Jill Willwerth, a researcher with the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute, says there are a number of factors at play when trying to mitigate freeze injury. He will be offering a livestreamed lecture on March 15.

ADAMA Canada will continue selling Silencer and Zivata insecticide with relabelling changes that respect permitted uses by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. Lambda-cyhalorthrin is the active ingredient.

Four Prince Edward Island potato farms are opening their storages to visitors on March 11. The idea is for consumers to box, bag or fill up a pair of boots with potatoes while also donating to local food banks.

Keith Currie will helm the Canadian Federation of Agriculture for the next two years. He served as president of the Ontario Federation from 2016-2020 and will now move into the president’s chair at the national level.

The Canadian and Ontario governments have formalized an agreement of upwards of $1.77 billion to be invested over the next five years in the agricultural sector.