The Pest Management Regulatory Agency is cancelling the use of chlorpyrifos insecticide in fruits and vegetables. An extended phase-out period is granted for garlic.

The Cool Climate and Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) returns with 10...
Another tool is available for managing spotted-wing drosophila in blueberries. ADAMA...
Erika DeBrouwer has joined the horticulture crops unit, Ontario Ministry of...
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency is cancelling the use of chlorpyrifos insecticide in fruits and vegetables. An extended phase-out period is granted for garlic.
Marrone Bio Innovations is launching its biofungicide for broad-spectrum suppression of diseases such as downy mildew, Botrytis and Sclerotinia. It will be distributed by Cohort Wholesale.
Potato production in Canada was literally all over the map in 2020. Due to market uncertainty from COVID-19, growers planted 5,000 fewer acres. And then hot, droughty weather trimmed yields further, especially in eastern Canada.
The annual general meeting of CanAgPlus, the not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates the CanadaGAP Program, has elected two new and two returning directors. This is the oversight board for food safety.
Potato seed sales were interrupted on November 20 due to the quarantinable disease of potato wart. However, bilateral talks are underway with the United States to resume business as soon as possible.
For inexplicable reasons, the governments of Trinidad and Tobago are not repatriating hundreds of their citizens in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are 385 workers from the eastern Caribbean islands who want to go home but are stranded in Ontario as of December 7, 2020.
American farm leaders have listed three priorities for the incoming Biden government: COVID-testing and vaccinations for essential food chain workers, predictable language in the next farm bill and ratification of trade agreements.
Former Toronto mayor David Crombie resigned the chair of the Greenbelt Council on December 5, protesting the Ontario premier’s omnibus bill that would erode power of local Conservation Authorities. Half of the council resigned the next day. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture agrees that watershed planning transcends municipal borders.
Mastronardi Produce has announced that its Sunset brand will continue to flourish with the opening of a new 185,000-square-foot facility in Laredo, Texas near its current distribution center.
Greenhouse operator Nature Fresh Farms has expanded operations with a new distribution center in Laredo, Texas, with future developments planned for 2021.
BASF has received label expansion for Serifel, a fungicide and a biological that can be used on a range of fruiting, leafy, root and cucurbit vegetables and berries.
Another tool is available for managing spotted-wing drosophila in blueberries. ADAMA Agricultural Solutions has announced that the crop protection product can be used on both highbush and lowbush blueberries.
Syngenta Canada has announced key additions to the Miravis fungicide lineup. This is news pertinent to diverse horticultural crops such as potatoes, strawberries and highbush blueberries.
The broad-spectrum insecticide has been re-evaluated and approved by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency for continued use in Canada. The product is used in tree fruit, berries, carrots, celery and potatoes.
Erika DeBrouwer has joined the horticulture crops unit, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. She will be based in Simcoe.
Robert Van Der Geest becomes general manager for Nature Fresh Farms Mexico leading operations of a 15-acre pepper greenhouse in the central region of the country. Another 15 acres are under construction.
The president and co-founder of Cave Spring Cellars has been named to the Order of Canada, capping a lifetime of achievements in the wine and hospitality industry of the Niagara Peninsula.
The annual general meeting of CanAgPlus, the not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates the CanadaGAP Program, has elected two new and two returning directors. This is the oversight board for food safety.
Smart algorithms can optimize and steer climate, irrigation and energy in daily operations of greenhouses. A January 28 webinar delves into how artificial intelligence can reduce dependency on human expertise in controlled environments.
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Telus Corporation, a Canadian telecom company, has announced its acquisitions of several data management and analytics companies to come under the umbrella of Telus Agriculture.
Ecoation is partnering with Kinova, a Canadian-based global leader in professional robotics. It’s a step forward in identifying pests and diseases in greenhouses.