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Flax Bids Fall As Gm Concerns Increase

By Dwayne Klassen September 10, 2009

Cash bids for flaxseed in Western Canada have taken a dramatic turn for the worse with some of the decline being linked to European concerns the crop contains genetically modified organisms. There were reports that Viterra has lowered its bids in Manitoba to as low as $6.78 a bushel, which would be down significantly from

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

2009 Good For Flax

By Daniel Winters September 3, 2009

If you’ve got a field of certified organic brown or golden flax, you may hit the jackpot this year. Relatively speaking, of course. Prices for other organic grains have fallen from the stratospheric highs witnessed in the spring of 2008, but this year the crop may yet turn out to be one of the organic

Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

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

Dairy cattle, News, Oilseeds

Flax dehulling plant receives award

January 1, 2009

flax council of canada release Ag r o u n d b r e a k i n g Canadian company, which built the world’s first commercial dehulling plant for flax, has won a prestigious award. Natunola Health Biosciences Inc., under the leadership of its president and CEO, Nam Fong Han, recently received the 2008

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Flax Bids Fall As Gm Concerns Increase

2009 Good For Flax

In Brief… – for Jul. 30, 2009

Fungicide Approved Against Pasmo In Flax

Feds Fund Flax Fibre Fact Finding

Flax dehulling plant receives award

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