UPL has purchased Arysta LifeScience from its parent company Platform Specialty Products, and launched its new purpose called OpenAg, in support of the company’ s long-term vision.

Helicovex has been added to the growing list of biological controls from Sylvar Technologies Inc. This new mode of action is important in controlling corn earworm in sweet corn.

BASF’s newly released Sefina is now available to Canadian potato farmers for aphid control.

Potato growers have another tool against pink rot and Pythium leak with Syngenta Canada’s new Orondis Gold Potato fungicide.

BASF introduces new Versys insecticide for the 2019 season. It will quickly stop aphids feeding in fruit and vegetable crops.

Vineland Growers’ Co-operative Ltd. will become the exclusive marketer for The Norfolk Fruit Growers’ Association fresh apple program, beginning with the 2019 apple harvest.

Anne Verhallen, soil management specialist for horticulture crops with the Ontario ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs, was honoured as one of this year’s Soil Champion award recipients.

Ken Knox, former deputy minister of the Ontario ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs, has been appointed by the Ontario government as chair of the Ontario Food Terminal Board. He has a one-year term ending January 16, 2020.

Kyle Hart joins the AgSafe team as a new safety consultant and advisor for the central Okanagan region in British Columbia.

Ontario’s agriculture minister has appointed former livestock farmer Dave Hope as the new chair of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers’ Board.

UPL has purchased Arysta LifeScience from its parent company Platform Specialty Products, and launched its new purpose called OpenAg, in support of the company’ s long-term vision.

Helicovex has been added to the growing list of biological controls from Sylvar Technologies Inc. This new mode of action is important in controlling corn earworm in sweet corn.

BASF’s newly released Sefina is now available to Canadian potato farmers for aphid control.

Gowan is creating a new business unit to develop bio-solutions, built around EcoFlora Agro SAS.

BASF introduces new Versys insecticide for the 2019 season. It will quickly stop aphids feeding in fruit and vegetable crops.

Vineland Growers’ Co-operative Ltd. will become the exclusive marketer for The Norfolk Fruit Growers’ Association fresh apple program, beginning with the 2019 apple harvest.

Anne Verhallen, soil management specialist for horticulture crops with the Ontario ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs, was honoured as one of this year’s Soil Champion award recipients.

Ken Knox, former deputy minister of the Ontario ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs, has been appointed by the Ontario government as chair of the Ontario Food Terminal Board. He has a one-year term ending January 16, 2020.

Kyle Hart joins the AgSafe team as a new safety consultant and advisor for the central Okanagan region in British Columbia.

Ontario’s agriculture minister has appointed former livestock farmer Dave Hope as the new chair of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers’ Board.

Canadian association leaders, growers and suppliers recently united under one pavilion at Fruit Logistica for a third consecutive year. This year’s February 6-8, 2019 event in Berlin billed itself as the world’s largest fresh produce trade show.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking new steps to strengthen and modernize the process for issuing public warnings and notification of product recalls.

CKF of Canada has won a bronze innovation award at Fruit Logistica for its sealable, compostable and recyclable wood pulp punnets for strawberries.

The U.S. Apple Association is calling for timely ratification of USMCA and an end to steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexico and Canada – key markets for apple exports. One out of every three apples is bound for markets outside American borders.

Bayer will present its new vegetable seeds portfolio at Fruit Logistica 2019, which begins February 6 in Berlin. The Delisher cherry plum tomato looks ripe for sampling.

Vineland Growers’ Co-operative Ltd. will become the exclusive marketer for The Norfolk Fruit Growers’ Association fresh apple program, beginning with the 2019 apple harvest.

Anne Verhallen, soil management specialist for horticulture crops with the Ontario ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs, was honoured as one of this year’s Soil Champion award recipients.

Ken Knox, former deputy minister of the Ontario ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs, has been appointed by the Ontario government as chair of the Ontario Food Terminal Board. He has a one-year term ending January 16, 2020.

Kyle Hart joins the AgSafe team as a new safety consultant and advisor for the central Okanagan region in British Columbia.

Ontario’s agriculture minister has appointed former livestock farmer Dave Hope as the new chair of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers’ Board.