Employment and Social Development Canada is extending the suspension of minimum advertising requirements for all positions in primary agriculture until June 30, 2023.
- Sulvaris is the recipient of almost $1.7 million in federal funding to further develop high-efficiency fertilizers. The Calgary-based company converts various forms of organic waste into fertilizers that are rich in slow-release nutrients.
- Prince Edward Islander John Griffin becomes the new president and CEO of the World Potato Congress effective July 1, 2022. Ontarian Dr. Peter Vander Zaag will support him as vice-president.
- Christopher P. Dufault, acting manager, Crop Protection, at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada, offers perspective on the transformation project at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
- Canada has about 800 licensed wineries, the majority of which operate in British Columbia, Ontario, Québec and Nova Scotia. They are eligible to apply to a new two-year Wine Sector Support Program valued at $166 million.