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Flax expected to lose a third of acres

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus April 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Canada’s flax acres are expected to fall about a third from last year’s levels, according to Statistics Canada data. One market participant says weaker prices have influenced farmers, while another says smaller crops are often overlooked during surveys. StatsCan estimates flax’s seeded area at about 1.1 million acres, compared with 1.6 million acres

WGEA executive director Wade Sobkowich says farmers won’t be able to deliver grain treated with either quinclorac or chlormequat to member elevators in the 2016-17 crop year.

Crops, News

Grain companies won’t buy crops treated with quinclorac or chlormequat in 2016

The Western Grain Elevator Association says to do otherwise would jeopardize important  Canadian canola and wheat export markets

By Allan Dawson April 18, 2016

It’s going to be a hard “no” from the major grain companies for 2016-17 deliveries of canola sprayed with the herbicide quinclorac and wheat treated with the growth regulator chlormequat. The announcement came recently from the Western Grain Elevator Association when it introduced its Declaration of Elegibility affidavits for the coming crop year, noting the

Crops

Eight tips for growing flax

Agronomy researcher Chris Holzapfel shares what he’s learned about growing flax

By Leeann Minogue April 11, 2016

If you count each research plot as a crop, Chris Holzapfel – a research manager for the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation – has grown more crops in a few years than most farmers have a chance to grow in a lifetime. Holzapfel’s research includes several different crops, but at a recent Saskatchewan Oilseed Producer

Crops, News

VIDEO: Flax growers skeptical of EU deal

Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: Individual countries and special interest groups will continue to find ways to block trade

By Ed White, Gfm Staff March 29, 2016

Our March 24, 2016 issue marks the second in a series of Special Reports prepared by reporters from the Glacier FarmMedia network, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator. In these articles, reporters explore the implications of the yet-to-be- ratified Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. Western Canadian farmland is a long

A new system could allow glyphosate-resistant flax to be developed by ‘gene editing’ as opposed to genetic modification, but how will customers react?

Crops, News, Oilseeds

New flax variety sparks debate

It is not transgenic, but some fear glyphosate-resistant flax will produce a second Day of the Triffids

By Shannon VanRaes February 25, 2016

Some Manitoba flax growers are expressing concern after learning a glyphosate-resistant flax variety is only a few years away from being market ready. Eric Fridfinnson of the Manitoba Flax Growers Association said the move towards herbicide-tolerant flax began several years ago and stemmed from a desire to increase yields, which hover around 22 bushels per

Crops

Potential for fewer flax acres seen this year

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News February 2, 2016

CNS Canada — While area seeded to flax in Canada has been increasing over the past four years, that upward momentum may halt in 2016-17. Flax’s cost of production is higher than many of its rivals and the growing lustre of pulse crops could cut into some acres, according to one industry watcher. “It’s too

Crops, Markets

Flax prices see upward bump on increased demand

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus January 11, 2016

CNS Canada –– Foreign demand has picked up in the flax market, according to a grain brokerage firm — and despite increased competition, Canadian prices have seen a slight uptick as limited quality flax is available. Old-crop flax prices have increased slightly since harvest, as farmers have been firm on sales, and demand has picked

Crops, Weather

Flax crop could average 30 bushels an acre

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 24, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada’s 2015-16 flax crop could be about 30 per cent bigger than last year’s, according to an expert in the industry. “A million tonnes is what they’re talking about for Canada,” said Richard Zacharias, general manager of Prairie Flax Products near Portage la Prairie, Man. While the majority of the crop still

Crops, Markets

Flax market falling in anticipation of large new crop

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells June 11, 2015

CNS Canada –– Spot prices for flax in Western Canada have dropped off in the last couple of days, reacting to expectations of large new-crop production in other parts of the world. “If you look at the main line companies, they’ve gone from C$13 to $14 a bushel, down to $11.60,” said Grant Fehr, flaxseed

Local news, Oilseeds

Flax farmers sought for French delegation

There is potential for more flax processing in Manitoba

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 10, 2015

Riverton-based Erosion Control Blanket (ECB) is sending 15 tonnes of Manitoba flax fibre and a delegation of Manitoba growers to France to explore the prospects for more processing in Manitoba. The flax fibre will be put through a decortication process, which separates the fibre from the woody core, and then processed into a mat that

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain, hogs fall back

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism

Western Canadian resentment not exceptional — or highest in country — pollster says

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