What is a good variety of Flax to grow for Central Saskatchewan?

Question

Looking to grow flax this year . What is a good variety?Could a guy chop the straw instead of burning it?

Answer

I have been growing Sorrel the last 3 years,  first year was great,  second year was the opposite ( too dry) ,  third year started out dry but  then we got moisture and the crop grew and it looked great but ball drop occured in the fall,  lost  over 50% of the crop.  and had very challenging harvest conditions.   I have been chopping as I don't like to burn,  but have ran into too many challenges with seeding into flax stubble.  Hard on equipment and operators.   If you have newer knives we do a good job of chopping  during the heat of the day but it seems  morning and evenings we aren't doing a stellar job,  there are some exceptions were the humidity has stayed low enough but those situations are few and far between.   Another challenge I have is with new modern rotary combines and getting balls in the sample ( extra dockage) I have tried everything,  hard thresh concaves,  cover plates and changing vein angles.   In order to clean sample up you have to run your  rotor fast with concave tight but you start throwing flax out of the back of the combine, so only thing I have been able to do is accept more balls in my sample,   but then I have to clean balls out before marketing and then rethresh the balls,  more labour and time which I don't have so I'm calling it quits on flax this year.   There is a reason flax prices have been more stable because growing the crop is anything but stable.

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Thanks **** . Good to know. Can do without that headache.

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What is a good variety of Flax to grow for Central Saskatchewan?