The Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show will be held in Vancouver April 23-25. Early bird registration closes Friday, March 1.
British Columbia’s minimum wage will be the highest of 10 Canadian provinces. Minimum piece rates for 15 hand-harvested crops will also increase by 3.9 per cent on Dec. 31, 2024.
More than $3.1 million in federal funding will go to the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute to improve the National Index on Agri-Food Performance.
A new report commissioned by the U.S.-based National Potato Council shows that Canada is second only to Mexico as a destination for fresh potatoes. Exports were valued at $91.6 million from July ’22 to June ’23 compared to $103.1 million to Mexico.
In this Digging Deeper podcast, Brian Rideout, tender fruit and apple farmer and Crop Protection Section Chair, OFVGA shares his personal experiences with integrating biologicals on his farm.
