This AI-enhanced sprayer was first used in the field in spring 2025 to spot-spray carrots. The nozzles are programmed to spray only identifiable weeds of up to 16 inches in height. Thanks to input cost reductions, a 100 per cent return on investment is expected in two years.
Hon. Trevor Jones, Ontario’s agriculture, food and agribusiness minister, is gathering input from farmers prior to the federal-provincial-territorial meeting of his colleagues in Winnipeg from July 16-18. Business risk management is on the agenda.
About 65 per cent of Ontario’s asparagus is exported to the U.S. Despite initial trade worries, growers have been working hard to keep up with strong American demand.
After a frost event in 2024, Brian Rideout and his son Sam are checking on the viability of apple blossoms at Manitree Fruit Farms, Blenheim, Ontario. Optimism is up for the 2025 crop.
The official opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario with Detroit Michigan is but months away in fall 2025. Yet the $6.4 billion span of the Detroit River is marred by a U.S. trade war with Canada that defies logic. Ontario’s greenhouse vegetable growers paid $6 million in tariffs in a mere three days in early March. What will the fall-out be if tariffs are levied again on April 2?
When Alison Davie became chair of Potato Growers of Alberta in November 2023, she never dreamed that the growing sector would be threatened with 25 per cent tariffs from the U.S. Will tariffs disrupt supply chains March 4? Check for hard news.
