Most organic crops rose in price compared to December, but only some of them saw their premiums go up. Photo: Thinkstock

Flax retaining May gains

StatCan projects smallest planted area in 76 years

Reading Time: < 1 minute Flax prices continue to ride the upswing the oilseed experienced in May, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.

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Sask. canola, flax groups vote to merge

SaskCanola and SaskFlax have been sharing offices, admin for about a year

Reading Time: 2 minutes Producer support for the merge of SaskCanola and SaskFlax was "overwhelming," the groups said in a Jan. 10 news release. The organizations held a joint annual general meeting to share results of member feedback before taking the issue to a vote. The vote passed with "widespread approval," the release said.

File photo of Scoular’s flax processing plant just outside Regina. (Scoular.com)

Scoular boosts flax processing capacity near Regina

Two other Saskatchewan sites for sale as U.S. firm steps out of pulse packing

Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. grain handler Scoular is stepping up its Canadian Prairie flax processing game as it completes its exit from the region’s pulse crop sector. The company last year opened up a high-speed flax line at its pulse and special crops site at Richardson, Sask., just southeast of Regina — and it has now moved to […] Read more