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Two wet years and cool to boot
Other, Our History

Two wet years and cool to boot

Our History: September 2009

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This year the Interlake has been the driest part of the province, but during the late 2000s it went through some unusually wet years, and 2009 was the second in a row. This aerial photo from our Sept. 10, 2009 issue was taken Aug. 22 and showed the area around Arnes north of Gimli. That
Flax Council cautions on seed integrity
Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Council cautions on seed integrity

The group is worried more acres could see the return of Triffid

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With the latest official acreage estimates showing a jump in flax acres across much of Western Canada, the Flax Council of Canada is urging caution. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s latest Seeded Acreage Report is expecting 1.1 million acres to go into the ground this year, putting pressure on seed supplies, and putting the integrity of
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Crops

Flax Council cautions on seed integrity

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With the latest official acreage estimates showing a jump in flax acres across much of Western Canada, the Flax Council of Canada is urging caution. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s latest Seeded Acreage Report is expecting 1.1 million acres to go into the ground this year, putting pressure on seed supplies, and putting the integrity of
(Dave Bedard photo)
Cereals, Crops

PBR breach to cost Saskatchewan seed grower $150K

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A Saskatchewan seed grower will pay $150,000 to SeCan — the largest penalty in the seed company’s history — for breaching SeCan’s plant breeders rights (PBR). Harvey Marcil of Pasqua Farms near Moose Jaw, Sask., has also agreed to stop making unauthorized seed sales and was expelled from SeCan’s membership, Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager
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Crops, Oilseeds

Farmers urged to plant certified flaxseed

The Flax Council of Canada says 
the goal of removing Triffid from the system is getting closer

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If seeding flax this spring buy certified seed. That’s the message from the Flax Council of Canada. Certified seed is free of Triffid, the genetically modified flax found in Canadian flax exports in 2009. Even though only trace amounts were found, the contamination disrupted Canadian flax exports to the European Union — one of Canada’s
Crops, News, Oilseeds

CDC Triffid contamination on the decline

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Officials from Canada’s flax industry are in Europe this week to brief government and industry officials on the progress Canada is making removing traces of CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) flax, from Canadian flax. “It’s getting less and less frequent and less and less intense,” Flax Council of Canada president Will Hill said in
News, Oilseeds

Europe Relaxes GMO Tolerance Levels For Animal Feed

Amove by the European Union to allow low levels of genetically modified organisms in animal feed imports is a “step forward” but won’t immediately help Canada’s flaxseed exports into the region, according to the Flax Council of Canada. A European Union committee voted last month to allow a 0.1 per cent threshold of unauthorized GMOs
News, Oilseeds

Flax Faces Rigorous Testing – for Sep. 16, 2010

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More rigorous testing for the presence of CDC Triffid will be required before farmers can deliver flax this crop year. Producers must send a two-kilogram representative sample to an approved laboratory (see box). The lab will then test four 60-gram samples. “All four lots must be Triffid-free for the result to be considered a negative
Crops, Oilseeds

Flax-Testing Protocols Tightened – for Aug. 19, 2010

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Flax delivered into the commercial grain-handling system this fall will face more rigorous and costly testing procedures to ensure it is CDC Triffid free than were in place last year, the Flax Council of Canada says. As of Sept. 1, commercial deliveries will undergo the same degree of testing for the genetically modified flax variety
Oilseeds, Opinion

Coalition’s Efforts In Bad Taste, Literally

I really got irate over reading the article in the March 25 edition of the Manitoba Boycott not the way to address flax issue After reading the article regarding the recent KAP meeting at Portage la Prairie April 8, I was somewhat concerned about the resolution regarding a boycott of products from the EU27 as

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