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Application details are provided by Josh Mosiondz, minor use coordinator, OMAFA.
Application details are provided by Josh Mosiondz, minor use coordinator, OMAFA.
Cohort Wholesale is assuming the exclusive national distributorship for key biological products in Andermatt Canada’s portfolio, such as Virosoft CP4.
For Ontario apple and pear growers, the annual challenge remains the same: how do you maximize the quality and marketability of your fruit while managing labour costs and unpredictable growing conditions? The answer lies in precision fruitlet thinning—and a new option, BREVIS™ 150 SC Fruitlet Thinner, is changing the game.
Asparagus and watermelon grower Mike Chromczak becomes chair. Matthias Oppenlaender becomes vice-chair.
The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention welcomes Kelle Neufeld effective May 1, 2026.
The most prestigious international award in the fruit trade industry, FLIA, goes to the allergy-friendly apple brand POMPUR and to the lidar-based agricultural spraying L50 Drone from ABZ Innovation in 2026.
Two inductees – Dr. Helen Fisher and Percy Hodgetts -- have left an indelible mark on Ontario’s horticultural industry. The award is being given to them posthumously.
Christopher Gerlach, vice-president, insights and analytics, US Apple, has released the latest statistics for apple holdings in the United States as o…
Specialty crop growers have until March 13, 2026 to report 2025 acres to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency. Commodity-specific details of $1B of assistan…
Forty U.S. farm and agricultural groups are targeting Washington with an ad campaign in favour of the U.S-Mexico-Canada trade deal.
2025 trade statistics show that Mexican exports of fresh or chilled tomatoes to Canada totalled US$8.1 million, a 134 per cent increase compared to th…
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As Canada pursues greater food self-sufficiency, water will be key. Manitoba and Saskatchewan growers share their strategies for water management.
While AI and machine learning are the flavour of the hour, it’s still the case that Canadian horticulture employs about 70,000 temporary foreign…
After three years of trials, winegrower Brian Schmidt (L) and Clean Works entrepreneur Paul Moyer along with his partner Court Holdings, are…
Three trade missions to Mexico in six months underscores how the Canadian government and the agricultural industry are deepening relations with its…
The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network has invested more than $737,000 in SmartGro Bioengineering Inc. It is developing an AI-…
A recent automation expo in Woodland, California showcased 30 robotic solutions that attracted growers from tomatoes, sugar cane, fresh vegetables,…
New technologies will help growers meet the challenges of labour shortages and rising input costs.
The company’s sprayer allows non-selective herbicides to be used in vegetable farming.
The Grower’s Urban Cowboy columnist shares his past experience at Fruit Logistica and updates the quest by seed giant Rijk Zwaan for the right balance between sweetness, acidity and texture. Berlin hosts the international show Feb 4-6.
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.
Crop protection columnist Josh Mosiondz provides a valuable roundup of the URMULE registrations to date and some of the projects underway for 2026.
