This spring is busier than usual for some farmers, as they try to finish up on last year’s harvest.

Others are busy with soil tests and getting machinery ready to go for seeding.

Don Kerr, president of the Flax Council of Canada, says last year was tough as they saw a drop in flax acres and production.

"We do have maybe a challenge of some quality issues this year with flax seed, and at the same time, we're looking at some markets worldwide and a changing situation globally, where we're seeing some dynamics change in markets like Europe. China is fairly consistent, it's a good market for us, the US is a good market for us."

Statistics Canada is predicting to see over a million acres of flax seeded in Canada this year, up about 19 per cent from last year.