PROGRAM
of the
62nd FLAX INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED STATES
Doublewood Inn, Fargo, North Dakota
March 26-28, 2008

March 26, 2008, Wednesday, Woodland North

7:00 p.m. REGISTRATION, snacks, get-acquainted, and discussion.
NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE


March 27, 2008, Thursday, Woodland North

7:30 a.m. REGISTRATION

8:15 a.m. CALL TO ORDER. Introductory remarks and announcements.  J. J. Hammond, Vice President, Flax Institute

MANAGEMENT AND REPRODUCTION OF BOVINES
Greg Lardy, North Dakota State University, Presiding

8:30 a.m. Evaluation of Milk Components, Fatty Acid Profile, and Production of Cows Fed Rolled Flaxseed on Two Commercial Dairies, Nick Bork, NDSU Animal Science

9:00 a.m. Flaxseed and productivity of dairy cows. Helene Petit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

9:30 a.m. In vitro metabolism of flax lignans by ruminal and fecal microflora of dairy cows. Cristiano Cortes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada


10:00 a.m. BREAK – NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

10:30 a.m. Metabolism of flax lignans in dairy cows. Nathalie Gagnon, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

11:00 a.m. Effects of supplemental flaxseed on site and extent of digestion in beef heifers grazing summer pasture in the northern Great Plains. Eric J. Scholljegerdes, USDA-ARS

11:30 a.m. Effects of Feeding Ground Flaxseed During the Receiving Period of Morbidity, Mortality, Performance and Carcass Characteristics of feedlot Heifers. Jim Drouillard, Kansas State University

12:00 p.m. DISCUSSION

12:10 p.m. LUNCH – WOODLAND SOUTH - NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

1:00 p.m. RECONVENE IN – WOODLAND NORTH

NUTRITION AND HEALTH of PEOPLE AND OTHER ANIMALS
Jim Drouillard, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Presiding

1:15 p.m. Protective Effects of Dietary Flaxseed in Chronic Lung Injury Modeled in Mice. Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, University of Pennsylvania

1:45 p.m. Chemopreventive effects of dietary flaxseed on intestinal cancer development in APC Min mice. Chandradhar Dwivedi, South Dakota State University

2:15 p.m. Flaxseed Intake, Urinary or Seminal Lignan Levels and Prostate Cancer Growth. Boyd Switzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:00 p.m. BREAK

3:30 p.m. Flaxseed and bone metabolism: a review of in vivo evidence and potential mechanisms of action. Wendy Ward, University of Toronto

4:00 p.m. Interaction of flaxseed and low dose estrogen on bone metabolism in the ovariectomized rat model of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Sandra Sacco, University of Toronto

4:30 p.m. Which component of flaxseed, with or without tamoxifen, is more effective in reducing human breast tumor growth? Lilian Thompson, University of Toronto

5:00 p.m. DISCUSSION

6:15 p.m. SOCIAL HOUR – WOODLAND SOUTH - NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

7:00 p.m. DINNER    J. J. Hammond, Vice President, Flax Institute   -  Brief self introductions by all attending.


March 28, 2008, Friday, Walnut

8:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER. Introductory remarks and announcements.  J. J. Hammond, Vice President

FLAX PRODUCTION
Kathleen Grady, South Dakota State University, Presiding

8:02 a.m. Investigating Potential Resistance and Characteristics of Infection. Evan Gillis, University of Manitoba

8:15 a.m. Updates on flax diseases in western Canada. Khalid Rashid, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

8:30 a.m. Effects of fungicide applications on pasmo, yield and fibre in several flax cultivars in Morden. Khalid Rashid, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

8:45 a.m. The influence of soil amendments on organic flax production. Stefan Gailans and Mary Wiedenhoeft, Iowa State University

9:00 a.m. Pyraclostrobin Fungicide for Reducing Losses from Pasmo Disease in Flax. Scott Halley, Langdon Research Extension Center

9:15 a.m. Using the CropCompare System to Evaluate Production Inputs/Outputs for Flax Crop in 2008. Ron Haugen, NDSU AgriBusiness & Applied Economics

9:45 a.m. Flax 2015, Kelley Fitzpatrick, Flax Canada 2015

10:00 a.m. Break

10:20 a.m. Effects of winds on pollen drift and hybrid seed production of Linum usitatissimum L. Zhanhai Dang, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences

10:35 a.m. Heterosis between a male-sterile line and the normal male-fertile materials in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) Jianping Zhang, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences

FOOD WITH FLAXSEED PROCESSING
Cliff Hall III, North Dakota State University, Presiding

11:00 a.m. Evaluation of the Impact of Packaging Methods on the Oxidative Stability of Milled Flaxseed. Mehmet Tulbek, Northern Crops Institute

11:15 a.m. Development and characterization of milled flaxseed fortified extruded bean snacks. Naveen Vadukapuram, NDSU Cereal Science

11:30 a.m. Affect of Flaxseed Particle Size on Bread Quality. Clifford Hall, NDSU Cereal Science

11:45 a.m. Food additives can affect the quality of pasta containing flaxseed flour. Frank Manthey, NDSU Plant Science

12:00 a.m. Discussion

12:20 p.m. LUNCH – BIRCH - NEWS CONFERENCE AVAILABLE

1:30 p.m. BUSINESS MEETING OF THE FLAX INSTITUTE

1:50 p.m. Adjourn