The federal government has announced it will be accelerating final payments from the $755 million Grains and Oilseeds Payment Program.

Final cheques started going in the mail friday to 16,000 producers, and when all cheques have been sent, more than 120,000 producers will have received a final payment.


The move means final payments are coming out 2 months earlier than originally announced.


To date, approximately $621 million has been delivered to producers through G.O.P.P. initial payments.


Payments are based on average net sales of eligible commodities.


The initial payment earlier this year was based on 7.47% of net sales, and the final payment is based on 1.28%.