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Virden Elevator Receives Linseed Oil Paint Promotion
The United Grain Growers elevator in Virden Manitoba was painted with linseed oil based paint on August 29 as part of a Prairie wide effort to promote flax oil. Randy Nett of Nett Construction in Saskatoon led the Virden project with support from the Flax Council of Canada Interlab Paints and four grain elevator firms. Manitoba leads western flax output. over 330,000 hectares were seeded to flax in 1987. Canada remains a top flax producer and exporter.
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United Grain Growers
Virden
Flax Council of Canada
Interlab Paints
Winnipeg
Prairies
Randy Nett
Nett Construction
Saskatoon
Manitoba
Canada