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The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label to help manage root rots on field- and greenhouse-grown herbs and field-grown spices (CG 25 and 26) in Canada. -
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label to help manage various diseases on haskap berries and bulb vegetables in Canada. -
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label for Kocide 2000-O to help manage apple scab and fire blight on apples. -
Cimegra insecticide, already labelled for wireworm control in-furrow, is now registered for foliar use on Colorado potato beetles says BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions.
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Brothers Brad & Travis Hopcott, cranberry growers from Pitt Meadows, BC were one of two national winners from seven regional farmers at Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer national event held November 22-26, 2023. -
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board honoured four of its leaders at its fall banquet on November 24. One of them was assistant general manager, Brenda Simmons, who has retired after 25 years of service. -
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association honoured a number of industry leaders at its November 24 gala. The Outstanding Achievement Award was won by the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association for its More Than a Migrant Worker initiative. -
The Atlantic Region will be represented by new potato growers Marijke Oudshoon and Willem van de Wetering of Morell, PEI. BC/Yukon will be represented by cranberry growers Brad and Travis Hopcott, Pitt Meadows. Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer national event is to be held in Laval Québec from November 22-26.
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The international vegetable-breeding company plans to build its newest R & D station in Guatemala, leveraging distinct climate zones to enable ext… -
The American Falls plant expansion in Idaho, originally scheduled for 2023, will be completed by mid-2024. State potato growers will be called upon t… -
At the U.S. Apple Outlook Conference in Chicago, the association predicted that 2023-2024 apple production will hit 250 million bushels, up 1.5 per ce… -
Five new varieties have been released that are resistant to the fungal disease of Fusarium wilt. UC Keystone is one of them.
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Potato growers Charles Emre and his son-in-law Nick Bell examine a cover crop in July 2023 on their farm, Windham Centre, Ontario. Soil health is top… -
FERME Québec is the non-profit agency responsible for bringing temporary foreign workers to farms. Of the 20,000 who came in 2012, 13,000 were from… -
Given the public interest in land use, particularly around metropolitan areas of Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, farmers’ markets play an… -
Ontario growers fill a niche for U.S. pickle processors that’s valued at $16 million annually. Dan Froese supervises one of three Hartung Brothers’…
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The France-based company announces that their fleet of robots require no human supervision to operate in geo-fenced fields. Agritechnica, based in… -
A new tag contains less plastic, requires less water in its manufacture and emits fewer carbon emissions. -
Bila A/S’s Global AGV autonomous forklifts are available to the Canadian market through Crawford Packaging. These machines are the latest in… -
Two Canadian partners – Sollum Technologies and ecoation – will join arms with Switzerland-based Vivent to offer their groundbreaking technology and…
Columnist Owen Roberts points to a surprising report that says the time is ripe for Saskatchewan to develop the controversial 500,000-acre Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project. The Canadian Agri-food Policy Institute provides the background research.
Food inflation is an issue in every country, not just in Canada, explains Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman. The federal government’s summoning of retail grocer executives to Ottawa is more photo opportunity than a real understanding of a complex supply chain.
This year’s crop protection tour highlighted apple, field vegetable and potato farms in Québec. Columnist Chris Duyvelshoff noted the critical need to continue to have access to effective crop protection tools, especially as older products are removed from the market.
Shawn Brenn, chair, Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, details multi-pronged communications efforts about the temporary foreign worker program.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved a minor use label expansion registration for Kopa insecticidal soap for suppression of spotted lanternfly nymphs on fruit trees and grapes in Canada. This is a preparedness measure in case spotted lanternfly is detected in Canada.
