The average value of Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in 2023, increasing by 11.5 per cent, according to Farm Credit Canada.
- Mastronardi Produce has ventured into the large-format romaine lettuce segment, under its Backyard Farms brand, at selected retailers.
- Gowan Canada is launching a broad-spectrum, rapid knockdown miticide that will be useful in a broad range of crops, including grapes, blueberries, strawberries and apples.
- In 2024, the first International Day of Potato will be celebrated under the timely theme: Harvesting diversity, feeding hope.
- Farm Credit Canada is offering flexible terms on a case-by-case basis to growers affected by the January cold weather event. Wine grapes were the most severely injured with no 2024 vintage expected.