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The smaller 2017 US flax crop, caused by reduced acreage and poor yields, is having an impact on prices there.
Read MoreThe smaller 2017 US flax crop, caused by reduced acreage and poor yields, is having an impact on prices there.
Read MoreDeliveries of flax into country elevators have been starting to edge higher in the past two weeks. This fits with
Read MoreStatsCan recently released its model-based yield estimates for 2017/18. For flax, the yield was estimated at 19.4 bu/acre, down marginally
Read MoreThe latest report from Sask Ag showed that as of Sept 11, 20% of the flax crop had been harvested.
Read MoreLast week, StatsCan issued its estimate of 2016/17 flax ending stocks at 191,000 tonnes. That’s 31% below 2015/16 but 42%
Read MoreStatsCan’s first estimate of the 2017 flax crop came in at 507,000 tonnes, 80,000 tonnes (14%) less than last year.
Read MoreWhile it’s still very early, flax exports in the first few weeks of 2017/18 have been above average. This solid
Read MoreFlax bids in the US have been responding recently to poor crop conditions that are expected to reduce flax yields.
Read MoreCanadian flax exports in June were 33,000 tonnes, a slight improvement over the previous month. That remains the third straight
Read MoreThrough the first half of 2017, Chinese flax imports have been relatively modest, at least compared to the previous two
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