Dutch company Blue Radix is trialling Crop Controller, a system to automate many management tasks in three Ontario greenhouses. The project is supported by the Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative.

The 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, is used in one pass to bury the leftover ‘fruit mummies.’ Used in every other row, the practice…

Ontario government funding will support promotional activities this summer to boost local consumption of apples, peaches, pears, nectarines, plums, apricots, and tart red cherries.

Effective April 25, 2022, temporary foreign workers will not be subject to strict masking and quarantining rules upon arrival in Canada. That’s good news for both workers and employers looking to kickstart the spring season.

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…