Flax TIPS: Post-harvest Management Considerations and Planning for Next Year
The 2017 growing season saw a departure from average precipitation, with much of the flax growing regions of the Prairies
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Flax TIPS: September Tips – Harvest, losses and storing flax under varying conditions
Whether you decided to swath, use a pre-harvest/desiccant or are waiting for frost, here are some considerations before starting to
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Flax TIPS: Getting Ready for Harvest: Late Season Insect Monitoring, Pre-Harvest Intervals, Desiccation Timing and more.
Late Season Insect Monitoring There are several insects pests, as illustrated below that can affect flax during flowering and boll
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Flax TIPS: July Tips: Disease and Insect Monitoring
The following highlights issues in abiotic stress, disease and insect monitoring for the 2017 growing season. Always remember, comprehensive scouting
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Flax TIPS: Emergence Monitoring: Issues for 2017
According to most recent Provincial crop reports, seeding is 57% complete in Alberta, 81% complete in Saskatchewan and 90% complete
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Flax TIPS: Getting off to a good start: Quick tips for successful flax stand
1. Field preparations Flax is small-seeded so measures should be taken to ensure the field is well prepared to promote
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Flax TIPS: Variety selection for 2017
1. Which variety should I grow? Revised April 20th, 2017 Variety selection should be based on a number of factors
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Flax TIPS: Planning for 2017: Field selection
Soil Characteristics Flax is well adapted to fit in crop rotations in all soil zones of the Canadian Prairies. However
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Flax TIPS: Seed Quality for 2017: Why, how and what to do now?
Low Test Weight According to the Canadian Grain Commission 2016 preliminary report, 86% of flaxseed samples graded CW No.1, down
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Flax TIPS: Six Things to Do to Prevent Heated Flax
The first reports of grain spoilage in bins often happen in December. Often the lack of snow on one particular
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Flax TIPS: Harvesting and Drying Damp Flax
According to the most recent Provincial crop reports the flax harvest is 49% complete in Saskatchewan, 64% complete in Alberta,
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Flax TIPS: Fall Weed Control and Nitrogen Applications
Fall Weed Control Fall weed control can be an important management tool for targeting certain weeds, especially for an uncompetitive
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Flax TIPS: Threshing and Storing Flax
Whether you decided to swath, use a pre-harvest/desiccant or are waiting for frost, here are some considerations before starting to
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Flax TIPS: Planning for Harvest
Swath or straight-cut? Desiccant or pre-harvest herbicide? There are a number of factors to consider when selecting management practices for
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Flax TIPS: Disease and Insects
Pasmo Management in Flax According to Dr. Khalid Rashid, Flax Pathologist – AAFC, Pasmo is caused by the fungus Septoria
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Flax TIPS: Considerations for Weed Management
Sprayer Clean Out to Reduce Crop Damage Injury to flax from herbicide residues in the sprayer tank can be a
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Flax TIPS: Emergence Monitoring – What to watch for
Monitoring your flax crop every few days during emergence will determine if your target plant population has been achieved, and
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Flax TIPS: Seeding Advice
Seeding Rate For maximum yield, farmers should generally seed between 40 and 50 pounds/acre depending on seeding conditions. The optimum
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Flax TIPS: Variety Information for 2016
What variety should I seed? Variety selection should be based on a number of factors that may include regional performance,
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Flax Tips: Fertility Requirements for Flax
This document will review the current research on the effects of fertilizer practices and crop rotation on flax yield. To
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Flax TIPS: Crop Rotation
Crop rotation is an important management tool that has been shown to affect nutrient uptake and impact soil moisture availability.
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Flax TIPS: December is a Good Month to Remember to Check Your Bins
The first reports of grain spoilage in bins frequently happen in December. Often the lack of snow on a bin
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Flax TIPS: Late Harvest & Storage
Anastasia Kubinec (MAFRD), Ron Palmer (IHARF), Joy Agnew (PAMI) and Rachel Evans (FCC) The flax harvest is dragging on. According
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Flax Management TIPs: Flax Harvest & Storage
Late Harvests: Flax is fairly resistant to shelling out (pod shattering) and can endure poor weather conditions better than other
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Swathing, Desiccation and Harvest
Harvest Timing: Flax is ready for swathing or application of most desiccants when 75% of bolls or capsules have turned
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Insect Monitoring & Control
General Information: Grasshoppers, potato aphids, leafhoppers, bertha armyworms and Lygus bugs are the most common pests affecting flax. When you
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Pasmo Disease Management in Flax
Author: Dr. Khalid Rashid, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, MB Small dark brown to black lesions on leaves indicate pasmo
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Timely Weed Control and Herbicide Interaction
Pre-plant or Pre-emergent Herbicide Activity Authority, Avadex and trifluralin are less affected by in-crop environmental conditions than foliar applied herbicides,
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