14 09, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 12 September 2016

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Flax Crop Report – 12 September 2016 To date 90 to 95% of the flax were gathered in the departments of Nord Pas-de-Calais, Seine Maritime and Oise. The gathering should come to an end in the coming days. The late areas are the following ones: Eure (15 to 60% of gathered [...]

7 09, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 2 September 2016

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Flax Crop Report – 2 September 2016 WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 30 to 40% of the flax have now been gathered but there are significant discrepancies between the areas and the quantity of water they received, which is rather low on a whole. Those flax are not always uniform because of the [...]

29 08, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 16 August 2016

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Flax Crop Report – 16 August 2016 WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES France Almost of the flax have been turned but until now only the winter flax, the headlands and a few fields have been gathered because of the lack of water. There were 30 mm of water in the department of Somme [...]

28 07, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 28 July 2016

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Flax Crop Report – 11 July  2016 The pulling operations are going well thanks to favorable weather conditions and should be finished at the end of the week. Many flax straws laid down before the flowering and those straws may result more heterogeneous in color, strength,… and generally speaking, the quality of [...]

12 07, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 11 July 2016

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Flax Crop Report – 11 July 2016 WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES France: The pulling operations started last week, around July 5-6, in Calvados. They are likely to take place this week, probably from Thursday on, in the other flax cultivating areas and could be continued next week as the weather forecast is good. [...]

22 06, 2016

Flax Crop Report – June 20 2016

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Flax crop report- June 20 2016 WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Winter flax: At the time being the winter flax plants are between 85 and 95 cm high. A few fields have already been pulled out. The pulling operations are likely to be continued this week if the weather conditions allow farmers to do [...]

9 06, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 7 Juin 2016

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Flax Crop Report - 7 Juin 2016 France The flax plants vary from 20 to 90 cm, with an average of 75 cm. There is big height disparity between the flax that were sown at first and those that were sown in second time as well as from a field to another. The [...]

30 05, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 9 May 2016

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Flax Crop Report - 9 May 2016 West European countries France-Belgium-the Netherlands The growth of flax is going on well in all areas. Last week in Calvados the first sown flax were 10 to 12 cm high. The temperatures have started to increase, which is good for the growth, moreover rain is [...]

30 05, 2016

Flax Crop Report – 18 April 2016

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Flax Crop Report - 18 April 2016 Flax in FRANCE: The sowings haven’t come to an end yet. They are likely to be over by the end of the week as the weather forecast is good for the coming days. In some places up to 20% remain to be done. Generally speaking [...]