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CdC Triffid Flax Scare Threatens Access To No. 1 EU Market

By Allan Dawson September 17, 2009

Like a movie monster that refuses to die, CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) Canadian flax deregistered in 2001, has surfaced in Germany, European Union (EU) officials believe. And flax prices have plummeted just as farmers feared they might when they lobbied to have the variety voluntarily pulled from the market. Although the Canadian Food

Crops, Oilseeds

BASF Adds To Its Stable Of Labels

By Allan Dawson August 13, 2009

“It (Heat herbicide) gives you much faster control than glyphosate alone and a broader spectrum so you would pick up (and control) your Roundup Ready canola.” ROBERT HORNFORD Manitoba flax growers can now use Headline fungicide to combat pasmo (Septoria linicola). It’s just one of a number of new labels or products to come from

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In Brief… – for Jul. 30, 2009

July 30, 2009

Wonder crop: Flax not only pads the bank account, it makes your hair shiny too, according to new research released last week by the Flax Council of Canada. Study participants ate a flax-enriched nutrition bar for four weeks from Glanbia Nutritionals, the Irish multinational that bought Pizzey’s Milling of Angusville, Man. The results show “softness,

Crops, Oilseeds

Fungicide Approved Against Pasmo In Flax

By Canola Council Of Canada July 2, 2009

Flax growers can now use BASF Canada’s Headline to help protect crops against Pasmo. The company announced June 23 it’s picked up an amended registration for the strobilurin fungicide’s use in flax crops. As a preventive against Pasmo (Septoria linicola), Headline is recommended at 120 millilitres per acre (0.3 litres per hectare) at eight to

Crops, Oilseeds

Feds Fund Flax Fibre Fact Finding

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2009

Abrain trust focused on development of value-added markets for flax and hemp fibre will get a federal investment of $9.6 million. The Natural Fibres for the Green Economy Network (NAFGEN), led by Flax Canada 2015, is meant to connect “top researchers, industry and producers” to help create more industrial value chains by improving fibre crop

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CdC Triffid Flax Scare Threatens Access To No. 1 EU Market

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Fungicide Approved Against Pasmo In Flax

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