The Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association presented its annual Award of Merit to Don Brubacher for his contributions to the potato industry.

The Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association re-elected potato grower Shawn Brenn as chair for another one-year term at its annual general meeting Feb. 20.

According to a Feb 13 report from United Potato Growers of Canada, holdings are up 8.2 per cent from a year ago.

Investments include modern greenhouses, laboratories, a seed processing area and digital solutions to enhance efficiencies in breeding processes

A new report from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council projects job vacancies will hit 100,000 by 2030 as nearly one-third of agri-workforce retires. Temporary foreign workers will play an important role in narrowing the domestic labour…