By Commodity News Service Canada
Winnipeg, October 6 (CNS) – The USDA has started paying out
over $9.6 billion in farm safety net and conservation payments
for Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage and
Conservation Reserve Program payments. Payments are being made
to producers who enrolled base acres of lentils, dry beans and
many other crops.
The Australian government announced Friday it will be
funding what will become the country’s largest research and
development centre in Queensland. The 740-hectare property will
be developed into a world-class grains applied research,
development and extension facility. Queensland’s current top
crop contributors are chickpeas, wheat and sorghum crops.
While markets for most pulse crops held steady overnight in
Western Canada, the price for a variety of Richlea #2 lentils
decreased by three cents to a range of 28 to 35 cents per pound.
