The Ontario cabinet, under Premier Doug Ford, was sworn in on June 24, 2022. Lisa Thompson, MPP Huron-Bruce, returned as minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, a role that she’s held for a year.
Thanks to the Minor Use Program, the Exirel insecticide label has been expanded to help manage Japanese beetle and black vine weevil in strawberries and cranberry weevil in cranberries.
Centurion and Select herbicides can how help manage labelled weeds in celery, celeriac and Chinese cabbage, thanks to registration by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Tarnished plant bug can now be managed in field lettuce, thanks to a label extension for UP-Cyde by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Canada’s food safety program is governed by not-for-profit CanAgPlus. Nominations are open until August 31 for four directors for a two-year term.
Since 1952, the Komienski family has been trucking produce to market at the Ontario Food Terminal. As Tom Komienski explains to operations manager Gary DaSilva, the fourth generation is now managing more than a thousand acres near Scotland, Ontario.
Davina Komienski, owner of Sam's Place Farm Market, shares how fresh produce grown at Komienski Farms is supplemented with other fruits and vegetables and value-added products from Norfolk County, Ontario’s garden.
Davina Komienski charts progress with on-farm market
Colin Chapdelaine shepherds growth of greenhouse strawberries
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Karen Davidson - Jun 30, 2022Christopher P. Dufault, acting manager, Crop Protection, at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada, offers perspective on the transformation project at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 29, 2022Thanks to the Minor Use Program, the label for Fontelis fungicide has been expanded to help manage sclerotinia stem rot on Crop Group 1B, root vegetables.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 29, 2022Thanks to the Minor Use Program, the label for Exirel insecticide has been expanded to help manage thrips on head and stem vegetables.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 29, 2022Thanks to the Minor Use Program, the label for Milstop foliar fungicide is expanded to help manage powdery mildew in field and greenhouse-grown herbs (CG-25) and field-grown spices (CG-26).
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Karen Davidson - Jun 27, 2022The Ontario cabinet, under Premier Doug Ford, was sworn in on June 24, 2022. Lisa Thompson, MPP Huron-Bruce, returned as minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, a role that she’s held for a year.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 23, 2022Dr. Darby McGrath will lead a team of more than 50 scientists and technicians in her new role. She joined Vineland in 2013 as a research scientist.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 20, 2022Dr. Nancy Tout, a 21-year veteran of Syngenta Canada, has accepted the role of chief scientific officer at the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 17, 2022Four new members join the board of directors for the Ontario Produce Marketing Association. They are: Michael Miranda, Farm Boy; Ariel Nevado, Metro Inc.; Dustin Wellman, Wonderful Sales and Agnes Boutros, Mastronardi Produce Ltd.
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Karen Davidson - May 26, 2022New premium strawberries – Tropical Bliss, Rosé Strawberries and Sweetest Batch -- accompany the launch of the Driscoll’s Sensory Wheels which map th…
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Karen Davidson - May 18, 2022GreenTech, the popular horticultural show in Amsterdam, is slated for June 14-16, 2022. Biobest is one of the shortlisted candidates for its Trap-Eye…
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Karen Davidson - May 16, 2022The pandemic, extreme climate change and the impacts of Russia’s unwarranted attack on Ukraine are undermining food security and driving up prices say…
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Karen Davidson - May 09, 2022The Dutch supplier of seed potatoes reports that potato growers in Europe are somewhat reluctant to plant for harvest 2022 as a result of the higher p…
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Karen Davidson - Jun 24, 2022Since 1952, the Komienski family has been trucking produce to market at the Ontario Food Terminal. As Tom Komienski explains to operations manager…
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Karen Davidson - May 23, 2022Westmoreland Topline Farms is launching a plastic-free cucumber with a major Canadian retailer in June 2022. The edible coating, made by Apeel, is…
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Karen Davidson - Apr 26, 2022The federal carbon tax has gone up 11 cents/litre for gasoline and diesel. Yet tillage work must continue. This 12-foot wide cultivator, for example…
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Karen Davidson - Mar 28, 2022The window of opportunity is opening for more strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in Canada, as demand increases for domestically…
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Karen Davidson - Jun 20, 2022Three demonstrations of AgRobotics will be hosted at Dresden, Kettleby and Bothwell in late June and early July 2022. No registration is required…
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Karen Davidson - Jun 14, 2022Organifarms wins the Concept Award for BERRY, its harvesting robot for greenhouse-grown strawberries and Biobest wins the Innovation Award for its…
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Karen Davidson - Jun 09, 2022GreenTech Amsterdam, a horticultural show in the Netherlands, will be the site to launch GroW, a tomato harvesting robot by Ridder and MetoMotion.…
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Karen Davidson - Jun 06, 2022Canadian Food Innovation Network is investing in projects that are developing sustainability solutions. One recipient is Ag-Tronic Control Systems…
Charles Stevens - Apr 29, 2022
This is my first column as chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA).
Owen Roberts - May 20, 2022
Owen Roberts opines that consumers express trust in farmers, even when they don’t know any, because of farmers’ traditional values, not necessarily their modern methods of production.
Peter Chapman - Apr 25, 2022
Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman focuses on the recent Hostess Frito-Lay decision to withhold potato snacks from Loblaw stores. The rift is resolved now, but the two-month standoff is an example of the supplier-retailer relationships that are under scrutiny in the industry talks for a code of conduct.
Chris Duyvelshoff - Feb 28, 2022
For every $1 in government spending on the minor use program, $42 of net benefits are accrued to society. Columnist Chris Duyvelshoff makes a case for more funding for the Pest Management Centre.
Luc Bérubé - Mar 30, 2022
Columnist Luc Bérubé explains why the Québec government is paying up to $50,000 for registered growers to participate in a three-year sustainability program. Eligible projects are crop rotations and cover crops.
Josh Mosiondz - May 02, 2022
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved an emergency use registration for Tough 600 EC herbicide for control of labelled weeds in carrots in numerous provinces in Canada. The registration is from May 1 to December 31, 2022.
This grape grower increases wine quality by using a new harvester that leaves stems and petioles in the vineyard.