The 2018 potato harvest is highly variable across Canada and even within provinces. In...
The Produce Marketing Association’s 2018 summit will focus on big industry innovations...
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U.S. apple growers remain united in face of policy turmoil and trade wars with key partners such as Mexico, India and China.They export $1 billion in apples, about one-third of the country’s crop.
Federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay has announced up to $8.3 million to the Organic Federation of Canada, under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, AgriScience Clusters.
Mrs. Whytes, a Quebec-based firm, plans to open a pickling business in Wallaceburg, Ontario to take advantage of the area’s production of cucumbers. It’s the second most valuable processing vegetable crop, after tomatoes, worth $13 million.
Mucci Farms is opening a new distribution facility in San Antonio, Texas to optimize service in the southern United States. The Kingsville, Ontario greenhouse grower specializes in lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and strawberries.
Thanks to NatureFresh Farms and breeder Eminent Seeds, this is the debut year for the world’s smallest tomato: the Tomberry. Isaac Braun, greenhouse grower responsible for 60 acres of peppers and tomatoes in Leamington, Ontario, shares the path to innovation.
Peter Quiring, founder and president of NatureFreshFarms, Leamington, Ontario has spent 20 years
Canada’s apple harvest is estimated to be up 14 per cent from a year ago. Despite wildfires, British Columbia’s harvest will be up significantly while Nova Scotia’s will be trimmed due to early June frosts.
British Columbia’s wildfires and at times, scorching temperatures, are presenting management challenges to growers in terms of picking times and maturation rates of fruit.
BC’s hazelnut industry was decimated with eastern filbert blight in the last decade, but is getting new life with provincial funding of $300,000 over three years for a replant program. One of the growers is Helmut Hooge Farm, Agassiz, BC, host of a field day last fall.
Late blight has been confirmed in a potato field near Alliston, Ontario, just days after the US23 strain was identified in Michigan state. Crop protection fungicides are recommended.
Parasol FL fungicide is now available for pome and stone fruit growers. It’s aimed at fire blight, coryneum blight, bacterial blight, eastern filbert blight, bacterial canker and leaf curl.
The manufacturers of Chateau herbicide have been granted a new label expansion for control of suckers on hops and management of other labeled weeds.
BASF Canada Inc. (BASF) has been granted a new label expansion for Frontier Max herbicide for control of annual grasses and key broadleaf weeds in potatoes. In addition to its expanded label on potatoes, Frontier Max is also registered for use on corn, soybeans, dry beans, onions, cabbage and grapes.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has agreed to restart the review process for the commonly used fungicide mancozeb. However, the decision stands on metiram.
The popularity of “Fresh News from The Grower” with almost 3,000 readers every Monday morning has resulted in a new hire. Robyn Meerveld has joined The Grower team as assistant editor.
Broad appeal and core brand identity were the goals behind Lakeside’s re-branding. Prospective partners, customers and employees will warm to the style of the new logo.
A comprehensive report on the 2018 U.S. and Canadian produce industry will be available Jan. 2019, according to its author Mike Mauti.
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association is welcoming Michelle Broom as its new president. The Australian brings a wealth of international experience to the leadership role.
From labour to energy saving, Vineland’s research focuses on the issues important to Canada’s horticultural industry. Read the results in its 2018/19 Innovation Report.
Montreal start-up Motorleaf has announced new investment in their artificial intelligence (AI) capacity to improve yield estimates in greenhouse crops.
A new system of automated vertical growing machines will make lettuce, basil and microgreens available year-round.
The quality and safety of tender fruit at the Vineland Growers’ Cooperative is getting a boost from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, with funding to implement new food safety measures. Member Phil Tregunno was an early adopter this past summer at new packing facilities at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
