Vineland Growers’ Co-operative Ltd. will become the exclusive marketer for The Norfolk...
Last fall’s unprecedented rainy and muddy harvest across many potato-growing regions...
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre is looking for participants to taste samples...
Back by popular demand, the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute lecture series gives grape growers and wine makers access to the latest research findings.
Canada’s Safe Food for Canadians Act regulations come into effect Jan. 15, 2019. Prevention and traceability are the focus of the new legislation.
Demand for Canadian blueberries continues to grow. As inventories decline, farm-gate prices are expected to rise according to Farm Credit Canada.
Growing energy demand by Windsor-Essex greenhouses is expected to exceed capacity, according to a report by Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). The good news is that upgrades are underway.
Farming can be stressful business. If you’re struggling mentally, don’t hesitate to reach out for help. That’s the message of a new provincial mental health awareness campaign aimed at Ontario farmers.
BASF introduces new Versys insecticide for the 2019 season. It will quickly stop aphids feeding in fruit and vegetable crops.
Fresh Direct Produce of Vancouver has been acquired by a private equity firm. Davis Yung, president, CEO and co-founder has an aggressive plan for future growth.
Bonduelle takes on the Canadian single-serve salad market with five, new ready-to-eat salad bowls with all the fixings.
Farm Credit Canada is watching the trends shaping agriculture’s economic outlook for 2019. Overall, the forecast remains positive.
Twelve blueberry growers from Holland, Germany and Belgium have struck a deal to innovate in smart farming and robotic harvesting. The blueberry deal is one of five clusters under the Innoveins umbrella.
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.
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.
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.
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre researchers hope that federal funding will help them build a network to accelerate development and commercialization of labour-saving agricultural technologies.
