Pea, Lentil Acreage Could Hit 10 Million, Says AGT

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It may not be fair to dictate what an individual can grow but a program that guarantees profitability growing (non-tradional) crops in areas where they wouldn't stand a chance of being profitable is just flawed.

Where are the actuarials?

Does this send a true signal of your odds Of being successful?

Almost sounds like a subsidy.

I would assume this "odds of being successful" would be built into the crop insurance premium and coverage (if non-traditional crop is grown without a yield history).

Just an assumption though??

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AJL - did SW Sask get much of this ?
My guess is that it got very little and the opposite situation may occur. The dry areas are still dry and the wet areas were still snow covered and have received the bulk of this slop the past two days.
Peas could be in trouble in wet ground if it stays cool into seeding in these areas - a slight switch to more canola may be in the cards away from "extra" peas or lentils for that matter. Cool wet ground could spell a pulse wreck here with root rots in pulses. Long way till mid May but the set up has started.
I feel there is going to be a very sharp contrast in soil moisture through May .