A community gathering - a meitheal, in ancient Irish tradition - was held at the end of August, bringing volunteers from ...

Park River, N.D., farmer Mark Hylden has been growing flax for nearly 40 years. He's strongly committed to the crop, which three generations of his family have raised. It's unclear if other flax ...

Researchers with North Dakota State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are working to see if a particular variety of Lewis flax has the potential to be a useful crop. The perennial flax ...

Flax - one of the world's oldest and most versatile crops - has a new role: Providing potential health benefits to the people who eat it. "It's really a remarkable plant," said Kelley Fitzpatrick, ...

Rain has poured down on Canada's prairie provinces, and that's sent U.S. flax prices shooting upward. But higher prices -- roughly $2 per bushel more than a month ago -- have come too late to be of ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada has not shipped any of its new flax crop to its top market, the European Union, because of concerns about genetically modified (GMO) material, the Flax Council of ...

SASKATOON — Canadian flax growers will face stiff competition from the Black Sea region in 2025-26, says a trader of the crop. “Globally, the supplies are heavy,” said Tyson Fehr, procurement and ...

The “Flax Crop Market” study, published by CMI, assessed future growth potential and provided information and useful statistics on market structure and size. For the forecast period of 2022 to 2028, ...

Self-confessed "flax nut" Kathy Kirwan says she has fallen in love with the "circular" nature of the plant [BBC] Flax once defined Northern Ireland, with a thriving linen industry. But changing ...