Last year’s reports of Dickeya dianthicola from Maine to Michigan are this year’s concern for potato growers. What’s worrisome is that the bacteria is spread through seed potatoes causing blackleg and soft rot.          

Talk to any greenhouse cucumber grower and prices, in 2012 and 2015, were in the gutter. Prices as low as $5 for a case of a dozen medium-sized cucumbers at the Ontario Food Terminal don’t cover costs.

Millennials grow cooperatively to compete globally. Information is liquid. That’s how Brian Rideout describes this age of information overload, cascading from multiple sources. He’s one of about 20 young Ontario apple farmers, mostly millennials, who share experiences in a loosely structured group.

Chilling injury is a major limiting factor in the life of stored peaches.

As extreme weather patterns continue to disrupt normal growing seasons, growers are investing in frost protection.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become popular in the last couple years to take aerial photo

Did you know that windbreaks

Deleafers have come a long way.

Making high grades in potato food safety

Alberta greenhouse growers face a specific hazard of light-deficiency for a significant portion of the year, from the fall to spring equinoxes.