Trial Report Summary

Flax Council of Canada Agronomy Evaluation

Crop Type(s):
Flax
Centre(s):
PESAI
Year(s):
2016
Collaborators(s):

Rachel Evans, Flax Council of Canada

Objective(s):

There is a sizeable gap between the yield potential of flax and the average yields observed in

the Prairies. Whereas the 10-year average yield for Manitoba is 21 bu/acre (Yield Manitoba 2016), Flax Council of Canada (FCC) has set up an ambitious goal to raise yield levels up to 32 bu/acre by 2025.

In order to achieve higher yields on a commercial scale, best management practices (BMPs) are required. FCC planned four flax research trials to develop BMPs for the following elements:

A) Seed treatment and fertilizer rates;

B) Seeding date, rate and row spacing;

C) Herbicides and fungicide use; and

D) Crop stubble and flax production interaction.

 

Project Findings:

The trials A, C and D will be continued in 2017 at PESAI Arborg site.

 

PDF:

Entire findings are available by downloading the report PDF.

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