The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is offering online courses on produce basics and produce essentials. Identification and labelling are one topic.
Temporary foreign workers arriving by charter at Toronto Pearson International Airport...
Health Canada will allow some key uses of clothianidin and thiamethoxam on crops with...
Ontario’s vaccination strategy prioritizes agricultural workers in its phase-two...
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is offering online courses on produce basics and produce essentials. Identification and labelling are one topic.
Farm Credit Canada’s survey of 2,000 Canadian consumers revealed a shift of attitudes to searching for more Canadian-grown food.
Bill George Jr. is re-elected for a third one-year term as chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association at the 162nd annual general meeting – held virtually for the first time.
The Plant City, Florida grower of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries has expanded operations to Oxnard, California. The Frontera strawberry variety will be grown there.
Consumer demand for fresh potatoes has drawn down stocks. However, demand for processing potatoes is not back to pre-pandemic levels.
The federal ag minister says that incoming temporary foreign workers are currently exempt from the three-day mandatory quarantine near the Toronto airport at least until March 14. They are still required to quarantine for two weeks at farms.
The Ontario government is making improvements to the Commodity Loan Guarantee Program to extend repayment deadlines, increase lending capacity and provide farmers with greater flexibility to purchase essential crop growing supplies, such as seed and fertilizer.
The US. International Trade Commission has concluded that Canadian blueberries can continue to be shipped without threat of trade penalties. The decision was part of a broad review of all countries trading with the U.S.
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show is launching a year-long digital offering starting with the first themed digital event on planting topics on Wednesday, March 10. Presenters will talk about maximizing profitability through small changes, share practical equipment tips, plus explore new developments in autonomous ag equipment.
This resource provides excellent pictures and describes key features to identify the six different species found in Ontario: waterhemp, redroot pigweed, green pigweed, tumble pigweed, smooth pigweed and prostrate pigweed.
Health Canada will allow some key uses of clothianidin and thiamethoxam on crops with additional risk mitigation measures. Changes are effective by March 31, 2023.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has released its re-evaluation decision on linuron, allowing use on carrots, parsnips, potatoes, asparagus and shelterbelts. Risk-reduction measures will apply.
Biobest, a global supplier for biological control of pests and disease, is partnering with Ecoation Innovation Solutions to digitize the scheduling of integrated pest management in the European market.
Nufarm, in partnership with Valent Canada, announces a new fungicide for control of scab and powdery mildew in apples. Excalia must be applied between green tip and petal fall.
After two years of research and pilots, Luci Faas was successful in identifying a home-compostable cucumber wrap for Nature Fresh Farms, Leamington, Ontario. The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is honouring her as one of 10 Women in Produce nominees.
Joshua Mosiondz will be joining the Horticulture Technology unit of Ontario’s ag ministry, effective immediately.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association announces its 2021 board of directors. At the April 28th board meeting, Guy Milette of Courchesne Larose Ltée will assume the role as chair for 2021/2022.
The Canadian Horticultural Council recognized Quebecer Jocelyn St-Denis and Ontarian Hector Delanghe for their outstanding contributions to the sector.
NutriAg is introducing newly registered SiliCalMax, a silicon and calcium foliar fertilizer for both fruit and vegetable crops.
More than $3.6 million of Ontario funding will be targeted to 12 projects through the Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative. One project is to test cost effectiveness of anti-viral coating to treat tools and surfaces with hopes of reducing spread of human and plant viruses.
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.
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.