Chart of the Week
The March 31 stocks report from StatsCan showed on-farm and commercial inventories of flax were nearly 50% higher than the previous year. The 570,000 tonnes of flax was nearly the same level as in 2009/10, when the Triffid issue caused flax exports to stall and inventories to back up. These larger stocks will help offset the impact of the reduced acreage in 2016.
