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Cleanfarms is holding one-day events throughout British Columbia’s interior to pick up unwanted agricultural pesticides. Check the schedule for the location nearest you from September 27 to October 21. The service will not return to this area again until 2024.
The Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative is calling for applications that would support knowledge transfer, research synthesis or commercialization. All applications must align with research priorities, one of which is productive land capacity.
The recent merger between Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and Kansas City Southern means there is now a single-line, competitive option for domestic intermodal shipments between Mexico, the U.S. Midwest, and Canada. Rail can now compete with trucks for time-sensitive shipments in high-value perishables.
More than $280,000 in grant money will support future planting of 75,000 tender fruit trees and 10,000 grapevines across the Niagara region. It’s one of two specialty crop areas protected by Ontario’s Greenbelt.
Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered that letting children have more eating time – say 20 minutes rather than 10 – results in more consumption of fruits and vegetables. It stands to reason, writes Owen Roberts, that “protected time” without interruptions allows kids to eat all of their lunch.
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.
Winnipeg-based Peak of the Market appoints Deena Clarke as chief financial officer. And broadens the executive team with Jodi Johnson in the newly created position of marketing and communications.
After a one-year hiatus, the ONHops BrewOff is back. This year’s beer style is American pale ale. Organizers must receive the completed entry form and registration fee by 4 pm, October 29.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced either pre-harvest or finished product testing as part of its requirements for accepting California-grown romaine lettuce into Canada between September 30 and December 31, 2021.
Vestaron Corporation has named Plant Products, Leamington, Ontario to be exclusive distributor for the Canadian greenhouse market. The first product will be Spear-T biopesticide.
Canadian distributor, Cohort Wholesale, is supporting Vestaron in commercializing the innovative insecticide for fruit and vegetable crops.
BASF Canada has received registration for a fungicide with new active ingredient Revysol for broad spectrum control against foliar diseases such as early blight, black dot and brown spot in potatoes. It will be available for the 2022 growing season.
Cohort Wholesale will provide technical, sales, warehousing and logistical support for UPL products. The agreement is effective September 1, 2021.
Alberta MP John Barlow is back in the saddle as the shadow minister for agriculture, agri-food and food security.
One of the six scholars named to a $15,000 Nuffield Canada scholarship is Mark Phillips, marketing specialist for the Prince Edward Island Potato Board. He intends to research public trust issues.
Global crop protection company Corteva has named Canadian Chuck Magro as the next CEO, effective November 1, 2021.
The Québec-based and bilingual Marie-Claude Bibeau was the first female to be appointed agriculture minister in March 2019. Her two-year tenure has earned her a renewed posting to the complex portfolio in the next Liberal government.
A smart scanning system is in development to detect fruit size, colour and possible defects for the Ontario apple and tender fruit industries. The goal is to have more consistent, higher-quality fruit and less reliance on manual processes.
Koppert Biological Systems has expanded its Horiver sticky trap range with four new traps for monitoring and trapping pests such as leaf miners, whiteflies, thrips and other harmful insects in a wide variety of crops.
Biobest, active in biocontrol and pollination, is deepening its relationship with ecoation, a pioneer in robotics and artificial intelligence technologies for horticulture.
Based in the Netherlands, Certhon and its Japanese partner DENSO, are launching the Certhon Harvest Robot. This multifunctional robot can detect, cut and transport greenhouse-grown tomatoes to boxes without human help.
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