Lobbying is intensifying as 160 North American agricultural organizations call for renewal of the trade agreement that has brought prosperity to Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Blueberry growers, for example, are eligible for tier one support at $650 per acre. It’s one of many crops with an average annual revenue of more than $10,000 per acre.
The potato is a crop of enormous global significance. It’s the third most important food crop behind wheat and rice, consumed by roughly 1.3 billion people globally.
With Crop Controller, strawberry growers gain access to one AI solution that addresses multiple greenhouse challenges simultaneously and supports more predictable and stable growing outcomes.
For the first time, $20 million will be set aside to fund research and development into mechanization and automation technologies for the specialty crop industry to help reduce labour costs.
