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A partnership between multiple farm organizations has created a new awareness campaign as growers head to the fields. Be Drift Aware is intended to remind growers to be sensitive to the unintentional aerial movement of plant protection products. -
The PMRA has approved a minor label expansion for increased lateral bud break, improved branch angles and tree structure, and branching of nursery stock and non-bearing orchard trees. -
Frontier Max herbicide label has been expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage labelled weeds on dry bulb shallots in Canada. -
Gowan Canada is launching a broad-spectrum, rapid knockdown miticide that will be useful in a broad range of crops, including grapes, blueberries, strawberries and apples.
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Anthony Leardi, MPP-Essex, has been assigned to the role of parliamentary assistant to the Ontario minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs. Also appointed is John Jordan, MPP-Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston. -
Murray Driediger, president and CEO of BC Fresh Vegetables Inc. has been named the recipient of the 2024 Canadian Produce Marketing Association Lifetime Achievement Award. -
The Berry Growers of Ontario has recognized Tom Heeman for not only six years on the board of directors but leadership in numerous organizations. -
Dr. Asim Biswas has won the prestigious Steacie Prize in recognition of his applied soil science research.
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The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has produced a number of videos on harvesting sanitation. They are available in English and Spanish. -
The Global Coalition of Fresh Produce is conducting a 2024 survey into production and shipping costs and selling prices for the following countries: C… -
A new report commissioned by the U.S.-based National Potato Council shows that Canada is second only to Mexico as a destination for fresh potatoes. Ex… -
Investments include modern greenhouses, laboratories, a seed processing area and digital solutions to enhance efficiencies in breeding processes
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The farmgate value of greenhouse vegetable production is 36 per cent of the approximately $6 billion of Canadian horticultural produce. Currently,… -
Growers such as Mike Chromczak have a big crop protection responsibility – in his case 2,000 acres of asparagus, watermelon and rotational crops of… -
Dusty Zamecnik, EZ Grow Farms, is launching a 19-acre glass propagation greenhouse near Langton, Ontario. Building on years of experience with bare-… -
The Grape Growers of Ontario is nurturing a young growers’ group that has its own communications and government relations sub-committees. The Next…
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Verdant Technologies is partnering with Sobeys Inc. to eliminate ice from the broccoli supply chain in Canada. HarvestHold Fresh is an in-box sheet… -
The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network has named Vivid Machines to lead a project on data-driven dormant apple tree pruning and… -
The research collaboration aims to adapt tracks on agricultural robots for more flotation, more accessibility and flexibility in the field, while… -
Six companies have been selected to add value to agriculture. One of them is Canadian SB Quantum, based in Sherbrooke, Québec.
As columnist Owen Roberts writes, there’s no need to wonder if European-style farm protests could happen in Canada. Disgruntled farmers protested in Rimouski, Québec in March 2024.
Many growers don’t spend enough time or resources on packaging which serves three purposes: to protect, preserve and promote.
Chris Duyvelshoff, crop protection advisor, and Brian Rideout, chair, crop protection section, Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, co-author the Crop Protection Report to members. Highlight: 8 new active ingredients were registered by PMRA for edible hort in 2023
Shawn Brenn, chair of the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, reviews the priority issues for 2024.
The PMRA has approved a minor label expansion for increased lateral bud break, improved branch angles and tree structure, and branching of nursery stock and non-bearing orchard trees.
