Leading Flaxseed Suppliers: Part III

Here we continue our analysis of the leading flaxseed suppliers at the base of the flaxseed industry pyramid.

Cloutier Agra Seeds Inc.

Cloutier Agra Seeds is a private company founded in 1995 and based near Winnipeg Canada. They specialize in exporting pedigreed seed, oilseeds and identity preserved grains. They were founded for the purpose of introducing small seeded oilseed varieties into the northern U.S. In 1998 they also expanded through the contracting of industrial hempseed production and manufacturing of hemp related products. Flaxseed is only one small aspect of their growing business. We'll take this company off our short list for now.

ConAgra Grain

ConAgra Grain is a division of ConAgra Foods. ConAgra Foods is a publicly traded company (NYSE:CAG) with a market cap of about twelve billion dollars. They are one of the world's largest packaged food companies. Their brands include ACT II, Armour, Banquet, Blue Bonnet, Brown 'N Serve, Butterball, Chef Boyardee, Cook's, Crunch 'n Munch, DAVID, Decker, Eckrich, Egg Beaters, Fleischmann's, Gulden's, Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Kid Cuisine, Knott's Berry Farm, La Choy, Lamb Weston, Lightlife, Louis Kemp, Lunch Makers, MaMa Rosa's, Manwich, Marie Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Parkay, Pemmican, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip, Rosarita, Ro*Tel, Slim Jim, Snack Pack, Swiss Miss, Van Camp's, Wesson, Wolf, and many others. They are not much into flaxseeds from what I can tell. We'll take them off the short list for now.

Country Lane Organic Grain & Milling

This company is located in Winkler, Manitoba. They supply bagged organic flaxseeds. They are likely a very small company but unfortunately I haven't been able to find anything about them online. If someone knows of a website or a company name change, please let me know in the comments section below.


G.H.Schweitzer Enterprises Limited

This is a small private company based out of Eston Saskatchewan. I have not been able to find a website for this company, but they do supply bagged and bulk non-organic flaxseeds.


Horizon Agro

Horizon Agro is a small private company specializing in the processing of lentils and peas for export. They were founded in 1985, are based in Morris Manitoba. As flax is not their emphasis we'll take them off our short list for now.



to be Continued in Part IV