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.
- The Pest Management Regulatory Agency recently approved a minor use label expansion registration for Purespray Green spray oil for management of numerous insects and powdery mildew on various crops and crop groups in Canada.
- David Kozuki, Golden Retreat Vineyards, in Summerland is the proud winner of the 2022 Viticulturist of the Year Award. The judges were impressed with his eye for detail in grape growing. Vine balance, uniformity throughout the vineyard, vertical…
- The total Canadian estimate is 18.5 million bushels which is up one per cent compared to 2021 and down four per cent from the five-year average. The numbers were presented at the annual U.S. Apple Outlook Conference in Chicago on August 18.
- International researchers joined allied industry personnel for the August 17-18, 2022 research symposium in Toronto, organized by the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers. They shared the latest learnings about a virus that can decimate greenhouse-…