Flax
Working Group
Research:
Sarah's proceedings from North Dakota --The Flax institute in March
"Evaluation of Flax Varieties for Certified Organic
Production" - Neely-Kinyon Trial, 2004, research
report by Kathleen Delate, Andrea McKern, Bob
Burcham, and John Kennicker; ISU Extension, [PDF].
"Flax Production Guidelines
for Iowa," by Margaret Smith, ISU
Value-added Agriculture Extension and
Sarah Carlson, ISU Graduate Student in Agronomy and
Sustainable Agriculture.
"Weed
Management Trials in Flax Production On-Farm Trials -
2005 (pesticide-free)," by Margaret Smith, ISU
Value-added Agriculture Extension, Sarah Carlson, ISU
Graduate in Agronomy and Sustainable Agriculture, and
Mary Wiedenhoeft, ISU Associate Professor of Agronomy.
"2005 On-Station and On-Farm
Flax Performance," by Rick Exner, PFI Farming Systems
Coordinator
[PDF].
Production:
"Farm Management Planning Guide," written by
Andrew Swenson, Brad Brummond and Ron Haugen of
North Dakota State University, illustrating organic
crop budgeting - including flax.
Flax Production in North Dakota, 2002, by Duane
Berglund and Richard Zollinger, North Dakota
Extension Agronomists.
Marketing:
"Marketing Organic Grains," Information from the
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
written by Holly Born, including pricing and a
listing of organic grain buyers.
Flax for your Health:
"Flax Facts: A Grain for Good Health," written by
Amy P. Campbell, and published by Diabetes
Self-Management in November/December 2003.
Flax
Nutrition Facts. Information from Ameriflax, a trade
organization representing North Dakota flax producers.
Flaxseed Facts. Information from Ameriflax, a trade
organization representing North Dakota flax producers.
Flax as Feed:
"The Effect of Calcium and/or Vitamin D Supplementation
of Flax-Based Diets on Production Parameters and Egg
Composition," written by Curtis Novak, graduate
student and Sheila Schideler, Extension Poultry
Specialist in Animal Science at the University of
Nebraska, in 1998.
Flaxseed in Animal or Poultry Feed. Information from
Ameriflax, a trade organization representing North
Dakota flax producers.
"The Use of Flaxseed as a Poultry Feedstuff," a 1996
publication written by F.H. Kratzer and Pran Vohra from
the University of California Avian Sciences Department.
"Using Flax in Livestock Diets," a 2005 publication
written by Travis D. Maddock, Vernon L. Anderson, and
Greg P. Lardy of North Dakota State University.
