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Bill George, chair of the OFVGA labour committee, explains how the association has responded to the federal government’s consultation for redesigning the new, single stream TFW program for all agriculture and seafood processing. The government’s…
Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman promotes the value of posting on the LinkedIn social media platform.
Josh Mosiondz, Ontario’s minor use coordinator, details the key outcomes of the National Pest Management Priority Setting Workshop held in March 2025.
Receiver BDO Canada has contracted 19 former employees and 21 temporary foreign workers to care for trees and to support inventory sales.
Hon. Trevor Jones, Ontario’s agriculture, food and agribusiness minister, is gathering input from farmers prior to the federal-provincial-territorial meeting of his colleagues in Winnipeg from July 16-18. Business risk management is on the agenda.
Research projects are funded across seed, fresh and processing sectors.
Currently serving as director of stakeholder relations at the Prince Edward Island Potato Board, Krista Shaw will bring a deep understanding of organizational governance to her new role.
Hon. Trevor Jones prepares for ag ministers’ meeting in Winnipeg
Richard Lee details the effects of U.S. tariffs on greenhouse vegetables
- Josh Mosiondz -Josh Mosiondz, Ontario’s minor use coordinator, details the key outcomes of the National Pest Management Priority Setting Workshop held in March 2025.
- Josh Mosiondz -The PMRA has granted an emergency use registration to manage pepper anthracnose on field peppers in Ontario. The registration is effective June 2, 2025 until June 1, 2026. Note the registration has changed from a water-soluble pouch to the suspension concentrate.
- Josh Mosiondz -The PMRA has granted an Emergency Use Registration to manage downy mildew on quinoa in Québec, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The EUR is effective June 2, 2025 until June 1, 2026.
- Josh Mosiondz -The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved an emergency use for Allegro 500F fungicide from June 2, 2025 to June 1, 2026 in certain provinces. It is not registered for greenhouse strawberries.
- Karen Davidson -A world-renowned scholar and leader, Dr. Rene Van Acker has been appointed the University of Guelph’s 10th president and vice-chancellor effective July 2, 2025.
- Karen Davidson -Currently serving as director of stakeholder relations at the Prince Edward Island Potato Board, Krista Shaw will bring a deep understanding of organizational governance to her new role.
- Karen Davidson -The Ontario Produce Marketing Association has appointed a new board chair and two new directors at its June 10, 2025 annual general meeting.
- Karen Davidson -John Anderson, a business entrepreneur who has dedicated a 50-year career to Oppy, a global fresh produce retail business, is one of six inductees.
- Karen Davidson -Due to shifting global trade and rising import demand, the USDA now forecasts the fiscal year 2025 deficit in agricultural trade to rise to approximat…
- Karen Davidson -In the lead-up to COP 30 to be held November 10-21 in Belém, Brazil, G7 farmers’ organizations have laid out key goals.
- Karen Davidson -Plainfield, Wisconsin will feature sweet corn and green bean varieties. Salinas, California will feature romaine lettuce, spinach and cauliflower. Wo…
- Karen Davidson -About 1,500 acres of potatoes will be needed as feedstock for the new chip factory.
- Karen Davidson -Hon. Trevor Jones, Ontario’s agriculture, food and agribusiness minister, is gathering input from farmers prior to the federal-provincial-territorial…
- Karen Davidson -About 65 per cent of Ontario’s asparagus is exported to the U.S. Despite initial trade worries, growers have been working hard to keep up with…
- Karen Davidson -After a frost event in 2024, Brian Rideout and his son Sam are checking on the viability of apple blossoms at Manitree Fruit Farms, Blenheim, Ontario…
- Karen Davidson -The official opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario with Detroit Michigan is but months away in fall 2025. Yet…
- Karen Davidson -Robotics solutions in different horticultural crops will be featured at two events – one in Bradford and another in Simcoe in July 2025.
- Karen Davidson -Haggerty AgRobotics is bringing game-changing technology to Canadian agriculture with a 70 HP electric tractor. Autonomous operation is optional.
- Karen Davidson -A leader in precision irrigation technologies, Valley Irrigation will be consolidating its four legacy systems: AgSense, Valley 365, Precision King…
- Karen Davidson -The biotech company is publishing strong spray trial results for its Clonostachys rosea CR-7 (CR-7) biofungicide when used on a blueberry crop.…
As Owen Roberts explains, reform of the H-2A visa program is at the top of the advocacy agenda for the International Fresh Produce Association.
Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman promotes the value of posting on the LinkedIn social media platform.
Crop protection columnist Chris Duyvelshoff updates the status of PMRA regulations on drone applications. The pieces are falling in place to finalize approval in Canada.
Shawn Brenn, chair, OFVGA shares the communication efforts of the association.
Josh Mosiondz, Ontario’s minor use coordinator, details the key outcomes of the National Pest Management Priority Setting Workshop held in March 2025.
From a tiny plantlet in a lab, nurtured in a greenhouse, multiplied in the field, and finally, to your table – the Hoogland and Haenni families take you on a journey where some of the seed potatoes begin in Alberta. Courtesy of The Potato Growers Alberta.