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With more than 4,000 farms and highly productive soils, the Greenbelt is home to more than half of Ontario’s fruit acreage, including more than 80% of the province’s peaches, plums, prunes, apricots, and grapes.
Alberta rancher Emma Cross becomes chair of the board of directors of The Do More Agriculture Foundation which champions mental health. She is supported by three new directors: John Kowalchuk, Richard Horne and Jessica Stiles.
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.
Bill George, chair of the OFVGA’s Labour Committee, details the importance of worker mobility and flexibility.
Ontario’s minor use coordinator, Josh Mosiondz, lists the final results of the national exercise in identifying research priorities for 2027.
The diversity of horticulture’s research needs is a perennial challenge in terms of funding and when growers can put forward their priorities.
Alison and Michael Davie, North Paddock Farms, Taber, have won the regional Outstanding Young Farmers competition. Alison is chair, Potato Growers of Alberta.
Drew Thompson explains how to use Folpan fungicide
Jennifer Best advocates for harmonized land zoning bylaws
- Karen Davidson -The label expansion also includes up to three applications per year in potatoes for longer broad-spectrum control against key diseases.
- Karen Davidson -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.
- Karen Davidson -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.
- Karen Davidson -The presence and messaging of Hon. Marjorie Michel, federal minister of health, at CropLife Canada’s Spring Dialogue Days were welcome.
- Karen Davidson -Alison and Michael Davie, North Paddock Farms, Taber, have won the regional Outstanding Young Farmers competition. Alison is chair, Potato Growers of Alberta.
- Karen Davidson -Ontario broccoli grower Ken Forth is one of five new inductees, honoured for his advocacy for the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program.
- Karen Davidson -Garland Perkins joins PSA as project manager for the Lake Winnipeg Basin Watershed Project, while Liz Hamm joins the organization as education portal coordinator.
- Karen Davidson -After 18 years at the helm of Canada’s fifth-largest grocery retailer, CEO Eric La Flèche will retire at the end of the fiscal year.
- Karen Davidson -Well-known companies in the produce sector are taking a strong stand for a renewed USMCA agreement ahead of July 1, 2026.
- Karen Davidson -The California senator has introduced six bills to expand support and market access in the next U.S. Farm Bill.
- Karen Davidson -The inaugural show will feature the latest in weed mitigation and crop management solutions using robotics, drones and precision agriculture technolog…
- Karen Davidson -Lobbying is intensifying as 160 North American agricultural organizations call for renewal of the trade agreement that has brought prosperity to Canad…
- Karen Davidson -The diversity of horticulture’s research needs is a perennial challenge in terms of funding and when growers can put forward their priorities.
- Karen Davidson -The UN’s International Year of the Woman Farmer deserves a focus on the strides of Canadians. Here are four cross-country profiles.
- Karen Davidson -Robert Shuh, elected president of the Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (FARMS) a year ago, reflects on the 60th anniversary of the…
- Karen Davidson -Some southwestern Ontario greenhouse operators dimmed their state-of-the-art LED lights in winter 2026 because they couldn’t afford hydro that…
- Karen Davidson -The president and CEO of Catania Worldwide will be honoured for his significant contributions to Canada’s fresh produce industry on April 30.
- Karen Davidson -Based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Anodyne Chemistries Inc. is developing an innovative bio-electric process that converts carbon dioxide and water…
- Karen Davidson -Field-ready technologies will be spotlighted at the March 26 event in London, Ontario.
- Karen Davidson -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.
What makes Canadian Produce Marketing Association's Annual Convention and Trade Show special.