The Ontario Produce Marketing Association reports that consumer financial concern remains high with 64 per cent of consumers citing rising gas prices and their impact on overall budgets.
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A University of Georgia breeder and California farmers are growing proprietary blueberry varieties -- Pink Cosmo and Hunkaberry -- for Oppy.
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The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is launching a new national Kids FarmSafe Week, presented by BASF Agricultural Solutions, from May 13-19.
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Federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay has announced $1.08 million for the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing to develop mental health literacy education.
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BC’s 6,500 acres of cherries have a farmgate value of $200 million in a good year. But in the last five years, growers have faced an unprecedented heat dome, spring frosts, and this year, a winter freeze.