Flax Crop report June 15 2018 France There were no major damages due to the last storms. Heavy rains and hail occurred but they were local. A few fields laid down and some of them were hit by hail, in particular in Ile-de-France (Montreuil area). The crop is going on rather well, [...]
Flax Crop Report – June 1st 2018 France – Belgium – the Netherlands The heavy rains that occurred in the last few days benefited the flax plants. There was from 20 to 60 mm of water according to the areas. There are big discrepancies from a field to another or from an [...]
Flax crop report – April 23 2018 France Normandie & Seine-Maritime : there was heavy rainfall in these areas. The farmers started to do the sowings 8 days ago and they are almost finished (90%). Aisne : thanks to better weather conditions the sowings started earlier and the flax has started to come [...]
Flax Crop Report – March 30 2018 France – Belgium – the Netherlands Usually at the end of March many fields are already sown in France, mainly in the southern flax producing areas (Eure and Calvados). For the North of France, Belgium and the Netherlands the sowings are not as late [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
