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Pierre Petelle, president and CEO, CropLife Canada warns against the unintended consequences of more regulatory burdens on registrants and growers. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s consultation ends August 24, 2024.
Gowan Canada has announced registration of a new biological fungicide for the 2025 growing season.
Christina Turi, Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada, authors her first column in the July issue of The Grower as manager, plant health and crop protection.
The company is introducing introduce chlorin-based photosensitizer to the global market as a biocontrol solution for integrated pest management.
The British Columbia Greenhouse Growers’ Association welcomes Anju Gill as executive director in September. To fill the vacancy she left at BC Blueberry Council, Paul Pryce moves into the role of executive director.
Geena Luckett, Wallbrook, Nova Scotia, has been named the Outstanding Young Farmer for 2024 at the regional event held in Antigonish. She is the co-owner and general manager of Luckett’s Vineyards, a 130-acre operation.
Simon Plante and Alison Blouin of Polyculture Plante, Sainte-Pétronille, will represent Québec at the national event in Lethbridge, Alberta in November 2024.
At the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation’s annual general meeting, two new directors were elected to the board. They are Bryan Nickerson, Western Growers and Cara Porter, Loblaw Companies Limited.
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A joint venture has successfully built a vertically integrated blueberry-growing and marketing operation from scratch. This included building its own…
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Dennis Beesigamukama, a postdoctoral fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, is the 2024 recipient of the…
The U.S. apple estimate represents a 10 per cent decrease compared to the final 2023 production figure.
Mississippi State University scientists use $1M grant to ‘get a grip’ on automated blackberry harvesting.
Jocelyn Gibouleau, Les Productions Margiric, is testing iceless broccoli, thanks to an innovation of Verdant Technologies. The HarvestHold Fresh…
Sukhdeep Brar, a second-generation cherry, peach and apple grower, is learning another skill: standing up for his tree fruit industry in the face of…
Shawn Brenn, chair, OFVGA, cites a long list of barriers that are pinching growth in the horticultural sector. They include: carbon taxes, high…
Right people, right roles. That’s the mantra of HR manager, Amanda Doughty at Sandy Shore Farms, Port Burwell, Ontario. She works closely with…
The biotech company is publishing strong spray trial results for its Clonostachys rosea CR-7 (CR-7) biofungicide when used on a blueberry crop.…
Verdant Technologies’ post-harvest solution can be used on broccoli, tomatoes peaches and other fruits and vegetables.
Verdant Technologies is partnering with Sobeys Inc. to eliminate ice from the broccoli supply chain in Canada. HarvestHold Fresh is an in-box sheet…
The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network has named Vivid Machines to lead a project on data-driven dormant apple tree pruning and…
As fall harvest hits full stride, columnist Owen Roberts chronicles the labour shortage in North America, quoting the International Fresh Produce Association: import labour or import food.
Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman points out that produce managers have insights about consumers and how produce flows from the back of store to front of store.
Chris Duyvelshoff, crop protection advisor, and Brian Rideout, chair, crop protection section, Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, co-author the Crop Protection Report to members. Highlight: 8 new active ingredients were registered by PMRA for edible hort in 2023
Reducing burdens for on-farm worker housing is a key focus of the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association.
Josh Mosiondz, minor use coordinator, OMAFRA, details the priorities for research for the Pest Management Centre’s 2025 agenda.
