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The 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. -
An emergency use registration has been granted for suppression of Alternaria leaf blight on Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower in numerous provinces of Canada. -
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. -
Thanks 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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Trevor Latta leaves BASF Canada to join Cohort Wholesale as manager. -
Chip stock potato growers Morgan and Karissa Smallman are this year’s winners from Knutsford, Prince Edward Island. -
The 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. -
The 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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Almost 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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New premium strawberries – Tropical Bliss, Rosé Strawberries and Sweetest Batch -- accompany the launch of the Driscoll’s Sensory Wheels which map th… -
GreenTech, the popular horticultural show in Amsterdam, is slated for June 14-16, 2022. Biobest is one of the shortlisted candidates for its Trap-Eye… -
The 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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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… -
Since 1952, the Komienski family has been trucking produce to market at the Ontario Food Terminal. As Tom Komienski explains to operations manager… -
Westmoreland Topline Farms is launching a plastic-free cucumber with a major Canadian retailer in June 2022. The edible coating, made by Apeel, is… -
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…
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Field vegetable growers in Québec and Ontario have improved efficiencies with an intelligent weeder manufactured by Dutch company Steketee. -
Valley Irrigation completes the company’s first solar-powered pivot in Davenport, Nebraska. It’s their first in North America. The Tier 1 solar… -
Sulvaris is the recipient of almost $1.7 million in federal funding to further develop high-efficiency fertilizers. The Calgary-based company… -
Three demonstrations of AgRobotics will be hosted at Dresden, Kettleby and Bothwell in late June and early July 2022. No registration is required…
This is my first column as chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA).
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.
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.
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.
Crop protection columnist Luc Bérubé shares the features and benefits of a mentorship program for agronomists in Québec.
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.
