Weekly Grain Market Review - April 26, 2013

The next weekly will be published on Friday, May 2, 2013
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Branch
WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Apr 26/2013
              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      +0.00
CANOLA  -SASK  MAY13     649.20     632.30     634.10      -5.90
        -SASK  JUL13     632.10     615.00     616.50      -7.90
        -SASK  NOV13     564.30     547.80     550.20     -12.30
DURUM   -WPG   MAY13        N/A        N/A     301.90      -8.90
WHEAT   -WPG   JUL13        N/A        N/A     301.90     -11.90
        -WPG   OCT13        N/A        N/A     294.90      -4.20
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 26/2013
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   MAY13   7.07 1/2   6.85 1/2   6.88 3/4  -0.20 1/4
        -CBT   JUL13   7.11       6.87 3/4   6.92 1/2  -0.19
WHEAT   -MINN  MAY13   8.35 1/2   8.10 1/4   8.11 1/4  -0.14 1/4
        -MINN  JUL13   8.18 3/4   7.93 1/4   8.04 1/2  -0.01 3/4
WHEAT   -KANS  MAY13   7.66 3/4   7.28 1/4   7.56 1/2  +0.10 1/2
        -KANS  JUL13   7.64 1/2   7.31 1/4   7.50 1/2  +0.00
CORN    -CBT   MAY13   6.49 1/2   6.36       6.44      -0.08
        -CBT   JUL13   6.30       6.10       6.19 3/4  -0.13 1/4


SOYBEAN -CBT   MAY13  14.32      14.02      14.30 3/4  +0.02 1/2
        -CBT   JUL13  13.85 1/2  13.41      13.81      -0.01 1/2
        -CBT   AUG13  13.27 1/4  12.82      13.18 1/2  -0.10
SOYOIL  -CBT   MAY13      50.37      48.20      49.66      +0.50
(¢/lb)  -CBT   JUL13      50.23      48.08      49.54      +0.36
SOYMEAL -CBT   MAY13     418.30     405.00     417.90      +5.50
($/ton) -CBT   JUL13     405.30     390.20     404.70      +2.20

FEEDMILL BIDS on Apr 22/2013 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH                N/A              286.00-291.00
      -REDDEER             N/A              290.00-294.00
      -EDMTN               N/A              292.00-295.00
OATS  -EDMTN               N/A              242.00-248.00
PEAS - EDMTN               N/A              324.00-328.00
BARLEY-LETH                N/A              287.00-290.00
      -MH/BRKS             N/A              278.00-286.00
      -CALGARY             N/A              284.00-288.00
      -REDDEER             N/A              274.00-282.00
      -VERM                N/A              262.00-265.00
      -EDMTN               N/A              265.00-270.00
      -GRANDEP             N/A              224.00-231.00
CANOLA CRUSHER on Apr 24/2013
      -Meal (FOB)        319.66           328.97
      -Seed (DEL)        637.37           636.03


ELEVATOR BIDS (CND $/TONNE) on Apr 25/2013
                HIGH       LOW   AVERAGE    CHANGE
*CWRS          298.23    278.45    291.91    -1.20
**CPS          270.00    223.21    248.72   -12.40

* #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 26/2013 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
FEED WHEAT -Red Deer      270.11            267.77
FEED OATS  -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FEED BARLEY-Red Deer      245.32            245.40
RYE        -Red Deer       N/A              N/A
FLAXSEED   -Brooks       692.74           666.89
CANOLA     -Red Deer     647.67           652.03

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Apr 25/2013
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           625.54     17.02     10.08
     FEED                         303.87      8.27      4.80
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    328.49      8.94      8.58
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 505.07      0.23      0.25
         #1 ESTON                 507.06      0.23      0.29
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                883.38      0.40      0.35
         #1 BROWN                 780.87      0.35      0.29
         #1 ORIENTAL              666.45      0.30      0.24

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Apr 25/2013
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    308.69   313.66   309.80   302.96     +2.3%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       346.20   350.04   353.19   343.49     +2.8%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO           262.77   263.35   288.77   252.02    +14.6%
BARLEY-#2FD GREAT FALLS     208.17   209.23   213.25   207.49     +2.8%
      -#2 TULARE            330.82   332.51   339.46   313.29     +8.4%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          553.15   553.23   564.38   494.95    +14.0%
EXCH RATE Apr 25/2013: US$ in CANADA$ 1.0208  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9796

CANADIAN EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 21/2013
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            #38   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    309.8   9,718.3  10,033.9     -3.1%     +7.3%
 DURUM              23.3   3,085.3   2,681.3    +15.1%     +6.7%
 BARLEY              6.4   1,152.1     968.5    +19.0%     +8.3%
 OATS               17.5     825.4     930.5    -11.3%    -20.2%
 PEAS               49.7   1,431.4   1,271.1    +12.6%     +2.9%
 FLAXSEED             .1     210.9     181.7    +16.1%     -4.9%
 CANOLA            104.2   5,749.4   6,914.2    -16.8%    -33.6%

CANADIAN CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 24/2013
 CANOLA CRUSH      145.6     N/A        33.8   -100.0%     +2.9%

U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Apr 18/2013
 WHEAT             676.2  23,677.0  24,419.3     -3.0%     -2.4%
 BARLEY               .4     137.9     138.2     -0.2%    -11.1%
 CORN              315.0  11,939.9  26,800.5    -55.4%    -45.1%
 SOYBEANS          135.3  33,664.9  29,222.4    +15.2%     -0.9%

NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Dec 31/2012
 SOYBEAN CRUSH   4,351.7  16,070.0  14,647.0     +9.7%     -4.0%

* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar