Good weather and an optimistic industry helped draw a record crowd to this year’s Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, says an organizer. Some 20,384 people, up two percent from last year, walked through the gates at Prairieland Park to attend industry meetings, presentations and a trade show over four days last week, just missing a […] Read more
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Crop Production Show draws record crowd
Good weather and an optimistic industry helped draw a record crowd to this year’s Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, says an organizer. Some 20,384 people, up two percent from last year, walked through the gates at Prairieland Park to attend industry meetings, presentations and a trade show over four days this week, just missing a […] Read more
Flax growers try to flush Triffid from system
New program unveiled | Industry optimistic that CDC Triffid can be eliminated from seed inventories by early 2014
The Canadian flax industry hopes to rid the country’s commercial flax supply of the last troublesome traces of CDC Triffid, a genetically modified variety that disrupted flax exports to Europe in 2009. The Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission and other flax industry stakeholders unveiled details of the Reconstituted Flax Seed Program Jan. 7 during Crop Production […] Read more
Low input costs make flax a profitable choice
Venkata Vakulabharanam has a message for growers who think flax doesn’t compare favourably to other crops. “I would say, ‘think again,’ ” Sask-atchewan Agriculture’s oilseed specialist told delegates attending the flax portion of Crop Production Week. Using numbers provided by agricultural consultant Kevin Hursh, Vakulabharanam showed growers that flax was one of the most profitable […] Read more
