The total Canadian estimate is 18.5 million bushels which is up one per cent compared to 2021 and down four per cent from the five-year average. The numbers were presented at the annual U.S. Apple Outlook Conference in Chicago on August 18.
International researchers joined allied industry personnel for the August 17-18, 2022 research symposium in Toronto, organized by the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers. They shared the latest learnings about a virus that can decimate greenhouse-…
The BC Tree Fruit Cooperative, representing 270 farm members, has announced significant investment in its Oliver facility. At the same time, the packinghouse operation will be closed in Kelowna/Lake Country after the fall 2022 season.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved a label expansion for SuffOil-X spray emulsion to help manage aphids, spider mites, and powdery mildew on various crops and crop groups in Canada. Greenhouse strawberries are one example.
A deep freeze of -26°C on January 15 has caused so much bud injury in vineyards that only half a crop is estimated for the fall of 2022. That’s a devastating hit for the sector that earned farmgate value of $110 million last year.
