Weekly Grain Market Review - April 19, 2013

The next weekly will be published on Friday, April 26, 2013
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 19/2013
              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     194.00     -40.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY13     641.80     616.00     640.00     +14.60
        -SASK  JUL13     626.90     602.90     624.40     +11.70
        -SASK  NOV13     564.80     552.00     562.50      +2.00
DURUM   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     310.80      +0.00
WHEAT   -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     313.80      +0.00
        -WPG   OCT13        N/A        N/A     299.10      +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. $/BUSHEL) as of Apr 19/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY13   7.15 1/2   6.88 1/2   7.09      -0.05 3/4
        -CBT   JUL13   7.20       6.94 1/2   7.11 1/2  -0.08
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY13   8.29 1/2   7.91 1/4   8.25 1/2  +0.17 3/4
        -MINN  JUL13   8.10       7.82       8.06 1/4  +0.07 1/2
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY13   7.54 1/2   7.29 1/4   7.46      -0.07
        -KANS  JUL13   7.61       7.35 1/4   7.50 1/2  -0.08 3/4
CORN    -CBT   MAY13   6.65 1/4   6.41       6.52      -0.06 1/2
        -CBT   JUL13   6.45       6.21 3/4   6.33      -0.08 1/4
OATS    -CBT   MAY13   3.94 3/4   3.64 1/4   3.92      +0.11 1/2
        -CBT   JUL13   3.86 3/4   3.58       3.83      +0.10 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY13  14.41 1/2  13.89      14.28 1/4  +0.15 1/4
        -CBT   JUL13  14.00 1/2  13.50 1/2  13.82 1/2  +0.03 1/4
        -CBT   AUG13  13.47 3/4  13.10 1/4  13.28 1/2  -0.10 3/4
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY13      50.08      48.00      49.16      -0.07
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL13      49.99      48.18      49.18      -0.24
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY13     417.20     392.00     412.40     +12.20
($/ton) -CBT   JUL13     408.90     388.00     402.50      +5.10

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 15/2013 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A       287.00-290.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       288.00-292.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       290.00-293.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A       238.00-245.00
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A       321.00-327.00
BARLEY-LETH                N/A       287.00-290.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A       282.00-286.00
      -CALGARY             N/A       284.00-291.00
      -REDDEER             N/A       276.00-283.00
      -VERM                N/A       262.00-265.00
      -EDMTN               N/A       264.00-270.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A       221.00-232.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 17/2013
      -Meal (FOB)        328.97           307.62
      -Seed (DEL)        636.03           630.25


ELEVATOR BIDS (CND $/TONNE) on Apr 18/2013
                HIGH       LOW   AVERAGE    CHANGE
*CWRS         300.75    277.91    293.11    +11.19
**CPS         277.44    225.87    261.12     +7.37

* #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 19/2013 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer       N/A            266.21
FEED OATS  -Red Deer       N/A            199.87
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer       N/A            237.82
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       666.89           645.64
CANOLA     -Red Deer       N/A            637.22

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 18/2013
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           600.21     16.34     10.67
     FEED                         278.89      7.59      5.16
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    322.06      8.77      8.72
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 473.11      0.21      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 494.71      0.22      0.31
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                871.59      0.40      0.35
         #1 BROWN                 765.22      0.35      0.30
         #1 ORIENTAL              643.97      0.29      0.27

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 18/2013
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS      N/A    304.52   309.72   302.96     +2.2%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND         N/A    343.33   353.54   343.49     +2.9%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           263.35   262.31   289.45   252.02    +14.9%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS       N/A    206.11   213.49   207.49     +2.9%
      -#2 TULARE            332.51   327.55   339.73   313.29     +8.4%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          553.23   542.38   564.68   494.95    +14.1%
EXCH RATE Apr 18/2013: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0260  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9747

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 14/2013
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #37   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    230.4   9,408.5   9,766.3     -3.7%     +7.3%
 DURUM              89.6   3,062.0   2,441.7    +25.4%     +6.7%
 BARLEY             36.7   1,144.7     924.2    +23.9%     +8.3%
 OATS               21.3     807.9     863.6     -6.4%    -20.2%
 PEAS               25.0   1,381.7   1,249.9    +10.5%     +2.9%
 FLAXSEED           15.1     210.2     171.2    +22.8%     -4.9%
 CANOLA            189.8   5,645.2   6,750.0    -16.4%    -33.6%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 17/2013
 CANOLA CRUSH      120.1   4,984.1   4,958.4     +0.5%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 11/2013
 WHEAT             638.9  22,996.1  23,734.2     -3.1%     -2.4%
 BARLEY               .1     135.6     138.2     -1.8%    -11.1%
 CORN              373.4  11,631.3  26,010.4    -55.3%    -46.5%
 SOYBEANS          131.0  33,518.9  28,874.7    +16.1%     -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