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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 Apple genome sequenced August 30, 2010 – An international team of scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the U.S. has published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome in the current issue of Nature Genetics. NB potato growers get assistance for losses August 27, 2010, Ottawa, Ont – New Brunswick potato growers will receive up to $3 million to help offset the extra costs of cleaning and disinfecting storage facilities and disposing of ruined product after a difficult growing season in 2009. Gowan acquires rights for Confirm August 24, 2010 – Gowan Canada, LLC has been granted the Canadian crop protection marketing rights for Confirm 240F agricultural insecticide by Nippon Soda Co. Ltd. Eating berries may activate brain’s housekeeping August 24, 2010 – Scientists have reported the first evidence that eating blueberries, strawberries and acai berries may help the aging brain stay health in a previously unrecognized way. International potato cyst nematode conference August 23, 2010 – Harper Adams University College, in partnership with the Association of Applied Biologists, is hosting an international conference on potato cyst nematode management. Manitoba processing potato harvest underway August 20, 2010, Portage la Prairie, MB – Harvest of processing potatoes in Manitoba is underway. What exactly does produce close to home mean? August 19, 2010 – After years of steering shopping carts through the gleaming – but impersonal – aisles of major grocery stores, a growing number of consumers looking for fresh, locally grown produce are turning to farmers’ markets to fill their fridges. Scientists try to improve flavour of produce August 18, 2010 – Remember when every bite of store-bought produce was succulent? Today’s youth have a different experience with store-bought fruits and vegetables – sometimes they’re yummy and juicy; sometimes they taste like chalk. Family has stake in fruit, vegetable business August 18, 2010, Mount Stewart, P.E.I. – Row by row, the Cousins family is growing its family farm at a sure and steady pace. Protesters destroy grape vines August 16, 2010, Paris – Protesters destroyed the vines of genetically modified grapes at a government research site in eastern France. |
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