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News ArchivesYEAR2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 MONTH Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec HEADLINES Syngenta launches Bravo ZN fungicide December 16, 2010 – Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc. has launched Bravo® ZN, a new formulation of Bravo fungicide that includes zinc. EnWave developing dried vegetable technology December 16, 2010, Vancouver, BC – EnWave Corp. says it has signed a collaboration agreement with California-based vegetable grower Grimmway Farms to test EnWave’s Nutrarev dehydration technology. Potato farmers look for market rebound December 16, 2010, Fredericton, NB – Potato farmers in New Brunswick are optimistic a strong crop of high-quality spuds this year will help the industry rebound from a dismal showing in 2009. AVEBE, BASF to cooperate on GM potatoes December 16, 2010, Frankfurt, Germany – Potato starch manufacturer AVEBE and BASF Plant Science recently announced they are creating a research and development alliance aimed at bringing farmers modern and fungal resistant starch potato varieties. P.E.I. hopes to resume export of potatoes  December
15, 2010, Summerside, PEI – The P.E.I. port of Summerside may begin exporting
tablestock potatoes again this winter.
Actigard approved for use in Canada  December 15, 2010 –
Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc. has received approval for Actigard™,
a plant growth regulator that provides protection against bacterial speck and
bacterial spot in tomatoes, and blue mold in tobacco.
Ont. government changes classification for bunkhouses December 13, 2010, Guelph, Ont – Ontario is changing the farm bunkhouses property tax classification from residential to farm beginning January 1, 2011. NB to order post-harvest testing on seed potatoes December 13, 2010 – All seed potatoes destined for planting in New Brunswick will need to be sent for post-harvest lab tests for a common spud virus, starting next year. N.B.’s 2010 potato crop should be profitable December 10, 2010, West Florenceville, NB – The high quality 2010 New Brunswick potato crop should give producers a profit that may offset some of the losses in 2009 and other years. Cherry growers pestered by fly  December
9, 2010, Kelowna, BC – Okanagan cherry growers are pacing nervously as they
await data on a fly that resulted in more than 450 tonnes of British Columbia
cherries being rejected by the packinghouses last summer.
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