Crop protection columnist Luc Bérubé shares the features and benefits of a mentorship program for agronomists in Québec.
Peach season started in earnest with hot temperatures in mid-July, boosting brix and putting stress on growers to get the crop picked, cooled and packed.
Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman says that producers and processors invest too much developing and growing products before they really think about who will buy them or why a retailer would want them in the store. Peeled, frozen garlic is one…
Efforts to align Canadian retailers, food, health and consumer goods manufacturing companies and farmers are stymied on key issues as to what sorts of products and dealings should be covered by a code and payments, deductions, fines and fees.
Chip stock potato growers Morgan and Karissa Smallman are this year’s winners from Knutsford, Prince Edward Island.
The art of crop load management in orchards is about to become more automated thanks to Jenny Lemieux, co-founder and CEO of Vivid Machines. She huddles with Kirk Kemp, owner of Algoma Orchards, Newcastle, Ontario on advancements in sensors and…
Jenny Lemieux, co-founder and CEO of this Toronto start-up, is conducting trials with nine apple growers to solve a common problem: crop load management. One of those farmers, Kirk Kemp, Algoma Orchards, shares his experience.
Vivid Machines comes alive for apple growers
Stewart Lapage comments on climate change and carbon taxes
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Karen Davidson - Jul 20, 2022The crop protection company plants its flag in a new head office in Calgary, Alberta to be closer to key customers in western Canada says Darren Dillenbeck, country manager for FMC Canada.
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Karen Davidson - Jul 12, 2022An emergency use registration has been granted for suppression of Alternaria leaf blight on Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower in numerous provinces of Canada.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 30, 2022Christopher 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.
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Karen Davidson - Jun 29, 2022Thanks to the Minor Use Program, the label for Fontelis fungicide has been expanded to help manage sclerotinia stem rot on Crop Group 1B, root vegetables.
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Karen Davidson - Aug 04, 2022Trevor Latta leaves BASF Canada to join Cohort Wholesale as manager.
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Karen Davidson - Jul 25, 2022Chip stock potato growers Morgan and Karissa Smallman are this year’s winners from Knutsford, Prince Edward Island.
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Karen Davidson - Jul 21, 2022The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers has announced that its executive director/general manager will be retiring in February 2023 after more than five years of dedicated service. A search is underway for his replacement.
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Karen Davidson - Jul 14, 2022The Grape Growers of Ontario are celebrating 75 years at its Celebrity Luncheon on September 14, 2022. Guest of honour is Mark Tewksbury, Olympic medalist and advocate for equity, inclusion and human rights.
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Karen Davidson - Aug 01, 2022Almost 2/3 of American consumers state that they have confidence in U.S. government agencies to protect food safety, according to the Alliance for Foo…
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Karen Davidson - May 26, 2022New premium strawberries – Tropical Bliss, Rosé Strawberries and Sweetest Batch -- accompany the launch of the Driscoll’s Sensory Wheels which map th…
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Karen Davidson - May 18, 2022GreenTech, the popular horticultural show in Amsterdam, is slated for June 14-16, 2022. Biobest is one of the shortlisted candidates for its Trap-Eye…
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Karen Davidson - May 16, 2022The pandemic, extreme climate change and the impacts of Russia’s unwarranted attack on Ukraine are undermining food security and driving up prices say…
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Karen Davidson - Jul 25, 2022The art of crop load management in orchards is about to become more automated thanks to Jenny Lemieux, co-founder and CEO of Vivid Machines. She…
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Karen Davidson - Jun 24, 2022Since 1952, the Komienski family has been trucking produce to market at the Ontario Food Terminal. As Tom Komienski explains to operations manager…
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Karen Davidson - May 23, 2022Westmoreland Topline Farms is launching a plastic-free cucumber with a major Canadian retailer in June 2022. The edible coating, made by Apeel, is…
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Karen Davidson - Apr 26, 2022The 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…
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Karen Davidson - Aug 05, 2022Field vegetable growers in Québec and Ontario have improved efficiencies with an intelligent weeder manufactured by Dutch company Steketee.
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Karen Davidson - Jul 11, 2022Valley Irrigation completes the company’s first solar-powered pivot in Davenport, Nebraska. It’s their first in North America. The Tier 1 solar…
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Karen Davidson - Jul 04, 2022Sulvaris is the recipient of almost $1.7 million in federal funding to further develop high-efficiency fertilizers. The Calgary-based company…
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Karen Davidson - Jun 20, 2022Three demonstrations of AgRobotics will be hosted at Dresden, Kettleby and Bothwell in late June and early July 2022. No registration is required…
Charles Stevens - Apr 29, 2022
This is my first column as chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA).
Owen Roberts - Jul 27, 2022
As climate emergencies erupt all over the world this summer, Urban Cowboy columnist Owen Roberts personally experiences the heat in California’s Russian River area. He draws on the drought lessons there for Canada.
Peter Chapman - Jul 26, 2022
Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman says that producers and processors invest too much developing and growing products before they really think about who will buy them or why a retailer would want them in the store. Peeled, frozen garlic is one example that works.
Chris Duyvelshoff - Feb 28, 2022
For every $1 in government spending on the minor use program, $42 of net benefits are accrued to society. Columnist Chris Duyvelshoff makes a case for more funding for the Pest Management Centre.
Luc Bérubé - Jul 26, 2022
Crop protection columnist Luc Bérubé shares the features and benefits of a mentorship program for agronomists in Québec.
Josh Mosiondz - May 02, 2022
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved an emergency use registration for Tough 600 EC herbicide for control of labelled weeds in carrots in numerous provinces in Canada. The registration is from May 1 to December 31, 2022.
This grape grower increases wine quality by using a new harvester that leaves stems and petioles in the vineyard.