Don’t get lost in translation, counsels Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman. The opening of T & T’s biggest Asian-centric store and first store in Montréal, Québec underscores the challenges and opportunities in niche markets.
Negotiators at the COP15 Biodiversity Conference in Montreal agreed to reduce the risk of pesticide pollution rather than pesticide use. Pierre Petelle, CropLife Canada, explains why that’s a positive outcome.
UPL AgroSolultions Canada strengthens its biosolutions portfolio with launch of Wave biostimulant. The product, which includes a liquid seaweed extract, promises to increase yields and resilience across a wide range of crops including apples and…
The family-owned company, led by president Chris Cervini, filed for bankruptcy on January 17, 2023. The ripple effects will be felt particularly in freight logistics, packaging and brokerage firms in Canada, but the pain will also be felt in the…
An International Expert Panel has found that there is limited presence of the fungus that causes potato wart on Prince Edward Island. The PEI potato industry is urging the federal government to accept the findings and lift restrictions on the…
Meyers Fruit Farms, a tree fruit and floral greenhouse business near Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, has invested in five new units that will accommodate up to 40 temporary foreign workers.
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is launching a program to engage and encourage more women in the agricultural sector.
Aron Hoff extols new housing for temporary foreign workers
Chris Veillon leads branding strategy for greenhouse produce
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Karen Davidson - Jan 25, 2023Gowan Canada says that Magister SC miticide is registered for the 2023 growing season. The product is also classified as a FRAC Group 39 fungicide with a mode of action that controls powdery mildew in pome fruit, small fruit climbing vine, stone fruits and cucurbits.
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Pierre Petelle - Jan 25, 2023Negotiators at the COP15 Biodiversity Conference in Montreal agreed to reduce the risk of pesticide pollution rather than pesticide use. Pierre Petelle, CropLife Canada, explains why that’s a positive outcome.
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Karen Davidson - Jan 16, 2023Josh Mosiondz, minor use coordinator for OMAFRA, reports that the label for Entrust insecticide has been expanded for control of Colorado Potato Beetle on greenhouse-grown eggplant.
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Jason Haelege - Dec 19, 2022Today, we can access fertilizer innovations like controlled-release coatings, nutrient stabilizers, optimized pH, and biologicals. As we attempt to solve agriculture’s unique challenges, there is power in working together to combine local grower knowledge with global learnings.
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Karen Davidson - Jan 23, 2023Dr. Sikkika Mithani, president of the federal agency that oversees plant and animal health, and food safety has resigned effective January 20, 2023.
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Karen Davidson - Jan 18, 2023Jason Smith, Fraser Berry Farms, Abbotsford, British Columbia, joins the 2023 board of directors of a newly expanded slate for the North American Blueberry Council.
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Karen Davidson - Jan 09, 2023Dr. Peter VanderZaag, a potato grower from Alliston, Ontario and an international researcher and lecturer, is the new president and CEO.
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Karen Davidson - Jan 08, 2023The new director of marketing and communications started her career as an intern with Sobeys Inc. She brings eight years of experience in various public and private sectors in Manitoba.
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Karen Davidson - Jan 13, 2023U.S. ag secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the potential for 21 innovative projects to increase fertilizer capacity. Public comments end in early Feb…
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Karen Davidson - Jan 09, 2023Potato processor Lamb Weston predicts an increase in net sales for 2023. How this optimism translates to potato grower contracts is still to be negoti…
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Karen Davidson - Jan 08, 2023South African company Dragonfly Aerospace has announced lift-off of its satellite on January 3. 2023 from the SpaceX launch site in Cape Canaveral, Fl…
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Karen Davidson - Jan 08, 2023Be in Berlin, February 8-10, 2023. That’s the invitation of Fruit Logistica’s organizers who are spotlighting launches of innovative products and tech…
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Karen Davidson - Jan 23, 2023Tree fruit growers Elly Hoff and her brother Fred Meyers serve coffee to their Mexican workers Eduardo Bautista and Victor Lugo. In January 2023,…
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Karen Davidson - Jan 09, 2023Farmers never retire. They transition. That’s the case with grape grower Bill Schenck and his son Brian who are in discussions with other family…
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Karen Davidson - Nov 28, 2022An Alberta potato grower is reducing use of synthetic fertilizers by brewing his own biological fertilizer with five strains of live bacteria that…
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Karen Davidson - Oct 26, 2022The ambition of the Feenstra family – Rich, John and father Peter – continues to grow for Mountainview Orchards, Beamsville, Ontario. It’s a story of…
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Karen Davidson - Jan 10, 2023Las Vegas is the site of the world’s biggest launch pad for new technology. The 2023 award in the Food/AgTech category went to GUSS Automation…
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Karen Davidson - Dec 05, 2022The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network announces funding for five projects, two of which are of interest to horticulture.
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Karen Davidson - Nov 08, 2022Greenhouse grower Mucci Farms is honing its expertise in strawberry cultivation by conducting onsite experimental lighting strategies under Sollum's…
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Karen Davidson - Oct 07, 2022The University of Windsor is partnering with a local greenhouse operation, Horteca, for research and proof-of-concept designs. The partnership will…
Charles Stevens - Jan 25, 2023
Charles Stevens, chair of the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, is setting the table for the February 21, 2023 annual general meeting. He points out the need for upgraded energy infrastructure, especially to support the greenhouse sector.
Owen Roberts - Jan 25, 2023
Bee Vectoring Technologies, with roots at the University of Guelph, is partnering with Agri-Spray Drones in the U.S. on application of the Canadian company’s proprietary Clonostachys rosea CR-7 biological fungicide. Columnist Owen Roberts writes that regulation is advancing more slowly than drone technology itself.
Peter Chapman - Jan 25, 2023
Don’t get lost in translation, counsels Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman. The opening of T & T’s biggest Asian-centric store and first store in Montréal, Québec underscores the challenges and opportunities in niche markets.
Chris Duyvelshoff - Nov 25, 2022
In May 2022, Health Canada concluded that gene-edited plant products should be regulated similar to all other products of plant breeding. Columnist Chris Duyvelshoff describes the arc of plant genetics from Mendel to modern times.
Luc Bérubé - Nov 02, 2022
Columnist Luc Bérubé makes it a point to talk about protection of workers who use crop protection products. He shared his best tips at a field day this past August 2022 near Rivière-du-Loup, Québec.
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.
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.