Ontario ag minister Ernie Hardeman has called for direct contracting between...
P.E.I. farmers were well positioned to put forward their top issues when the P.E.I....
The new chair of Agricorp's board of directors is fourth-generation carrot and onion...
P.E.I. farmers were well positioned to put forward their top issues when the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture hosted an all-party debate for the four provincial leaders. The provincial election takes place April 23, 2019.
Ontario ag minister Ernie Hardeman has called for direct contracting between processors and tomato growers in advance of 2020 crop negotiations. That means new regulations would have to be in place by the end of the 2019 calendar year.
The new chair of Agricorp's board of directors is fourth-generation carrot and onion farmer Jason Verkaik. He’s a past chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association.
Louise Fresco, president of Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands joined Syngenta’s board of directors, effective April 12, 2019. The university is highly regarded world-wide for its research in horticulture and other agricultural sciences.
AgScape, the voice of agriculture in the classroom for Ontario, has hired Glenna Banda as its new executive director. She has headed The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington (CFGW) for the past nine years.
Ontario’s agriculture, food and rural affairs ministry will lose millions in 2019-2020 funding, as part of the provincial government’s efforts to balance the books. For the first time in recent years, the budget is less than a billion dollars.
Health Canada will be cancelling some uses and restricting others of three neonicotinoid pesticides. Changes are ahead for crops ranging from tree fruits to berries to cucurbit vegetables. All uses for orchard trees, for example, have been cancelled.
Phil Tregunno remains chair of the Ontario Tender Fruit Growers for 2019.
Ontario’s provincial government is promising changes to alcohol consumption regulations. Growers are hopeful that share of market will continue to increase for Ontario-grown grapes.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) has elected a new executive slate for the next year. Global traveller Oleen Smethurst of Costco Wholesale Canada is the new chair.
Health Canada will be cancelling some uses and restricting others of three neonicotinoid pesticides. Changes are ahead for crops ranging from tree fruits to berries to cucurbit vegetables. All uses for orchard trees, for example, have been cancelled.
The extended label on this insecticide will assist growers in controlling carrot weevil in a number of root vegetables.
For the upcoming season, growers have access to another tool for suppression of spotted wing drosophila in a number of berry crops and stone fruits.
The extended label on this foliar fungicide will assist growers in suppressing powdery mildew on field and greenhouse mint as well as greenhouse-grown lettuce.
The new chair of Agricorp's board of directors is fourth-generation carrot and onion farmer Jason Verkaik. He’s a past chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association.
Louise Fresco, president of Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands joined Syngenta’s board of directors, effective April 12, 2019. The university is highly regarded world-wide for its research in horticulture and other agricultural sciences.
AgScape, the voice of agriculture in the classroom for Ontario, has hired Glenna Banda as its new executive director. She has headed The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington (CFGW) for the past nine years.
Phil Tregunno remains chair of the Ontario Tender Fruit Growers for 2019.
Scabby potatoes are unmarketable. However, molecular technology has determined that the most predominant species in Ontario might be one that could be controlled with cultural practices.
Several Ontario vegetable farms are working together to trial new transplanting technology they hope will save time and labour.
Fruit Logistica hosts the first Start-up Day presenting 20 entrepreneurs in ten-minute intervals on February 8, 2019. One new technology is an indoor drone for insect control in greenhouses.
Day-neutral strawberries help meet market demands, but growers face new pest management obstacles.
