40
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL13      50.42      48.95      49.42      +0.31
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY13     403.30     389.80     400.20      +8.40
($/ton) -CBT   JUL13     400.70     388.20     397.40      +6.90

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 08/2013 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A       290.00-292.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       288.00-294.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       290.00-294.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A       240.00-245.00
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A       318.00-324.00
BARLEY-LETH                N/A       288.00-294.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A       278.00-285.00
      -CALGARY             N/A       280.00-286.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       275.00-280.00
      -VERM                N/A       265.00-268.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       265.00-270.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A       215.00-228.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 10/2013
      -Meal (FOB)        307.62           318.33
      -Seed (DEL)        630.25           627.57


ELEVATOR BIDS (CND $/TONNE) on Apr 11/2013
                HIGH       LOW   AVERAGE    CHANGE
*CWRS         289.81    267.10    281.92     +1.32
**CPS         269.80    224.59    253.75     +5.36

* #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 12/2013 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer     266.21           263.38
FEED OATS  -Red Deer     199.87           206.09
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer     237.82           251.40
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       645.64           629.89
CANOLA     -Red Deer     637.22           626.48

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 11/2013
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           600.21     16.34     10.39
     FEED                         278.89      7.59      5.03
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    323.71      8.81      8.67
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 476.41      0.22      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 500.22      0.23      0.31
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                860.57      0.39      0.35
         #1 BROWN                 765.22      0.35      0.30
         #1 ORIENTAL              631.07      0.29      0.25

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 11/2013
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    304.52   294.22   309.72   302.96     +2.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       343.33   340.34   353.54   343.49     +2.9%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           262.31   250.07   290.16   252.02    +15.1%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS     206.11   206.44   213.49   207.49     +2.9%
      -#2 TULARE            327.55   340.34   339.97   313.29     +8.5%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          542.38   529.48   564.99   494.95    +14.2%
EXCH RATE Apr 11/2013: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0107  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9894

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 10/2013
 CANOLA CRUSH      144.1   4,864.0   4,816.7     +1.0%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 04/2013
 WHEAT             739.2  22,321.7  23,020.9     -3.0%     -2.4%
 BARLEY             N/A      135.5     138.2     -1.9%    -11.1%
 CORN              256.5  11,246.3  24,907.5    -54.8%    -46.5%
 SOYBEANS          415.1  33,361.8  28,360.8    +17.6%     -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