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The label expansion also includes up to three applications per year in potatoes for longer broad-spectrum control against key diseases.
Kacy Perry is the new country division head for Bayer Crop Science Canada. She brings a long career in the U.S. row-crop market.
Innovation delayed is progress denied. That’s according to a new study that reveals $307 million in costs and 11 years to bring crop protection innovation to market.
The presence and messaging of Hon. Marjorie Michel, federal minister of health, at CropLife Canada’s Spring Dialogue Days were welcome.
Cathy Loblaw is the independent chair of the board of directors effective July 1, 2026.
Alison and Michael Davie, North Paddock Farms, Taber, have won the regional Outstanding Young Farmers competition. Alison is chair, Potato Growers of Alberta.
Ontario broccoli grower Ken Forth is one of five new inductees, honoured for his advocacy for the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program.
Garland Perkins joins PSA as project manager for the Lake Winnipeg Basin Watershed Project, while Liz Hamm joins the organization as education portal coordinator.
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The $11 billion request to Congress is a top-up to the $12 billion already sent to farmers in early 2026.
Well-known companies in the produce sector are taking a strong stand for a renewed USMCA agreement ahead of July 1, 2026.
The California senator has introduced six bills to expand support and market access in the next U.S. Farm Bill.
The inaugural show will feature the latest in weed mitigation and crop management solutions using robotics, drones and precision agriculture technolog…
The diversity of horticulture’s research needs is a perennial challenge in terms of funding and when growers can put forward their priorities.
The UN’s International Year of the Woman Farmer deserves a focus on the strides of Canadians. Here are four cross-country profiles.
Robert Shuh, elected president of the Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (FARMS) a year ago, reflects on the 60th anniversary of the…
Some southwestern Ontario greenhouse operators dimmed their state-of-the-art LED lights in winter 2026 because they couldn’t afford hydro that…
The president and CEO of Catania Worldwide will be honoured for his significant contributions to Canada’s fresh produce industry on April 30.
Based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Anodyne Chemistries Inc. is developing an innovative bio-electric process that converts carbon dioxide and water…
Field-ready technologies will be spotlighted at the March 26 event in London, Ontario.
The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network has announced funding to CropVue Technologies based in Surrey, BC. It is partnering with…
A University of Guelph researcher, Ataharul Chowdhury, is calling for a coordinated strategy in agricultural extension. Columnist Owen Roberts explains why this is the moment.
There are plenty of Canadian-made products and beverages that can fill domestic shelves and appeal to global markets writes Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman.
OFVGA’s crop protection advisor Chris Duyvelshoff makes the case for investing in the minor use program. From 2020-2024, the horticultural industry estimates the minor use program helped to prevent $1.6 billion in annual crop losses, contributed an additional $1.6 billion in GDP to the economy and supported more than 12,000 jobs.
Shawn Brenn, chair of OFVGA and Alison Robertson, executive director of OFVGA team up for an executive summary of the past year’s activities.
Ontario’s minor use coordinator, Josh Mosiondz, lists the final results of the national exercise in identifying research priorities for 2027.
