Business headlines have highlighted the successful quest of Keith Creel, CEO, of Canadian Pacific Railway to acquire Kansas City Southern. That deal came to fruition on September 15 in a stock and cash transaction of about USD$31 billion, that promises to compete with trucks bringing produce from Mexico to Canada.  

Labour shortages are affecting all segments of the supply chain writes Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman. An inexperienced buyer can have a serious impact on your business. So look at your forecasts and help buyers keep the right amount of inventory on hand.

A vaccination clinic at Toronto Pearson Airport was a huge success in 2021, thanks to a partnership between the OFVGA and OMAFRA’s COVID Agri-Food Secretariat. Bill George, OFVGA chair, reports that staff at 80 clinics were able to vaccinate 10,000 temporary foreign workers.

Peak of the Market has announced that Deena Clarke has joined the team as chief financial officer.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced it will accept either pre-harvest or finished product testing as part of its requirements for importing romaine lettuce into Canada between September 30 and December 31, 2021. The requirements apply to romaine lettuce grown in four California  counties:  Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito and Monterey.

The U.S.-based Produce Marketing Association has decided it will be unable to put on Fresh Summit 2021 scheduled for October 28-30 in New Orleans, Louisiana, due to the impacts of Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Nicholas.

BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has received registration from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)

Kevin MacIsaac is retiring this fall, precisely a decade after he started with the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC).

Croptracker, headquartered in Kingston, Ontario, will expand its Harvest Quality Vision (HQV) system with new crop load and defect detection tools. 

The Horiver Wet sticky trap is designed specifically for monitoring of adult aphids, whitefly, thrips, Tuta absoluta, fruit flies and sciarids.