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.
- The British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association is offering an ag safety incentive to its 325 members. It’s for completing AgSafeBC’s certificate of recognition for on-farm worker safety program.
- The Produce Traceability Initiative has announced a new working group to focus on traceability, global location number and next generation data carriers for the PTI label. A redesigned website provides details and traceability implementation…
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Company has opened its new terminal with bulk storage capacity for a variety of macro and micronutrients than can be blended on site to meet unique crop nutrition needs of customers in the U.S. corn belt and western Canada.
- The second cohort of young Canadians has been named for an 18-month term. Colby Robertson, an Albertan working in the potato sector, is one of the diverse group.