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Welcome to Grower Top Stories

Welcome to the new Grower website - combining ease of use with business practicality. Communications in today's world requires quickness and The Grower has responded by providing its monthly content (beginning on the 1st of every month) while adding new stories which may or may not appear in the publication.

This way, fruit and vegetable farmers are getting the information they need, on time, on demand.

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2007 was a tough year: Ontario spud farmers suffer drought, loss
I Can See the Difference, can You?
60 Years Plus And Growing Strong: Grape Growers of Ontario have come a long way
Feds invest $2-million to streamline regs in agriculture
Things will be better for fresh grapes
Hort. farmers top Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence
New Brunswick bee industry gets fed help
CHC OFFS Program Certification Will Be Launched in 2008
Down to the wire! Winning the war on wireworms
Two “new generation” specialty insecticides now available
Making “buying local” easier: FMO arrives at new
ndustry supports end of non-essential use of pesticides
President’s Council launches website, ads aimed at celebrating Ontario agriculture
Appearances are not always what they seem…and commodity benefits are more than skin-deep
Rural Route mail is becoming an increasingly “national” problem
Event Calender Editorials and Comments
The Visions 2008 - Agriculture: Toward a
The 83rd Annual Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) Convention and Trade Show
The 2008 National Grocery Conference - “Diving into a Sea of Change”
The Bi-Annual Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology Conference
Uncorked – The Grape and Wine Industry Conference and Trade Show
CHAIRS COMMENTS - Give your mailbag a shake!
GROWING 801 - Breaking through consumer perception
SMITTY'S MUSES - Moving the yard sticks forward a bit at a time
THE GARLIC GRIST - Let the season begin!
RURAL MATTERS - Consumers will keep functional foods in farmers’ fields
VALUE CHAINING - Turning relationships into competitive advantages
FRUIT FORUM - CanGro is Gone - The End of an Era
AGRI-MARKETING: FRESH FROM THE FARM - Farms featured in the news help attract more visitors
OFA OPINES - What’s the real farm product price?
SPROUTING ANEW - TChina secures its food supply - good business for NAG
VINELAND NEWS - Research Priorities and Goals
THE FRESHNESS CONNECTION - Working the system for you
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Stop the Turns – I want to get off
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Stop the Turns – Of Tobacco, Horticulture, & Potash
CFA ADVISORY - It’s time for government to listen to farmer leaders
AGCARE-AN ENVIRONMENTAL VOICE OF REASON - Enviro. commissioner supportive of farmer water efforts
CRAIG'S COMMENTS - Let’s get together and remember