Flax plants in bloom at the PA Flax Project's square-yard plot in Philadelphia. WESA's local, independent journalism is only possible because of financial support from readers like you. Please support ...

Self-confessed "flax nut" Kathy Kirwan says she has fallen in love with the "circular" nature of the plant [BBC] Flax once defined Northern Ireland, with a thriving linen industry. But changing ...

Since Innamincka's last update, steady progress has been made by the workover rig and on construction activity. Recompletion of Flax 2 has finished and the workover rig is on Flax 5. The Flax 1 and 3 ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Flax; is king in Canada, but a group of Minnesota and Iowa producers are striving to make their mark in organic flax production. Sarah Carlson, an Iowa State University graduate student ...

The 63rd Flax Institute is March 25-26 at the Doublewood Inn in Fargo. In 2009, 293,000 acres of flax were harvested in North Dakota, which is 93 percent of all the acres planted in the U.S. Flax has ...

Rain has poured down on Canada's prairie provinces, and that's sent U.S. flax prices shooting upward. But higher prices -- roughly $2 per bushel more than a month ago -- have come too late to be of ...

Photos courtesy of Reimers Seed Co., Carrington, N.D. Linseed oil is an important ingredient in oil-based paint. But oil-based paint, once common, now is far less popular than latex-based paint, said ...

Chinese ingredients maker Biogin Biochemicals said it has seen an approximately 30 percent growth in demand for its flax lignans from clients in the US and Europe and it is increasing its production ...

LEUVEN, BELGIUM — The drive to use green materials has led PSA Peugeot Citroën and Boeing Co. to explore applications for flax-based biocomposites. Automotive Tier One supplier Faurecia has developed ...

Flax once defined Northern Ireland, with a thriving linen industry. But changing consumer habits saw that industry decline massively in the mid-20th century. Now, the plant is being looked at as a ...