The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention is returning to the Niagara Falls Convention Centre on February 21-22, 2024. Early bird registration opens December 1.
After a year of criss-crossing the country, talking to farmers and experts, Senator Robert Black says that a report on soil health is expected in 2024.
Potato growers Charles Emre and his son-in-law Nick Bell examine a cover crop in July 2023 on their farm, Windham Centre, Ontario. Soil health is top-of-mind for the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry which is expected to release…
Among several issues, Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada and Canadian Produce Marketing Association raised awareness of the industry’s significant concerns with recent Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) proposals related to packaging.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label to help manage root rots on field- and greenhouse-grown herbs and field-grown spices (CG 25 and 26) in Canada.
Defining the sensory profiles of fresh berries has helped Vineland researchers in their understanding of aromas and textures for both Ontario field-grown and greenhouse-grown strawberries as well as those imported from the U.S.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label to help manage various diseases on haskap berries and bulb vegetables in Canada.
Fernando Borja shares recruiting experience with Guatemalan workers
Jaime Bustamante explains DRC mandate
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Karen Davidson - Nov 22, 2023The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label to help manage root rots on field- and greenhouse-grown herbs and field-grown spices (CG 25 and 26) in Canada.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 20, 2023The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label to help manage various diseases on haskap berries and bulb vegetables in Canada.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 16, 2023The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has expanded the label for Kocide 2000-O to help manage apple scab and fire blight on apples.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 08, 2023Cimegra insecticide, already labelled for wireworm control in-furrow, is now registered for foliar use on Colorado potato beetles says BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 27, 2023Brothers Brad & Travis Hopcott, cranberry growers from Pitt Meadows, BC were one of two national winners from seven regional farmers at Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer national event held November 22-26, 2023.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 27, 2023The Prince Edward Island Potato Board honoured four of its leaders at its fall banquet on November 24. One of them was assistant general manager, Brenda Simmons, who has retired after 25 years of service.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 27, 2023The Ontario Produce Marketing Association honoured a number of industry leaders at its November 24 gala. The Outstanding Achievement Award was won by the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association for its More Than a Migrant Worker initiative.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 10, 2023The Atlantic Region will be represented by new potato growers Marijke Oudshoon and Willem van de Wetering of Morell, PEI. BC/Yukon will be represented by cranberry growers Brad and Travis Hopcott, Pitt Meadows. Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer national event is to be held in Laval Québec from November 22-26.
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Karen Davidson - Oct 12, 2023The international vegetable-breeding company plans to build its newest R & D station in Guatemala, leveraging distinct climate zones to enable ext…
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Karen Davidson - Aug 26, 2023The American Falls plant expansion in Idaho, originally scheduled for 2023, will be completed by mid-2024. State potato growers will be called upon t…
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Karen Davidson - Aug 23, 2023At the U.S. Apple Outlook Conference in Chicago, the association predicted that 2023-2024 apple production will hit 250 million bushels, up 1.5 per ce…
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Karen Davidson - Aug 10, 2023Five new varieties have been released that are resistant to the fungal disease of Fusarium wilt. UC Keystone is one of them.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 24, 2023Potato growers Charles Emre and his son-in-law Nick Bell examine a cover crop in July 2023 on their farm, Windham Centre, Ontario. Soil health is top…
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Karen Davidson - Oct 23, 2023FERME Québec is the non-profit agency responsible for bringing temporary foreign workers to farms. Of the 20,000 who came in 2012, 13,000 were from…
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Karen Davidson - Sep 22, 2023Given the public interest in land use, particularly around metropolitan areas of Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, farmers’ markets play an…
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Karen Davidson - Jul 21, 2023Ontario growers fill a niche for U.S. pickle processors that’s valued at $16 million annually. Dan Froese supervises one of three Hartung Brothers’…
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Karen Davidson - Nov 13, 2023The France-based company announces that their fleet of robots require no human supervision to operate in geo-fenced fields. Agritechnica, based in…
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Karen Davidson - Sep 01, 2023A new tag contains less plastic, requires less water in its manufacture and emits fewer carbon emissions.
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Karen Davidson - Aug 14, 2023Bila A/S’s Global AGV autonomous forklifts are available to the Canadian market through Crawford Packaging. These machines are the latest in…
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Karen Davidson - May 30, 2023Two Canadian partners – Sollum Technologies and ecoation – will join arms with Switzerland-based Vivent to offer their groundbreaking technology and…
Owen Roberts - Oct 26, 2023
Columnist Owen Roberts points to a surprising report that says the time is ripe for Saskatchewan to develop the controversial 500,000-acre Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project. The Canadian Agri-food Policy Institute provides the background research.
Peter Chapman - Oct 31, 2023
Food inflation is an issue in every country, not just in Canada, explains Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman. The federal government’s summoning of retail grocer executives to Ottawa is more photo opportunity than a real understanding of a complex supply chain.
Chris Duyvelshoff - Sep 27, 2023
This year’s crop protection tour highlighted apple, field vegetable and potato farms in Québec. Columnist Chris Duyvelshoff noted the critical need to continue to have access to effective crop protection tools, especially as older products are removed from the market.
Shawn Brenn - Oct 31, 2023
Shawn Brenn, chair, Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, details multi-pronged communications efforts about the temporary foreign worker program.
Josh Mosiondz - Aug 01, 2023
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved a minor use label expansion registration for Kopa insecticidal soap for suppression of spotted lanternfly nymphs on fruit trees and grapes in Canada. This is a preparedness measure in case spotted lanternfly is detected in Canada.
Learn more about the women and men who help Ontario farmers grow our food and find answers to the questions we know you have about seasonal workers on our farms.