Las Vegas is the site of the world’s biggest launch pad for new technology. The 2023 award in the Food/AgTech category went to GUSS Automation Herbicide, a driverless sprayer for vineyards, nut and fruit orchards.
- Potato processor Lamb Weston predicts an increase in net sales for 2023. How this optimism translates to potato grower contracts is still to be negotiated.
- Farmers never retire. They transition. That’s the case with grape grower Bill Schenck and his son Brian who are in discussions with other family members about the next chapter near St. Catharines, Ontario. ‘The Great Succession’ is relevant to about…
- Dr. Peter VanderZaag, a potato grower from Alliston, Ontario and an international researcher and lecturer, is the new president and CEO.
- South African company Dragonfly Aerospace has announced lift-off of its satellite on January 3. 2023 from the SpaceX launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It’s billed as a space solution for earth’s problems.