Farm Credit Canada is offering flexible financing options to wine sector customers in British Columbia who are facing hardship resulting from winter cold snap.
- Conservative MP Scot Davidson’s Bill establishing financial protection for Canada’s fresh fruit and vegetable farmers passes at second reading. The proposed legislation now moves to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-…
- The Jamaican Ministry of Labour has released is findings on conditions of seasonal agricultural worker employment after 70 farm visits across Canada. Although improvement is always possible, most employees were satisfied.
- While Sean Westerveld, OMAFRA ginseng and medicinal herbs specialist, offers advice for ginseng in southern Ontario, his timely comments apply to many other crops at risk of frost in mid-May.
- Effective May 15, 2023 the Plant Health Lab will be implementing a pay-for-service model with preferred pricing for Nova Scotia registered farmers and some exceptions for in-field diagnoses by agriculture specialists.