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The Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission publishes a Saskatchewan flax industry newsletter at least once per year. It goes to people in the industry as well as to each of the 10,000 or more registered flax producers in the province.
(8 pages in length)

Check out our most recent issue:

Communique - Spring 2010 (Special Edition) 

Contents:

  • Chair's Message
  • Value of Flax
  • CDC Triffid and the European Market
  • Taking a Representative Sample of Grain
  • Approved labs for testing for CDC Triffid
  • 2010 Farmer Stewardship Procedures for Farm-Saved Planting Seed
  • Forms for submitting samples to test labs

Past Issues

Fall 2009 (PDF)
Contents: European Flax Market Situation; Sustainability as a Driver for Innovation; SaskFlax Market Support Program; Saskatchewan Fiber indemand, Naturally!; Total Utilization Flax GENomics (TUFGEN) Project

Fall 2008 (PDF)
Contents: 2008 International Conference on Flax & Other Bast Plants; Language & Literature; Fiber inDemand; Plant Gene Resources Canada; Saskatchewan Hospitality at Ackerman Ag Services

Fall 2007 (PDF)
Contents: Effective Straw Management; Saskatchewan Fiber inDemand; To Burn or Not to Burn; Straw Management Workshop; Flax Company List; Call for Nominations

Spring 2007 (PDF)
Contents: SFDC Celebrates 10 Years…The Archives 10 Years Ago/90 Years Ago…The Value Just Keeps Adding…Farmer Tax Credits…AGM Report…Flax Grower Survey Results…Flax Canada Breeding & Production Group

November 2006 (PDF)
Contents: Flax and the Name Linus (Legends & Lore)…Flax Food Products…Stripper Header Update…SufentraZone for Weed Control in Flax…Annual General Meeting information…Biographies of Chris Hale and Lyle Simonson

July 2006 (PDF)
Contents: Flax and the Fire Festivals of Old (Legends & Lore)…The Buzz on Biodiesel…Flax Grower Survey…Flaxseed Market…Cash Commodity Clearing House…Flax – Whole Grain Status?...Nomination Form for Directors

April 2006 (PDF)
Contents: Farmer Tax Credits 2005… “How a Shirt Grew in the Field”…Biography of Gregor Beck…Farewell to Bill Greuel…Report on BioFiber Advancement Workshop…Flax Grower Survey details…Role of the Commission…Call for Nominations…Report on AGM 2006


June 2005 (PDF)
March 2005 (PDF)
February 2004 (PDF)
October 2003 (PDF)
June 2003 (PDF)
March 2003 (PDF)