Insights and Stories on Flax

Canada’s expected flax area smallest since 1950

May. 8, 2023 at 9:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Blue flowery fields of flax will be fewer and farther between in Western Canada, according to Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) first survey-based seeding intentions report for 2023-24. In a report released late last month, StatCan projected only 689,000 acres of flaxseed to be planted this spring, an 11.6 per […]

Organic price quotes: Late April

May. 1, 2023 at 9:36 am CDT

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Oats, other organic crops lacking contracts

May. 1, 2023 at 9:35 am CDT

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Organic price quotes: Late March

Mar. 31, 2023 at 2:44 pm CDT

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Organic price quotes: Late February

Feb. 28, 2023 at 3:58 pm CST

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Prices for organic grains steady to lower

Feb. 28, 2023 at 3:58 pm CST

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff Prices for organic grains in Canada have largely been steady to lower during February, according to several traders. They said supplies are rather plentiful due to a decent harvest in 2022 – especially on the Prairies. “Most everyone is covered for the next several […]

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AAFC revises crop estimates

Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on Friday released its February supply and demand estimates with numerous small changes. AAFC held its projections for 2022-23 grains and oilseeds production at 89.489 million tonnes. As for exports, the department reduced them from 45.715 million tonnes last month to now 45.49 […]

By MarketsFarm

As canola prices rise, organic acres fall

Feb. 16, 2023 at 5:03 pm CST

By Robert Arnason Glacier FarmMedia staff A chart comparing organic acres in Western Canada to the price of canola would be simple: when canola falls, organic acres go up. When canola hits $20 per bushel, organic acres plunge off a cliff. The organic sector doesn’t have official data for acres […]

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Price drop not enough to lift demand for Canadian flax

Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While flax prices in Western Canada have fallen by at least half from what they were one year ago, they are still too high to be competitive on a global level, according to one flax processor. Mike Popowich, owner and vice-president of TA Foods Ltd. at Yorkton, Sask., […]

By Adam Peleshaty