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PMRA has approved a minor use label expansion for Kanemite miticide for control of two-spotted spider mites on Crop Subgroup 13-07B i.e. bushberries. -
Crop protection company FMC Corporation and Farm Management Canada issue a joint statement on the proper use of the FMC acronym. -
The New York State Department of Agriculture discovered more than 100 adults of spotted lanternfly in the border city since early September. Ontario growers have the opportunity to learn more about this destructive pest in two workshops organized by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. -
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved the label expansion of Shadow RTM herbicide for use in rutabaga. This fulfills a request from Québec growers and extension personnel to review the file.
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Rebecca Sooksom of Agriculture in the Classroom Nova Scotia takes on the role of chair for Agriculture in the Classroom nationally. The highlights of the 2021-22 annual progress report include more than 2.3 million student experiences across Canada. -
Market gardeners David and Jennifer VanDeVelde are the Ontario winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers competition. Their Delhi, Ontario farm is home to more than 200 acres of crops including strawberries, asparagus, raspberries, pumpkins, rhubarb, tobacco and a variety of field and cover crops. -
Third generation grape grower, Benjamin (Ben) Froese, has been chosen 2022 Grape King by his peers and the Grape Growers of Ontario. He and his family farm near Niagara-on-the-Lake. -
Stephanie Vickers will be coordinating projects to assess the applicability of new practices, products, and technologies that address sustainability issues in Ontario’s horticulture sectors including labour uncertainties, nutrient inputs/outputs, and water and waste management. She’s based in Vineland.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be collecting leafy green samples from mid-September through October 2022. Multi-disciplinary experts will… -
The California Department of Food and Agriculture reports that farmers produced $51.1 billion of agricultural products in 2021. That’s up 3.6 per cent… -
A big purple tomato promises to fight cancer and heart disease. The product of gene editing by Norfolk Plant Sciences in the U.K., it’s now been green… -
The Pear Bureau Northwest estimates the 2022-23 fresh crop to be 16.2 million standard box equivalents. Harvest will pick up in early to mid-Septembe…
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The branding of greenhouse vegetables – and fruits – has reached such sophistication that a kitchen was built inside the new marketing quarters of… -
The art of crop load management in orchards is about to become more automated thanks to Jenny Lemieux, co-founder and CEO of Vivid Machines. She… -
Since 1952, the Komienski family has been trucking produce to market at the Ontario Food Terminal. As Tom Komienski explains to operations manager… -
Westmoreland 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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One of the 15 winners of the Homegrown Challenge’s $50,000 seed funding, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre and collaborators are developing a…
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Aeroroot is a BC startup company that wants to grow basil through aeroponics – the process of growing plants in an air-based system. It’s one example… -
Field vegetable growers in Québec and Ontario have improved efficiencies with an intelligent weeder manufactured by Dutch company Steketee. -
Valley Irrigation completes the company’s first solar-powered pivot in Davenport, Nebraska. It’s their first in North America. The Tier 1 solar…
OFVGA chair Charles Stevens says the main issue for growers is that there have been no major increases in farmgate prices while food prices for consumers have been rising substantially.
Columnist Owen Roberts believes that the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is the start of recognition that farmers, growers and others who put food on the world’s table are allies and partners, not enemies.
Are you valuable or dispensable to your customer? Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman says that the answers you get from strategic questions will tell you exactly the status of your relationship.
Crop protection columnist Chris Duyvelshoff gleans the highlights from the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus Research Symposium held in Toronto on August 17-18, 2022.
Crop protection columnist Luc Bérubé shares the features and benefits of a mentorship program for agronomists in Québec.
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.
