The American Falls plant expansion in Idaho, originally scheduled for 2023, will be completed by mid-2024. State potato growers will be called upon to grow another 12,000 acres of spuds for the French fry plant.
- The Ontario government is launching the 2023 Excellence in Agriculture program to recognize exemplary leadership in 11 categories. One of them is Excellence in Food Processing. September 14 is deadline to apply.
- Peter Quiring, owner of South Essex Fabricating and Nature Fresh Farms. has set up an R & D Centre near Leamington, Ontario to see what crops can be grown in a controlled environment. He sees the next big opportunity in blackberries and…
- At the U.S. Apple Outlook Conference in Chicago, the association predicted that 2023-2024 apple production will hit 250 million bushels, up 1.5 per cent from last year. The Gala variety retains top spot with the most bushels grown.
- Lallemand Plant Care has reintroduced Lal Guard M52 OD bioinsecticide -- formerly Met52 -- to the Canadian greenhouse market.