As of June 1, British Columbia will have the highest minimum wage rate of any Canadian province with the rate moving from $15.20 to $15.65 per hour. Hand harvesting piece rates will also go up another 2.8 per cent for 15 crops as of January 1, 2023.

The Ontario Agri-Business Association is encouraging growers to contact local MPs about the effects of Canada’s mandated 35 per cent tariffs on prices of fertilizer now in transit from Russia and Belarus. Spring fertilizer shortages and price…

May 1 is the deadline for submissions to be considered for 2022 inductees. The ceremony will be held November 5 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto.

Farm Credit Canada reports strong increases in farmland values, particularly in Ontario where prices surged 22.2 per cent.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed another positive in its testing of 3,500+ soil samples for potato wart in Prince Edward Island. The detection of the disease in a field near the two October 2021 findings is not surprising to…