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SaskFlax and Sustainability

SaskFlax and Sustainability. Long Term Goal: Flax to be the “Crop of Choice”. SaskFlax and Sustainability. We are serious about Sustainability of Flax as the “Crop of Choice” Adopted the report on December 18, 2009. Flax market - Population. Europe: 500 Mio North America: 330 Mio

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SaskFlax and Sustainability

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  1. SaskFlax and Sustainability Long Term Goal: Flax to be the “Crop of Choice”

  2. SaskFlax and Sustainability • We are serious about Sustainability of Flax as the “Crop of Choice” • Adopted the report on December 18, 2009

  3. Flax market - Population • Europe: 500 Mio • North America: 330 Mio • Japan: 130 Mio

  4. Market importance • EU takes 70 - 80 % of exported Flaxseed • Around 317 Mio $ for Canada • North America and Japan around 20 % of Flaxseed • EU tolerance to GM Contamination in Flax 0.01 %, too low for trading • Testing for GMO contamination wide spread in Europe

  5. Importance of Flaxseed as Health Food or Nutraceutical

  6. Flax the Renewable Source of essential Omega – 3 fatty acid versus fish • Sustainability criteria: Development and Use of a resource without sacrificing the needs of future generations

  7. Sask Flax’s Job • Develop checklist for producers how and where contamination can occur: • During seed cleaning – need for certificate • During combining, storing, and handling • Volunteering in following crops • Know the growth habits of the plant: self-pollinating, difficult to control in consecutive crops • Communicate: Conference calls, meetings, website • Develop policies with the trade to build confidence for growers: simplify testing requirements, due diligence, seed procurement • Stay pragmatic, leave emotions out

  8. Effects on SaskFlax • Expected shortfall of Producer Check-off • Reserves built up to one year operational costs • Long – Term commitments in Research, example Northern Adapted Flax with Viterra • Fibre research with Crop Fibres Canada

  9. Reduce and Eliminate Burning in Fields

  10. Using the back casting principle: Where are we today? Where do we want to be in the future? How do we get there? • Regain access to the lucrative European market by improved quality control to meet specification • Develop a market and new uses for fibre

  11. What is the future for SaskFlax? • Challenging times need careful planning and a concerted effort to establish confidence with the farming community, the trade and customer • Currently GM contamination reported in Russia and China • Canada has an opportunity to get a handle on the contamination issue and become a trusted supplier of flaxseed again: quality, appearance, cleanliness, low cadmium • Testing for GMO will stay with us for several years

  12. I still like my flax !

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