The Ontario Produce Marketing Association has appointed seven new board members for three-year terms at its annual general meeting June 9, 2021. Their backgrounds range from retail to greenhouse operations.

Colorado potato beetles are the focus of  a five- year national survey on tolerance levels to selected registered insecticides.

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion registration for Entrust insecticide.

The recycling rate measures the percentage of containers collected for recycling compared to the number of containers sold into the market in that year.

Syngenta Canada has decided to adjust our structure and create Seed and Crop Protection business units within Syngenta Canada Inc

While USDA forecasts a record $164 billion in ag exports for 2021, none of that increase is expected in fruits or vegetables.

The annual crop and outlook marketing conference of the U.S. Apple Association will take place in person August 19-20 in Chicago.

The global pandemic continues to have many local impacts, from the ballooning costs of housing temporary foreign workers during the 14-day quarantine to short supplies of wooden pallets. One spot of good news is the vaccination clinic at the Ontario Food Terminal where just under 6,900 frontline workers, agri-business staff and immediate families were vaccinated in May. This young worker is scooping up bundles of fresh rhubarb to fulfill an order at the terminal’s farmers’ market.

Most uses of imidacloprid will remain registered with new mitigation measures. 

The Pest Management Centre has selected its new integrated pest management (IPM) project based on a merit analysis of six proposed candidates.