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• Eye on Potatoes: Agronomist urges caution when considering unproven products, technologies.
• Eye on Potatoes: Alturas variety gaining popularity with potato producers.
• Eye on Potatoes: Deep tillage improves quality of potato crops.
• Eye on Potatoes: Down to the wire!.
• Eye on Potatoes: Enzyme in potato soil responsible for decomposing chloroacrylate.
• Eye on Potatoes: Exotic little spuds come in a rainbow of colours.
• Eye on Potatoes: Field scouting, forecasting key to managing late blight – researcher.
• Eye on Potatoes: Growers in India spray liquor on potato crop.
• Eye on Potatoes: Infrared photography no substitute for field scouting.
• Eye on Potatoes: Learning from experience.
• Eye on Potatoes: Malaria, late blight share surprising trait.
• Eye on Potatoes: Managing wireworms in potatoes.
• Eye on Potatoes: New resources help growers identify, control potato diseases.
• Eye on Potatoes: P.E.I. Potato Board elects new executive.
• Eye on Potatoes: PCN highlights the need for effective pest regulations.
• Eye on Potatoes: Potato blight resistant potatoes coming soon.
• Eye on Potatoes: Scientists study plant disease using unmanned aircraft.
• Eye on Potatoes: Technical information can improve potato yields, says Idaho specialist..
• Eye on Potatoes: Treating late blight, pink rot with phosphorous acid.
• Eye on Potatoes: United Nations Announces 2008 International Year of the Potato.
• EYE ON POTATOES; Development of instant mashed potatoes receives recognition.

Editorial

• A different perspective.
• A New Year: Jan 09.
• All that’s golden does not glitter.
• Alleged terror plot will affect Canadian horticulture.
• B.C. apple growers feeling bruised.
• B.C. fruit growers hope to revitalize local industry.
• Beetle mania.
• Beyond busy.
• Broken dreams.
• Canada’s under-utilized health resource.
• Editorial: An uncertain future .
• Editorial: April 2009.
• Editorial: Billion-dollar buddies.
• Editorial: Innovate or perish.
• Editorial: Of salads and safety.
• Editorial: On-farm innovation.
• Editorial: Supplying berries 365 days of the year.
• Editorial: The gathering storm.
• Editorial: The origin of the product.
• Election confusion – Just who is best for agriculture?.
• Embracing the future.
• Fighting the syndrome.
• Gearing up for harvest.
• Introducing ISO 22000.
• Is there a new pest for Canada on the horizon?.
• Keeping Canada’s food safe.
• Looking to the future.
• New blood.
• New guy on top.
• Planning for the future.
• Protecting farmland in Canada.
• Sharing the knowledge.
• Something needs to be done about the PMRA.
• Team Work.
• Technological progress.
• The Olympics and Food Freedom Day.
• The Potato – Then and now.
• The Summer of the Weird, Wild and Bizarre.
• Watching the odometer – food miles and the local food movement.
• ‘Bank’ breaking work.

Features

• Three backyard fruit trees test positive for PPV .
• 20,000 more trees ordered removed.
• 2007 New Varieties.
• 2008 New Varieties.
• 2008 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention coming soon.
• 2009 Disease Management Guides.
• 2009 New Varieties.
• 2010 New Varieties.
• A spa treatment for fruits and vegetables.
• Adding value to farm products.
• Aerial spraying experts provide tips.
• Ag reserve would be better plan for Ontario’s greenbelt says ALC chair.
• Agri-tourism provides new income source for P.E.I. producers.
• Agronomic tools of the trade.
• Alberta farm marketing conference.
• Alberta’s en Santé Winery wins against Mother Nature.
• Alberta’s first certified organic orchard opened.
• Alma, P.E.I., potato grower earns McCain’s Atlantic title.
• Alternative markets a viable option for Alberta producers.
• Amadeus is exotic piece of Featherstone Winery’s bird control program.
• Analyzing and improving your farm’s air drainage.
• Another product for Colorado potato beetle control: Insecticide with active ingredient coming.
• Antioxidants give potatoes a market edge .
• Apogee a success following first year of use in Annapolis Valley.
• Apple growers share their innovations.
• Apple producers from around the world tour Nova Scotia.
• Apple quality’s more than skin deep.
• Atlantic Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers.
• Atlantic growers learn about extending the berry season.
• Attention to weather helps reduce pesticide spray drift.
• B.C. fruit grower awards: Better late than never.
• B.C. Golden Apple Award winners share their views about apples.
• B.C. Golden Apple winner is a quick study.
• B.C. growers increasingly buying into seasonal worker program.
• B.C. researchers hope genomic research will make wine fine.
• B.C.’s Golden Apple winner considers the future.
• Balancing economics, environment in water management.
• Battling European corn borer, corn earworm.
• BCFGA hosts Horticultural Forum.
• Beating back clubroot infections in crucifera crops.
• Beneficial nematodes – Allies in biocontrol.
• Berries can help the brain.
• Berry flavourful?.
• Better grapes a step closer to reality.
• Black currant market secured In Japan .
• Blue honeysuckle berries gaining popularity among Western growers.
• Brassica’s pest control role in apple orchards clarified.
• Brock researchers trying to pin down terroir effect in Niagara.
• Brookfield Gardens “fights” to have well-trained employees.
• Canada’s new pear gets name.
• Canada’s position in a changing global apple market.
• Canopy management for premium wine production.
• Carrot trimmer taking off.
• Catering to a wine clientele.
• Cereal fusarium making the leap into potatoes.
• Changing climate will challenge Northeast .
• Cherry industry trying to broaden the appeal of tart cherries.
• Child safety is priority, says new farm safety study.
• Climate change presents opportunities and pitfalls.
• Competition, land prices have B.C. cherry grower thinking twice.
• Computer model explains pear browning during storage.
• Computer program helps growers manage weeds, save money.
• Control those runners.
• Conventional plowing is “skinning” agricultural fields.
• Cornell & IPM release two new processing cherry varieties.
• Cornell releases four new stone fruit cultivars.
• Cornell releases three new wine grapes.
• Correction.
• Couple tackle you-pick operation in Newfoundland.
• Cover crops can be nature’s fumigants .
• Cover crops: More seed = fewer weeds.
• Crop diversification and fresh market sales are important at Webster Farms.
• Dan Aykroyd is Ontario’s newest grape grower.
• Deep zone tillage can help in soil health.
• Déjà vu for Ontario’s finance minister .
• Deterring deer.
• Doing something about the weather.
• Don’t let winter stop you from trying early crops says researcher.
• EdenTM – A new, non-browning apple cultivar.
• Effect of irrigation, soil amendments on early growth, yield of Honeycrisp.
• Electric blankets on grape vines an option to fans, inventor says .
• Environmentally conscious agricultural practices would ease drain on water supply, ecologists report.
• Evaluating pepper cultivars for bacterial spot resistance.
• Explaining the ABCs of food marketing.
• Exploring carrot production without chemicals.
• Extending storage time under a tent.
• Extending the raspberry season with a new fall cultivar.
• Farm business finance and spending plans for 2010.
• Farmers need to consider marketing as well as production issues.
• Fast food chain is looking for potatoes with “the right stuff”.
• Final round of regional Premier’s Awards presented.
• Finding labour efficiencies, Atlantic-style.
• Fitting P.E.I. blueberries into the food value chain .
• Food safety in fresh-cut produce.
• Former HRIO will crow about its many achievements in 2006.
• Fruit and Vegetable Magazine Online.
• Fruit and vegetable production moving toward HACCP.
• Fruit and Veggie Online: May/June 2008.
• Garlic producers need to be aware of nasty nematodes.
• Gender evolution in strawberries can lead to enhanced productivity.
• Get ready for late blight in 2010.
• GGO annual meeting.
• GM plum may soon be okayed for commercial production in the U.S..
• Goal for P.E.I. potato producer is a cleaner spud .
• GPS technology has a place on farm, says farm advisor.
• Greenhouse raspberry production Ontario-style.
• Growers hear the latest in tree fruit research.
• Growers treated to strawberry field day.
• Growing apples part of P.E.I. producer’s destiny.
• Growing berries for optimum health benefits.
• Growing cherries under cover in Nova Scotia.
• Growing grapes was in the cards.
• Growing technology tracks commodities through marketplace.
• Growing with biomass.
• Helping produce a better Honeycrisp on the tree.
• High bush blueberry production catching on in Nova Scotia.
• High tunnels can extend.
• In agriculture, retaining water is a good thing.
• In search of potato resistance.
• In search of the magic bullet for CPB.
• Inaugural farm award honours 86-year-old potato worker.
• Independent study shows multiple reuse of containers reduces environmental burdens.
• Industry experts offer winery, vineyard tips.
• Insecticide combo can deliver knockout punch.
• Interest in organic apple production building in P.E.I..
• Investigating fertigation in Ontario apple orchards.
• Island couple tackling challenges of potato farming.
• It’s what’s on the outside of the bottle that counts.
• Just a little off the top.
• Just ask ‘Dr. Chips’.
• Keeping potato dry rot away from your field and storage.
• Lake Erie comes to Leamington.
• Leaf diseases on the increase .
• Len Troup new chair of OF&VGA.
• Letter to the Editor: (Re:) Bill 132 – Selling fruit wines at farmers’ markets.
• Light shortens the life of vegetables.
• Looking ahead: Alberta-based research scientists working on new potato varieties for B.C. growers.
• Machine-guided cultivation may reduce vegetable growers’ costs.
• Major pullouts coming in PPV “hot zone”.
• Managing apple scab this season.
• Managing crop load creates efficient cherry orchards.
• Managing fire blight in the Maritimes.
• Managing manure nutrients.
• Manitoba carrot producer wins lifetime achievement award.
• Manitoba chicken farmer juiced up about apples.
• Manitoba fruit producers share secrets of their success.
• Manitoba grower shares experience with remote irrigation monitoring system.
• Maritime-based apple researchers .
• Marketing food safely.
• MaxCel® – a new chemical thinner for apples.
• Maximizing vine crop yield through understanding pollination .
• Meeting the challenge of weed management in blueberry plantings.
• Micronutrients play an important role in potato growth says potato expert.
• Nematode control possible using soil solarization says U.S. researcher.
• Nematodes can help fight root weevils in strawberry plantings.
• Netting increases yield.
• New 2008 Disease Management Guides.
• New 2008 Pest Management Guides.
• New apple variety resistant to scab.
• New application technologies keep herbicides where they belong.
• New biological control for apple maggot.
• New Brunswick consumers have access to new yellow-fleshed potato variety .
• New Canadian lettuce varieties now available for growers.
• New Canadian potato varieties showcased at annual variety day.
• New early detection method for ring rot in potatoes explained.
• New early season berry variety from AAFC.
• New form of Fusarium wilt could pose threat to watermelon crop.
• New grading system helps P.E.I. farm pick the perfect potato.
• New low-carb spud to debut this month.
• New pheromone technology “messes” with moth’s head.
• New research may reduce need for nitrogen fertilizers.
• New research on the use of sulfur in powdery mildew control.
• New research proposes to expand potato markets.
• New Varieties 2006.
• New varieties showcase 2005.
• New white wine varieties developed for the Maritimes.
• Newly developed spud wins award.
• Niagara’s crop circles no hoax.
• No PCN populations detected .
• Not your father’s potato.
• Nova Scotia and Japan may initiate apple tree research partnership.
• Nova Scotia fruit tour highlights replanting methods.
• Nova Scotia grower panel discusses Honeycrisp production.
• Novel coloured spuds rich in antioxidants.
• Nursery plowing under its rootstock.
• Offshore workers program growing in Nova Scotia.
• On-farm demonstration projects promoting sustainable apple production practices in B.C., Ontario.
• On-farm food safety programs are no longer optional.
• Onion thrips in Ontario.
• Ontario government rewards on-farm innovation.
• Ontario growers hoping cartoon character will help market strawberries.
• Ontario producers receive first-ever regional Premier’s Awards.
• Ontario vineyard mapping.
• OP alternative search continues.
• Organic farming.
• Organic fruit growers share ideas, beliefs.
• Outstanding in their field.
• P.E.I. bale processor gaining popularity in horticulture.
• P.E.I. company producing new wild blueberry harvester.
• P.E.I. farm tests potato chips for foreign markets.
• P.E.I. farmers looking at alternative growing methods.
• P.E.I. grower advancing cranberry production.
• P.E.I. organic growers .
• P.E.I. Potato Board general manager resigns.
• P.E.I. Potato Board pushing for a Canadian United Potato Grower branch.
• P.E.I. potato fudge is big hit.
• P.E.I. trucking firm shipping spuds year-round.
• Pairing new vegetable varieties with Prairie growing conditions.
• Patternator measures sprayer efficiency.
• PEI farmer receives recognition from ALUS.
• Pepper compound mighty against mould.
• Pest Management Guides for 2009.
• Pig manure, fish emulsion kills powdery scab in spuds.
• Pig power.
• Plant leaf surface impacts effectiveness of pesticide applications .
• Post-harvest best time to apply herbicide on dandelion.
• Potato and onion sprout control goes eco-friendly.
• Potato belt farm struggles with lack of markets.
• Potato board informed there’s to be no research examining asthma, pesticide use.
• Potato crop specialist advises on how to pick the right seed potatoes.
• Potato cyst nematodes in Canada: Go forward with the science.
• Potato humidity: A key aspect of storage management.
• Potatoes love tomatoes.
• Precision breeding creates super potato.
• Preparing for the possibility of downy mildew in 2007.
• Preparing for wireworms in potatoes during 2009 season.
• Preparing fruit trees for winter’s bite.
• Preventing potato storage diseases.
• Prince Edward Island blueberry industry experiences record season in 2004.
• Probing peppers’ water needs.
• Producing quality vegetable transplants.
• Pruning for big cherries in B.C..
• Raiding the cupboard.
• Raspberry variety selection helps with disease control.
• Ravine winery to be showcased as tourist destination in St. Davids.
• Recruitment and retention of employees.
• Red-hot and green.
• Removing sand from asparagus may make industry more competitive.
• Research advances capacity to predict, minimize ACD.
• Research could provide vital daily nutritional requirement.
• Research examines potato tuber formation.
• Research investigates management of black rot on butternut squash.
• Research offers improvements for commercial strawberry handling.
• Research scientist develops device to manage corn borer in potato crops.
• Research underway.
• Research will examine effect of electrolyzed water on spuds.
• Researcher examines use of Apogee in strawberry production.
• Researchers developing biodegradable alternative to plastic mulch.
• Researchers examine plant grafting.
• Researchers helping reduce vegetable transplant shock.
• Researchers working on a better carrot.
• Rhubarb research launched in Nova Scotia.
• Ridgetown Campus goes high-tech – very high.
• Rock crusher helping to nurture potato land.
• Rossignol’s Estate Winery wins six awards .
• Rotting vegetables in P.E.I. warehouses a concern.
• Royal Winter Fair picks P.E.I. potatoes.
• Saskatchewan plant scientist describes “challenging” 2009 season.
• Season provides challenge for Nova Scotia grape producers.
• Seven-pound potato bag makes an appearance.
• Shared secrets of commercial organic vegetable production.
• Simcoe ag research station opens doors to growers.
• Sixty years of farm excellence recognized.
• Slowing the loss of ag chemicals.
• Sowing your rows with accuracy.
• Specialist updates growers on optimizing seed piece treatment.
• Spices provide eco-friendly pesticides for organic fruits and veggies.
• Stokes Seeds releases seven new sweet corn varieties.
• Storage temperature can determine tuber health.
• StormFisher partners with Inniskillin: Grape waste sought-after fuel for making electricity.
• Study could lead to tomato plants with stronger defences.
• Succeeding in a global marketplace.
• Success runs wild at Saskatchewan’s Last Mountain Berry Farms.
• Sunset on Sundown?.
• Super broccoli takes Brassica family to Chelsea Flower Show.
• Sweet corn good cash crop for P.E.I. grower.
• Tamminga Farms named 2005 McCain Champion Potato Grower of Alberta.
• Targeting air-blast sprayers.
• Tearless onions in development Down Under.
• Testing garlic’s cancer-fighting potential.
• The ABCs of growing cabbage.
• The ABC’s of irrigation reservoir planning and construction.
• The dos and don’ts of growing Gala.
• The fruits of their labour.
• The good, the bad and the ugly of the 2005 Ontario vegetable season.
• The impact of flooding on soils.
• The Ontario Greenbelt.
• The pits: Breeding a plum without a stone.
• The Sunterra experience.
• Thin early and effectively: Practices can manage apple crop load, explains U.S. researcher.
• Tighter broccoli spacing can result in higher yields, problems.
• Tomato nutrition and grey wall – Is there a connection?.
• Tools to help with irrigation scheduling.
• Top awards at OFVGA.
• Transferring apple varieties without an orchard replant.
• Trapping water from nature helps P.E.I. potato producers.
• Treatments for managing bacterial pathogens in vegetable seed.
• Trials show canola, alfalfa best rotation crops for potatoes in Manitoba.
• Tuber turgor dictates bruising risk .
• U.K. scientists developing intelligent harvesting robot.
• Unique Northern geological formation produces important ag nutrients.
• United Potato Growers of Canada nears .
• Using real-time data to reduce fruit and vegetable bruising: The Smart Spud and Produce QC .
• Vandenbussche Open House.
• Vegetable breeding steps up to the next level .
• Vegetable polisher proving to be a plus for end product.
• Vegetable research in New Brunswick Shifts to sustainable cropping systems.
• Vegetable tunnels.
• Vesey’s Seeds wins award.
• Vineyard maintenance with sheep: Leaf pullers in lambs’ clothing save $200 per acre.
• Vineyard monitoring goes high tech.
• Viral insecticide registered for codling moth control in Canada.
• Water management a growing issue in B.C..
• Weather was tough on crops, growers in 2008.
• Weather was tough on crops, growers in 2008.
• Western Canadian potato producers face numerous disease threats.
• What will happen to this season’s fertilizer?.
• Why replant?.
• Wild blueberry prices plummet.
• Wine industry blossoming in Nova Scotia.
• Winterizing your sprayer .
• Workforce ahead.
• ‘Bin’ there, done that: Nova Scotia’s fruit industry contemplates shift to plastic bins.

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• The troubles with the AAFC.

Features

• Blueberry’s golden grower.
• Coopers win top honours.
• Extending the shelf life of Ontario berries.
• Gene boosts yield, sweetness in tomato hybrids.
• High tunnels can pay off year round.
• Irrigation project wins big.
• New freezing, frost protection research at VRIC.
• The hope for a hazelnut industry continues.
• Tigchelaar Berry Farms: Married to day-neutral strawberries.

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• AFAQ AFNOR launches new ISO certification.
• AGCO and Beeline join forces with satellite-based steering systems .
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• AGCO GTA 100 & GTA 200.
• AGCO large-chassis ST Series.
• AGCO oil rebate runs until October 16.
• AGCO Reaffirms support for Valtra tractors in U.S. and Canada.
• AGCO RT Series.
• AGCO ST Series.
• AGCO Subcompact ST22A.
• Agdia ImmunoStrip®.
• Agri-Trend and Simplot Form new Joint Venture Agri-Data Management Company.
• Agrotain DC now available in Canada.
• AIXR TeeJet® Flat Spray Tip.
• AMP Liquid Mulch products.
• AnBo grapple rake.
• Automatic calibration reminder service announced by Dickson.
• BatteryMINDer Model 12248 Charger.
• Bauer CAN Bus control.
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• Contans® WG.
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• Dickson KT8 and TH8.
• Dickson Pro Series Data Logger.
• Dickson software for temperature/humidity data available in French.
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• EZ-Gro Supreme.
• FarMore™ Technology Pak.
• FarmPRO™ GPS Steering & Application Control System.
• Fire Caddy DC™.
• FireFly Energy product now available in B.C..
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• Flumioxazin registered in Canada.
• FMC to market Ranman fungicide in Canada.
• Garber Drop Spreaders.
• Gas packing – Gas analysis reduces complaints.
• Genesis XT potato seed treatment.
• Goodyear Kelly Regional Tire.
• GTA400 Precision Farming Software.
• Harnois launches TunnelPro.
• Harnois launches TunnelPro.
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• Hydrodamp HTSD 300 newDesign.
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• New insecticide approved for CPB and aphid control on potatoes.
• New insecticide from Valent.
• New integrated traceability, food safety system launched.
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• New whole potato sorting system.
• NeXter® insecticide.
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• Onset announces wireless frost alarm system.
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• Onset releases catalogue.
• Opal™ Insecticidal Soap.
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• Q-400 XT system.
• Rittenhouse unveils new web site.
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• The Truth About Organic Foods book published.
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• Toro expands air release valve product line.
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News

News

• Engage Agro new distributor of DuPont herbicides.
• Ontario “moisture starved” – Environment Canada.
• Revised farmers’ market guidelines approved.
• Strawberry research yields longer growing season.
• Survey says 50% of farmers use social media.
• Delegate registered for insect control on potatoes.
• Apple product makes U.S. Olympic team.
• Arsenic in irrigation water transferred to crops.
• Assail® receives registration for stone fruit.
• $12.4 million approved for P.E.I. potato producers.
• 2008 B.C. Horticultural Forum cancelled.
• 2008 Plum Pox Virus survey completed.
• 2009 a tough year for farmers.
• A dash of salt grows healthier tomatoes.
• A growing greenbelt appetite.
• A growing greenbelt appetite.
• A grumpy old man ponders the past.
• A nose for the wine business.
• AAFC plant pathologist recognized.
• AAFC: New research chair to look at opportunities in horticulture.
• Addendum available for Manitoba fruit guide.
• Admire user hits pay dirt with ATV win.
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• Ag facility creates jobs in Ontario.
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• Ag Minister names P.E.I. commission members.
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• Agricultural companies receive funding.
• Agricultural council elects new executives.
• Agricultural Management Institute elects new chair, two new members .
• Agriculture art exhibit unveiled at Ontario AgriCentre .
• Agriculture gets funding for market development.
• Agriculture ministers finalizing framework.
• Agriculture producers are optimistic says FCC survey.
• Agriculture sets site on future.
• Agriculture, environment, wildlife fund announced.
• AgriInvest deposit notices in farmers’ hands.
• Agrotain DC now available in Canada.
• Alberta berry, veg school.
• Alberta farm offers free potatoes.
• Alberta Marketing Caravan Workshop.
• Alberta potato farmers receive $23.5 million.
• Alberta potato research.
• Alcohol key to storing berries .
• Almost 2000 attend Guelph Organic Conference.
• An apple that tastes like berries and doesn’t brown.
• Another bad armyworm year?.
• Another grape excuse to hit the bottle.
• Antimicrobials target pathogens on produce.
• Antimicrobials target pathogens on produce.
• Antioxidants in black raspberries influenced by production site.
• Apathetic aphids become easier prey for ladybugs.
• Apple genome sequenced.
• Apple grower harvests awards.
• Apple growers blown away.
• Apple growers count losses, seek help.
• Apple juice can delay onset of Alzheimer's disease.
• Apple peel getting boost from sports events.
• Apple season in NB ripens after mild spring.
• Apple season is a busy time at Quinn Farm.
• Apples put Rougemont on map.
• Applications open for 2011 Nuffield Scholarship.
• Arysta develops new insecticide technology.
• Asparagus may be in season earlier than expected .
• Assail® a new option for blueberry insects .
• Assail® receives emergency registration.
• Atlantic ag ministers agree to regional cooperation.
• Attend the NS Agri-Innovation Symposium.
• Attracting and retaining skilled labour.
• Award applications being accepted.
• B.C. and Ontario wines: The scandal that wasn’t.
• B.C. apple growers on the brink of ruin .
• B.C. blueberry announcement expected August 18.
• B.C. blueberry sector receives funding.
• B.C. celebrates year of the potato, first harvest.
• B.C. ends split classifications for some farms.
• B.C. farm family growing more vegetables.
• B.C. farmers vent to feds.
• B.C. farmers want insurance payout.
• B.C. foundation seeks nominations for award.
• B.C. fruit farmers ask Ottawa for help.
• B.C. fruit growers not pleased with funding.
• B.C. fruit growers want government help for foreign farm workers.
• B.C. fruit growers worry about the future.
• B.C. fruit industry woes.
• B.C. government working toward agriculture plan.
• B.C. growers hope to startle starlings.
• B.C. growers rejoice over dry, hot weather.
• B.C. honours cranberry farming family.
• B.C. Innovation Council provides awards.
• B.C. Outstanding Young Farmers take direct route.
• B.C. potato vodka takes spirit award.
• B.C. releases new vegetable production guide.
• B.C. survey shows agri-business steady.
• B.C. takes over local delivery of program.
• B.C. wineries can finally make ice wine.
• B.C. winery boosts water research.
• Bacterium identified as potato disease culprit.
• Balancing the bottom line.
• Barry Walker joins OnTrace.
• BASF and Monsanto formalize agreement.
• BASF appoints new business director for Canada.
• BASF Canada appoints new business director.
• Bayer CropScience acquires bio nematicide.
• Bayer CropScience one of the top 100 employers in Canada – Maclean’s magazine.
• Bayer CropScience one of top 10 employers.
• Bayer, UPGC continue potato program.
• Berries can prevents UV damage.
• Berry business leaders study Scandinavian industry.
• Berry compound reduces aging effect.
• Bevo Agro cuts losses.
• Beware of blueberry leaf rust.
• Bill will address farm sign issue.
• Bio World Congress: Registration now open.
• Biochar: Grow bigger, better veggies.
• Biodegradable mulch films on the horizon.
• Black Pearl: Beauty with a bite.
• Blaze at N.S. apple warehouse.
• Blazer Russet potato wins top reviews.
• Blueberries may prevent diabetes, arthritis.
• Blueberry conference set for July 25–28 in MI.
• Blueberry juice may prevent obesity, diabetes.
• Bounty Cellars Winery expands product line.
• Breakthrough study discovers cranberry’s ulcer fighting power .
• Bring on the pak choi.
• Broccoli compound targets enzyme in late-stage cancer.
• Buckwheat as cover crop succeeds in controlling weeds.
• Buffer zone fact sheet for P.E.I. available online.
• Buffer zone information meetings scheduled in P.E.I..
• Building new markets for ginseng.
• Building new markets for horticulture producers.
• Buying Ontario wine makes cents.
• CAFA holding annual Ontario conference .
• CAHRC holding first national forum in Calgary.
• CAHRC wants to hear about labour needs.
• California wine industry going green.
• Callisto 480SC label expansion.
• Canada and Ontario invest in stewardship.
• Canada helps potato farmers.
• Canada investing in brand marketing intiative.
• Canada investing in strategy to improve market access.
• Canada invests in extract facility.
• Canada invests in fruit research, innovation.
• Canada invests in hort traceability.
• Canada invests in innovation for organic farmers.
• Canada to monitor, not bar Mexican farm workers.
• Canada, B.C. invest in tree fruit industry.
• Canada, New Zealand create new raspberry variety.
• Canada’s first biodynamic wine.
• Canadian campuses haven for fresh produce.
• Canadian fruit, vegetable production up.
• Canadian government helping farmers.
• Canadian government investing in spinach.
• Canadian government invests in organic farming.
• Canadian government reiterates support for Farmers’ Markets Canada.
• Canadian lettuce nominated for seed award.
• Canadian success stories profiled in case study series.
• Canadian veggie shipments to U.S. are COOL.
• Canadians raise concern over traceability timeline.
• CanGro to sell or shut two Ontario vegetable and fruit .
• Canning plant closure forces farmers to grow for fresh.
• Canopy cover provides clue to plants’ thirst.
• Canopy cover provides practical clue to plants’ thirst.
• Cape Breton farmers to get federal aid.
• Carol Mitchell new Ontario ag minister.
• CASS funding deadline approaching.
• Catnip compounds curb Asian lady beetles .
• Cauliflower gene eyed as nutrition booster.
• Cavendish Farms acquires Omstead division.
• Cavendish Farms unveils biogas facility.
• Celebrating Canada’s Food Freedom Day.
• Cellared Canadian wines leaving liquor stores.
• CFA pleased with credit legislation.
• CFA president steps down.
• CFA pushes for national food strategy .
• CFBMC agriwebinars updated and enhanced.
• CFIA planning cutbacks – union.
• CFIA, USDA revise PCN guidelines.
• CFIA, USDA revise potato guidelines.
• CGC celebrating 30 years of industry service.
• Champion potato grower announced.
• Change fruit marketing strategy: report.
• CHC certifies first grower for food safety .
• CHC re-brands food safety program.
• CHC to host crop protection working session.
• CHC to lead working session on innovation and science in conjunction with 2009 AGM.
• CHC tree, vine fruit food safety program passes review.
• Cheap apple sales brisk at market.
• Cherries may hold clues for future diabetes treatment .
• Cherries pack an anti-Inflammatory punch.
• Cherry tariffs needed, B.C. MP says.
• Chinese market may mean more potato profits.
• Clarington growers receive $ 1.498M.
• Closures, containers focal point of IVIF 2010.
• Cloudy apple juice healthier than clear.
• Co-op providing site-specific TOMcast.
• Cold temperatures hurt Canadian fruit crops.
• Cold weather pleases NS grape grower.
• Cold weather urea losses proven wrong.
• Colour disease, pest potato handbook released.
• Colour test enhances tomato analyzer software.
• Command 360 ME for weed control.
• Committee nixes fruit wine bill.
• Company develops reliable labels.
• Company expanding irrigation technology.
• Compost in potato cuts erosion, improves yields.
• Computers help manage asparagus harvest.
• Confine emergency use registration.
• Conserving historic apple trees .
• Construction begins on new cranberry farm.
• Consumers choose local, environmental apples.
• Contans® WG.
• Contract cutbacks could push some growers out.
• Contribution honours cranberry entrepreneur.
• Cool spring slows Ontario strawberries.
• Cool weather delays strawberry harvest.
• Coragen approved for swede midge in cole crops.
• Cornell opens its new teaching winery.
• Cornell, NY apple group forge agreement.
• Could Clarington be Ontario’s next wine region?.
• Cover crop strategies workshop at MSU.
• Craitor sends wine industry a message.
• Cranberries could allay cancer threat.
• Cranberry Bogs may be moving to Canada from New Jersey.
• Cranberry growers expect bumper crop.
• Cranberry industry set to bear fruit.
• Crash claims well-known farmer.
• Creating bioplastics from potatoes.
• Creating the Yukon Gem.
• Crop models help increase yield.
• Crop planning for fruit, vegetable growers.
• CropLife Canada announces staffing changes.
• CropLife Canada attends legislature.
• CropLife Canada launches pilot program.
• Cucumber genome published.
• Cucumbers: Encumbered .
• Deadline approaching for Fresh Market Vegetable acreage loss insurance.
• Deere reports loss on charges, lower sales.
• Deere second quarter profit tumbles.
• Denton Hoffman awarded OF&VGA Award of Merit.
• Details announced in orchard, vineyard program.
• Developing new markets for New Brunswick potatoes .
• Diquat does not make glyphosate more effective – study.
• Direction of crop rows maximizes access to sunlight.
• Discovery could accelerate grapevine breeding.
• Diverse harvest for budding farmers.
• Downy mildew alert in Ontario.
• Downy mildew confirmed across southern Ontario.
• Downy mildew confirmed in Norfolk County.
• Downy mildew confirmed in Ont. cucumber field.
• Downy mildew identified in Kent County .
• Downy mildew identified in Kent County.
• Downy mildew identified in Ontario.
• Downy mildew in Norfolk County.
• Downy mildew in Ontario onions.
• Downy mildew reported in greenhouses.
• Dr. Emil Anderson being inducted into Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame.
• Dr. Isabelle Lesschaeve joins Vineland.
• Dr. John Kelly hired to head Erie Agri-Food Innovation Initiative .
• Dr. Wayne Roberts keynote speaker at organic conference.
• Drought tolerance in potatoes.
• DuPont divests mancozeb assets.
• DuPont to license blends patents to MANA.
• DuPont™ Rynaxypyr™ wins award .
• E.U. clears biotech potato for cultivation.
• Early blossoms cause shivers in fruit growers.
• Early wet weather affecting P.E.I. apple crop.
• Eating berries may activate brain’s housekeeping.
• Echo® fungicide approved in Canada.
• Edible apple film may protect against food pathogens.
• Editorial: Pique of the market.
• Election results announced for P.E.I. Potato Board.
• Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage.
• Emergency registration for thrips.
• Emergency use herbicide registration.
• Emergency use registration for white mold in carrots.
• Emerging sectors specialist joins ag foundation.
• Engage Agro to market Ambush.
• Engineers devise new strategies for irrigating more efficiently .
• Environmentally-friendly controls for peach tree pests.
• Enzyme in asparagus detoxifies common pesticide .
• EPA may force pesticide label on new plum.
• Estimate soil texture by feel.
• EU scientists developing GM potato.
• Even processed, raspberries are excellent antioxidant source.
• Evidence weed killers improve food nutrition.
• Extending the life of fresh cranberries.
• Fall in ag research slowing farm productivity.
• Family has stake in fruit, vegetable business.
• Farm Credit Canada seeking outstanding women in agriculture .
• Farm food safety standard recognized internationally.
• Farm groups want in on trade talks.
• Farm honoured for outstanding web site.
• Farm income up more than 63 per cent.
• Farm leaders to announce AgriFlex proposal.
• Farm market operators named 2006 Atlantic Outstanding Farmers.
• Farm market questions get some answers.
• Farm optimism wanes – CFIB.
• Farm profitability big worry.
• Farmer Standards training sessions run by Canadian Organic Growers.
• Farmers confident workers don’t pose flu threat.
• Farmers find finances a growing concern.
• Farmers grumbling about Potatoes New Brunswick.
• Farmers Helping Farmers holding fundraiser.
• Farmers helping farmers recognizes volunteers.
• Farmers unhappiest of all self-employed workers.
• Farmers unimpressed with Frito Lay cash.
• Farmers wanted “for a relationship with food!”.
• Farmers welcome new label guidelines.
• Farmers' Markets Ontario proposes market certification program.
• Farmers’ markets sell community shopping experience.
• Farming a bright spot in Northwest Ontario.
• Farming in the city.
• Farming in the city.
• FCC invests $500,000 in rural Canada.
• FCC to consider personal integrity.
• FCC tours collect one million pounds of food.
• Federal budget a mixed bag for agriculture says CFA.
• Federal government helps packaging industry.
• Federal government investing in N.B. orchards, vineyards.
• Federal government investing in regulatory efficiency research for agriculture.
• Federal government invests in organic industry.
• Federal government supporting berry growers .
• Federal investment to help Atlantic potato industry.
• Feds invest in St. Catharines winery.
• Fingerprinting helps make great grapes.
• Fire destroys apple warehouse on farm.
• Fire plays role in managing weeds.
• First solar-powered irrigation system unveiled.
• Flint® registered for powdery mildew, leaf spot.
• Florida flooding could result in high potato prices.
• Flowers' fragrance diminished by air pollution.
• Flu leaves Mexican workers in limbo.
• Flumioxazin registered in Canada.
• Food costs vary widely across Canada, forcing some to forgo healthy choices.
• Food manufacturing may be recession-proof.
• Food poisonings prompt interest in other technology to kill germs.
• Food safety is in farm worker's hands.
• Food safety will be a hot topic at Fresh Summit.
• Food security starts with seed.
• Foodtrust sold to private sector.
• Former New Brunswick potato leader dies.
• Fredericton to rethink pulling lease.
• Freeze damage to Michigan crops being evaluated.
• Freeze drives up produce prices.
• French publications available.
• Fresh picked organic lettuce of all kinds in demand at local farmers market .
• Fresh rhubarb capturing attention.
• Frost damage possible.
• Frosty weather throws a scare into grape growers.
• Fruit & veggie growers ask for support.
• Fruit and veggies get a little spa treatment .
• Fruit grower fools Mother Nature.
• Fruit growers give HST a mixed review.
• Fruit of their labour featured at Cherry Fair.
• Fruit scientists uncover DNA behind Kiwifruit colour, flavour, shape, nutrition and ripening.
• Fruit wine getting recognition it deserves.
• Fruit wineries day in Queen’s Park.
• Fruit, veg production down: StatsCan .
• Fruit, vegetable production on the rebound.
• Fruit, veggie growers “feeling defeated”.
• Fruit, veggie issues unite under CPMA.
• Fruit-wine sales at farmers' markets.
• Fruits and veggies could halt endometriosis, says Italian study.
• Funding expands B.C. noise conflict program.
• Funding for record-keeping tools approved .
• Funding received to advance ag crop protection.
• Funding to help food-tracking framework.
• Fungal fumes clear out crop pests.
• Fungus sunscreen expands control of pests.
• Future of Niagara CanGro plant uncertain.
• Garbage strike halts farmers’ market.
• Gardeners can brew up tea to protect plants.
• Gene boosts yield, sweetness in tomato hybrids.
• Genomics sciences guarantee better winemaking.
• George Webster new Minister of Agriculture in P.E.I..
• Geraniums could control Japanese beetle.
• Geraniums could help control Japanese beetle.
• Get fresh.
• Getting plants to rid themselves of residues.
• Getting started in fruit, vegetable production.
• Giving up farm devastating.
• Golden success for Yukon Gem.
• Good results in Manitoba potato fields.
• Good year for apples.
• Government announces credit changes for farmers.
• Government ignores value says PGA.
• Government needs to help secure crop inputs.
• Government supporting food safety.
• Government supports new market opportunities for vegetable growers.
• Gowan acquires rights for Confirm.
• GPI announces new executive director .
• Grafting can help fight foliar diseases.
• Grape benefit more than skin deep.
• Grape eating moth munching CA vineyards.
• Grape expectations for uniquely Canadian vine.
• Grape growers face crop damage.
• Grape Growers of Ontario re-elect chair.
• Grapes of wrath: Liquor law ludicrous.
• Grapes, grape extracts may lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
• Great Lakes fruit, veg expo coming.
• Green energy problems plague Ont. government.
• Greenbelt foundation seeks nominations.
• Grim 2010 farm forecast.
• Group helps sell more wine and grapes.
• Groups concerned about plastic pallets.
• Groups highlights concerns raised by Canada’s Auditor General.
• Groups push for greenbelt expansion.
• Growers can boost broccoli and tomato benefits.
• Growers recognize N.S. best.
• Growers’ plight on agenda.
• Growing berries for optimum health benefits.
• Growing Forward completed.
• Growing greener greens.
• Growing success on the vine in the Okanagan Valley.
• Guide for saskatoon production costs available.
• Hail storm does little to Okanagan apple crop.
• Hairy vetch mulch activates genes for phytonutrients in tomatoes.
• Halifax Farmers’ Market aims to be sustainable.
• Halting black raspberry decline.
• Harvest and save water to increase yields.
• Have any extra pears? .
• He loves his spuds.
• Heat helps B.C. strawberries.
• Hector Delanghe awarded OF&VGA Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Heinz slashes tomato production.
• Helping fruit fight back.
• Helping grape growers fight cutworm damage.
• Hepatitis healing power in blueberry leaves.
• High court to hear Ontario's fight to keep farm workers from unionizing.
• High tunnels may protect brambles.
• High-yield ag slows global warming: researchers.
• Highbush blueberries reach for new markets.
• Higher interest rates risk for Canadian ag.
• Holland Marsh goes local with Greenbelt funding.
• Honeybees as plant bodyguard.
• Hooked on growing grapes.
• Hot fruit trees in B.C..
• How do you like them apples?.
• How many crop and soil sensors are needed?.
• How many crop and soil sensors are needed?.
• How plants can rid themselves of residues.
• Humid weather brings blight to P.E.I..
• Humpty Dumpty pulls close to break even.
• Hurricane Bill spares valley apple crop.
• Hydrogen production at winery becomes reality.
• HZPC Americas Corp looking for a sales manager .
• Icewine sales frozen.
• Idaho potato crops lowest in decades.
• IEIL to acquire Arysta LifeScience Corporation.
• Imports won’t drown Okanagan wine.
• Improving hardiness in grapes.
• In N.B., potatoes seed learning field.
• Inaugural farm worker award presented.
• Increased yields with better CO2 use.
• Increasing calcium in carrots and other vegetables.
• India halts release of GM eggplant.
• Industry awards nomination deadline approaching.
• Industry leader mentors Alberta marketers.
• Initium™ is first active ingredient in new class of chemistry.
• Innisfil orchard grows organic apples.
• Insecticide receives high marks in grower survey.
• Insects affected more by insecticides than by engineered crops.
• International Paper finalizes Weyerhaeuser’s Packaging purchase.
• International potato cyst nematode conference.
• Investing in Nova Scotia wine country.
• IPM program developed for managing fungal diseases of carrot.
• Is cherry juice the new sports drink?.
• Is disaster fermenting in Ontario’s Greenbelt?.
• Is tangerine the top lycopene tomato?.
• Israeli university releases hybrid pepper.
• Israelis develop boiled potato batteries.
• Issues to be addressed at World Ag Expo 2011.
• It pays to furrow dike.
• IVIF as a global innovation forum.
• Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate sweeps the “Best of the Best”.
• Jamaica opens liaison office in Leamington.
• Japanese beetles infest P.E.I..
• John Deere offers biodiesel information on website.
• Keep an eye on your jacket.
• Keeping potatoes fresh.
• Keeping track of OnTrace.
• Keith Wright awarded the Golden Apple Award for Ontario.
• Killer spices provide eco-friendly pesticides.
• Kudzu vine has been found in Ontario.
• Label expansion granted for Rimon 10EC.
• Labelling changes welcomed.
• Labelling wars heat up.
• Lack of ladybugs mean aphids run wild.
• Land rule change will not raise prices in P.E.I..
• Large potato equipment auction in Europe.
• Lassonde Industries to buy back, cancel shares.
• Late blight attacking Northeast U.S..
• Late blight risk high in Manitoba.
• Lawsuit alleges potato growers fixed prices.
• Leaf age may contribute to lettuce contamination.
• Leafy greens wash to combat bacteria.
• Leamington grower group wins award.
• Leek moth added to Matador/Warrior labels.
• Less herbicide means fewer potatoes.
• Lettuce carotenoids affected by UV light.
• Lettuce gets a healthy suntan.
• LFR examines market opportunities.
• Light shortens the life of vegetables.
• Light, photosynthesis help bacteria invade produce.
• Lighting can influence how wine tastes.
• Linking Canadian agriculture.
• Local berries in fall, thanks to change in planting.
• Local food project launched in Niagara area.
• Local wine industry bearing fruit.
• Long-term study of orchard ground cover systems.
• Looking for outstanding achievement in agriculture.
• Lost water of the Napa Valley vineyards.
• Love that garlic!.
• Low maintenance strawberry may be good for space.
• Lower crop yields due to ozone a factor in food crisis.
• Luckett to develop winery operation.
• Male flower parts responsible for grapevine perfume.
• MANA adds new Canadian business manager.
• MANA adds to Canadian service team.
• Managing black knot.
• Manitoba fruit grower and winemaker introduces new wine.
• Manitoba launches 2005 weekly online vegetable report.
• Manitoba potato producers quitting.
• Manitoba potatoes feared at risk.
• Manitoba processing potato harvest underway.
• Marc and Krista Schurman of Kensington, P.E.I. aimed high when they set up their diversified farm op.
• Market apple price to reflect orchardists’ price.
• Marketing collaboratively for success.
• Marketing workshop being held in PEI.
• Markets keep agriculture sustainable.
• Marley Farm Winery shutting down.
• Matador, Warrior labels expanded.
• MaxCel® plant growth regulator receives Canadian registration.
• McCain buys fewer N.B. potatoes.
• McCain Foods opens new processing plant.
• McGuinty government ignores science say groups.
• McGuinty government selects new OFPMC chair.
• McIntosh still the most popular apple in Canada .
• Melons sweetened with DNA sequence.
• Men recognized for their work in the potato industry.
• Metro residents value farmland – study.
• Mexico, Canadian union sign migrant worker agreement.
• Michigan experiment station releases research videos.
• Migrant agricultural workers ratify contract.
• Minimum wage increases June 1 and Oct. 1 in P.E.I..
• Ministers announce transition measure for 2007 AgriInvest.
• Minor Use Label Expansion granted for Poast Ultra.
• Minor Use Label Expansion – Ranman 400.
• Modified crops reveal hidden cost of resistance.
• Money for on-farm environmental improvements .
• Monsanto Canada Opportunity Scholarship available.
• Monsanto, Dole aim to grow tastier produce.
• More animals, crops but fewer people on Canadian farms: census.
• More crops added to Maxim 480FS seed treatment label.
• More Niagara wineries go virtual.
• More rain delays in potato harvest.
• Movento now registered.
• N.B. potato farmers brace for tough year.
• N.B. scientist to study potato blight in Peru.
• N.S. apple growers wary of tropical storm Danny.
• N.S. pumpkin grower sets Atlantic record.
• N.S. wild blueberry crop under siege.
• N.S. winery seeing early success in dried grape research project.
• Nanotechnology may be used for food safety.
• Nanotechnology may be used for food safety.
• Naramata winery awarded Lieutenant Governor’s award.
• NASGA announces summer tour in Ohio.
• Natural enzyme deters fall armyworms, other corn-feeding insects.
• Natural gas rebates declared.
• Natural predators fight spider mites.
• NB farmers among few to post revenue increases.
• NB potato growers get assistance for losses.
• ND scientists help improve potato storage.
• NDP GMO Bill passes vote.
• Nearly $30 million directed at new ag research and development in Alberta .
• Need bees? Plastic totes make superb bee nursery.
• Netafim promotes John Vikupitz to president and CEO.
• Network sessions for Alberta growers.
• New ag minister takes over amid strife.
• New apple cultivar inspiring grower hope.
• New apple more than 20 years in the making.
• New award for U.K. strawberry research.
• New biological control book available.
• New biopesticide for organic production.
• New Bison herbicide registered.
• New book released on growing potatoes organically .
• New Brunswick offering vegetable insurance plan.
• New Brunswick potato farmers win court victory.
• New Brunswick providing funding for marketing.
• New business development portal launched for Canadian entrepreneurs.
• New business director at DuPont Canada.
• New campaign promotes P.E.I. potatoes.
• New Canadian registrations for Alias®.
• New CEO for Bayer CropScience Canada.
• New chair of Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario.
• New chairperson of FPCC.
• New chemicals, mixes, herbicides in new Blue Book.
• New cold storage facility in P.E.I..
• New consultant at Siegers Seed.
• New CropLife Canada board announced.
• New DVD explains proper grapevine pruning.
• New eat local cookbook celebrates Ontario cuisine.
• New effective product for vegetable washwater.
• New European strawberry, raspberry varieties.
• New executive at CFA.
• New facilitator for Islands Agri-Food Initiative.
• New fertilizer info available.
• New fertilizer product available.
• New festival puts potato on silver platter.
• New formulation for Vapam HL soil fumigant.
• New fuels from bacteria.
• New gibberellic acid product registered.
• New global tomato standard.
• New gooseberry variety resists diseases.
• New green lettuce leaves leafminers in the lurch.
• New guide to identify major grape diseases.
• New Holland Workmaster™ tractor.
• New horticulture specialist at Spectrum.
• New ideas about fruit ripening products.
• New information on OMAFRA site.
• New insecticide from Valent.
• New integrated traceability, food safety system launched.
• New international wine genomics project launched.
• New label restrictions for Guthion .
• New leadership, new vision, new partners for FVGO.
• New leaf lettuce breeding lines released.
• New lettuce lines released with resistance to BLS.
• New lettuces resist corky root, mosaic virus .
• New management methods.
• New Manitoba spud rules spur conflict.
• New method may thwart peach diseases .
• New method to keep fruit, vegetables fresh.
• New method to measure snow, moisture with GPS.
• New methods to detect, measure potato nutrients.
• New name for Irrigation Association’s annual show.
• New nonionic spray adjuvant technology.
• New online community for growers.
• New online community to help unite Canadian berry and grape growers.
• New online potato trading portal coming soon.
• New Ontario fruit production recommendation book available.
• New Ontario vegetable production recommendations available.
• New option for potato, onion harvest, storage quality.
• New P.E.I. potato general manager.
• New permanent auction site to host regular sales.
• New point-of-sale initiative to help farmers.
• New potato book on pests and diseases available.
• New potato fact sheet available for Alberta.
• New president at J.R. Simplot.
• New president for OSCIA.
• New president for Soil Conservation Council of Canada.
• New probiotic yoghurt covered raisins.
• New pythium species isolated in Ohio.
• New report highlights Ontario fruit growers.
• New RFID centre opens in Canada .
• New RFID centre opens in Canada .
• New Saskatchewan regional .
• New Silencer® insecticide.
• New soil moisture sensors .
• New teaching winery to be learning hub.
• New technology available for food industry.
• New Titan™ seed-piece treatment.
• New U.S. import requirements for fresh tomatoes.
• New UGA invention kills foodborne pathogens.
• New UPI structure focussing on serving marketplace, customers.
• New Valent Canada manager.
• New variety of winter-hardy hairy vetch.
• New vegetable pest researcher at Ridgetown campus.
• New water pipeline for tomato growers.
• New whole potato sorting system.
• New winemaker at Luckett Vineyards.
• New winery is first in 17 years.
• NFU calls for P.E.I. assistance.
• Niagara College winery wins awards.
• Niagara winery wins at 2009 Wine Awards.
• Nitrogen used off-season help crops planted later.
• No icewine harvest in Essex this winter.
• No opposition to Line 2 winery.
• No word yet for orchardists.
• Nominations needed for Second Annual Innovation Award.
• Norfolk County receives funding for ag promotion.
• Norfolk County Tourism & Agriculture Symposium.
• Norfolk’s Cider Keg to feed G20 leaders.
• Not enough class time dedicated to Ontario agriculture – poll.
• Noted vegetable breeder passes away.
• Nova Scotia apple grower dead.
• Nova Scotia blueberry farmers say season disaster.
• Nova Scotia blueberry meeting.
• Nova Scotia blueberry producers say low prices leading to disaster.
• Nova Scotia farmers fear frost impact.
• Nova Scotia fruit growers receive support for industry development.
• Nova Scotia helping plant more profitable apples.
• Novel mechanism protects plants from freezing.
• NS blueberry producers worried about prices.
• Nunhems acquires U.S. company Paragon Seed .
• Nunhems expanding facilities.
• Nunhems moves U.S. research facilities to California .
• Nutrition labelling.
• NY viticulture model inspiring efforts.
• OFVC 2009 – The information you need to stay competitive.
• Okanagan apple growers consider more rallies.
• Okanagan apple growers expecting 'fairly strong' prices for this year's crop.
• Okanagan could face drought this summer .
• Okanagan orchardist joins AIF board.
• Olds College agriculture diplomas evolve in 2009.
• OMAFRA workshop opportunities.
• On-farm funding for food safety now available.
• Onions an alternative to artificial preservatives.
• Onset releases catalogue.
• Ontario Agriculture College has new dean.
• Ontario apple industry introduces new variety.
• Ontario expands “Buy Ontario” campaign.
• Ontario farm registration fee increasing?.
• Ontario farmland values increase.
• Ontario farmland values rise again.
• Ontario farmland values rise again.
• Ontario farmland values rise again.
• Ontario farmland values rise again.
• Ontario fruit being crushed by imports – report.
• Ontario government awards top on-farm innovations.
• Ontario government helping boost production.
• Ontario government increasing support for local food .
• Ontario government rewards on-farm innovation.
• Ontario government supporting Niagara food processing facility.
• Ontario grape growers being asked for research opinion.
• Ontario recognizes outstanding producers.
• Ontario tomato grower heading west, thanks to Bayer and Dow.
• Ontario wine getting clearer label.
• Ontario winemakers garner international awards.
• Ontario’s Norfolk County to host tourism & agriculture symposium.
• OnTrace announces 2009 board of directors.
• OnTrace debuts new and improved web site.
• OnTrace launches premises registry.
• Opal Insecticidal Soap is now OMRI Certified!.
• Orchardists await word from minister.
• Organic Agriculture Symposium coming.
• Organic apples beat conventionals on antioxidants.
• Organic farming helps biodiversity, pest control.
• Organic not always greener choice: study.
• Organic or local?.
• Organic potatoes create jobs.
• Organic weed control options for blueberry.
• Organisms in soil may protect lettuce from E. coli.
• OSU-E releases new CD, reference material about high tunnels.
• Outdoor farm show showcases the future.
• Outstanding young farmers of Manitoba and P.E.I .
• OVA surpasses 50 winery members.
• OVTP nearing its funding limit for 2009.
• P.E.I ag minister skips potato virus vote.
• P.E.I. aims to grow potato market in Algeria.
• P.E.I. announces ALUS program.
• P.E.I. companies offering reward to curb thefts.
• P.E.I. government may help Cavendish Farms.
• P.E.I. grower leads United Potato Growers of Canada .
• P.E.I. multiplies fines.
• P.E.I. offering tax relief to farmers.
• P.E.I. Potato Board numbers disputed.
• P.E.I. Potato Board on the defensive.
• P.E.I. potato growers fighting wireworms.
• P.E.I. potato growers win appeal.
• P.E.I. potato producers advised to dispose of culls.
• P.E.I. potatoes rotting in storage.
• P.E.I. potatoes win at Royal.
• Passionate about grapes.
• Peach and nectarine trees: Picking the perfect height.
• Peach blossom thinning demonstration.
• Peach growers look for technology boost.
• Peach season.
• Peak of the Market wins 2008 Canadian Agri-Food award.
• Peak of the Market, potato farmer square off.
• Pear pest’s chemical “come hither” identified.
• PEI apple harvest off to early start.
• PEI Potato Board courts Algeria.
• Pennsylvania considered free of PPV.
• Pesticide ban starts today.
• Pesticide collection program expands in Ontario.
• Pesticides exposure linked to suicidal thoughts.
• Pests reduced, yields increased in organic research.
• Picker may be quicker but some want human touch.
• Pickers berry busy.
• Pink tomato gene.
• Plans for trials of a blight resistant GM potato.
• Plant diagnostic lab re-opens for season.
• Planting the seeds for more agri-food innovation.
• Plants text message farmers when thirsty.
• Plasticulture society honours three researchers with awards.
• Pliant offers lower cost film alternative for food packaging.
• Plum pox eradicated from Stoney Creek, Ont..
• Plums poised to give blueberries run for the money.
• Pocket scouting guide developed for blueberry industry.
• Police find fertilizer; No charges expected.
• Possible scab defender at potato event.
• Potato assistance program expanded.
• Potato blight flourishing on P.E.I..
• Potato blight plight looks promising.
• Potato companies announcing cutbacks.
• Potato compensation not enough – P.E.I. board.
• Potato conference hears prediction of increased demand.
• Potato contracts for Alberta not sprouting yet this season.
• Potato dumping duty being reviewed.
• Potato farmers watch for warehouse rot.
• Potato farmers work to attract McDonald’s.
• Potato Growers of Alberta has new executive director .
• Potato growers, Cavendish Farms reach deal.
• Potato harvest off to slow start.
• Potato harvesters eye disaster relief.
• Potato packer adding organic potatoes .
• Potato Research Centre gets new facility.
• Potato Research Field Day.
• Potato scientists join University of Idaho.
• Potato scraps, manure to power farm.
• Potato spill closes entrance to Charlottetown.
• Potatoes may hold key to Alzheimer’s treatment.
• Powerful pumpkins, super squash.
• Prairie farm leaders to meet.
• Prairie Pesticide Minor Use Consortium meeting.
• Precision irrigation built into sprinkler booms.
• Premier McGuinty hopes an Ontario apple a day will keep recession away.
• Premier mushrooms certified “pesticide free” .
• Premier plants first vine at cranberry project.
• Presenting Prince, a new blueberry cultivar.
• Presidents' Council launches consumer-directed campaign.
• Prestigious nomination for winery.
• Price of Ontario wine grapes squeezed.
• Prices crash for Japan’s expensive melons.
• Primary producers can now register single premises.
• Prince Edward County winery carves out niche.
• Producers reminded of important program deadlines.
• Product of Canada label may change.
• Professor discovers possible salmonella solution.
• Program developing for potato convention.
• Program offers free disposal for farmers.
• Programs continuing for Ontario producers.
• Prominent P.E.I. potato family going bust.
• Promising rootstocks could expand grafting markets.
• Promoting sustainable potato production.
• Propelling blueberries to the top of the industry.
• Protecting romaine lettuce from pathogens.
• Protest stomps on foreign grapes.
• Protesters destroy grape vines.
• Province announces Buy P.E.I. initiative.
• Province supporting food processing jobs.
• Province’s response is the pits – MPP.
• Provincial government presents Outlook 2008.
• Public invited to spend day on a P.E.I. farm.
• Purple sweet potato increases cancer fighting.
• Purple tomatoes?.
• Pyrethroids popping up in suburban streambeds.
• QoI resistant apple scab confirmed in Ontario .
• Quebec increases minimum wage.
• Queen’s Park votes in favour of fruit wines.
• Quilt™ fungicide approved for sweet corn.
• Rain could mean good blueberry crop.
• Rainy summer hammers Ontario veggies.
• Rainy weather bad news for Manitoba farms.
• Rampart fungicide receives emergency registration .
• Red alert! How disease disables tomato plant’s “intruder alarm”.
• Reducing transplant stress in field vegetables.
• Reflective particle films improve apple quality.
• Region backs fruit, veggie growers.
• Regional Innovations awarded in Brighton, Ont..
• Regional innovations awarded in Strathroy.
• Regional Innovations awarded in Wingham.
• Register with OnTrace, get pass to COFS.
• Registration open for World Ag Expo 2011.
• Report released on Canadian ag sector.
• Research shows toxins in sewage sludge being spread as fertilizer.
• Research students make Research students make “green” product from biodiesel, wine products.
• Researcher aims to create “Super” tomatoes.
• Researchers find genetic fix for sweet corn hybrids.
• Researchers find suspected resistant weed.
• Researchers helping to commercialize irradiation technology.
• Researchers hope to boost asparagus yields.
• Researchers tap into carrots for colour and health.
• Researchers testing protection against thrips.
• Researchers to explore health aspects of certain foods .
• Researchers use sun cycle to predict rainfall fluctuations.
• Researchers want to do more with potatoes.
• Respond to AgriInvest Kickstart letters.
• Respondents needed for small farm survey.
• Reusable Packaging Association has new president.
• Revus fungicide granted Canadian registration.
• Rhodiola rosea processing plant opens.
• Ridgetown loses dedicated scientist and friend.
• Rise of Cowichan’s vineyards.
• Rising loonie bruises B.C. fruit growers.
• Rising surface ozone reduces plant growth, adds to global warming.
• Risk management proposal presented by growers.
• Rittenhouse goes green.
• Rossignol Estate Winery earns best fruit wine award .
• RPCC becomes the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA).
• RVH’s Farmers’ Market pilot project takes root.
• Sakata introduces its new vegetable catalogue.
• Salmonella outbreak from headcheese.
• Sask veggie, greenhouse growers’ convention moving.
• Saskatchewan EFP program continuing.
• Saskatchewan vegetable and fruit growers hold field day.
• Saskatchewan vegetable production book available.
• Saskatoon berry marketing meetings.
• Scala® aerial application registered.
• Science replaces trial and error in soil fertility.
• Scientists develop light fry potatoes.
• Scientists develop new crankcase.
• Scientists develop new technique to combat potato scab.
• Scientists interested in potato leaves.
• Scientists pit fungus against apple pest.
• Scientists serve up mustard meal to tame weeds.
• Scientists try to improve flavour of produce.
• Scotian Gold’s marketing challenge.
• Screwtop caps welcome.
• Searching for MALB’s weak spot.
• Seed potatoes now part of DRC.
• Selling direct.
• Seminis Americas leadership changing.
• Serenade available for potatoes, hort crops .
• Shenandoah pear tastes great, resists fireblight.
• Shoppers willing to pay premium for local food.
• Short-day onions saved for the long haul.
• Slow wine sales, imports mean grapes left to rot.
• Slugs may be helping spread E. coli to vegetables.
• Small-scale farmers have their say.
• SmartCrate wins award.
• Sober outlook for Manitoba potato producers.
• Social networking is vital for Ontario ag industry.
• Soft fruit disposal worries B.C. farmers.
• Some blackberry varieties make production easier.
• Some blackberry varieties make production easier.
• Some frost damage in southern Ontario.
• Sowing clover mats to shelter weed seed eaters.
• Spider mite predators serve as bio control.
• Spray improves plants’ cold tolerance.
• Squash and gourd bees are superb pollinators.
• State of Canadian family farm explored in new documentary.
• Stats show Canadians keen on berries.
• Step It Up! in Alberta.
• Storefront 2.0: Another step forward for producers of fresh products.
• Stratford going garlic crazy.
• Strawberry lovers have more to cheer about.
• Strawberry-flavoured apples?.
• Study highlights growth for agricultural markets.
• Study reinforces benefits of tart cherries.
• Study reviews ways to prevent fruit spoilage.
• Study says P.E.I.’s farms need major change to remain financially viable.
• Study says wine should not be in casks for more than a year.
• Study shows grape seed extract may help reduce blood pressure.
• Subway restaurants looking at expanding apple slice program.
• Summerhill named best winery in Canada.
• Surround WP label expanded.
• Survey confirms need for innovative weed management.
• Survey: Farmers plan to spend more for equipment.
• Sustainable fertilizer from urine and wood ash.
• Swede midge numbers up.
• Sweet corn story begins in lab.
• Sweet corn study provides large picture.
• Sweet year for strawberries in Manitoba.
• Switch® 62.5 WG registered for saskatoons.
• Syngenta acquires Zeraim Gedera.
• Syngenta announces new registration of Actara® 240SC.
• Syngenta launches 'Water-optimized' technology.
• Syngenta launches commercial treater program.
• Tank type influences Chardonnay aroma.
• Taste of Nova Scotia honouring seven members.
• Tattoos an alternative to labels.
• Tattoo® C fungicide fully registered in cucurbits.
• Tension on the grapevine.
• TerraSphere Systems forms partnership.
• TerraSphere, USDA to study strawberry growth.
• The history of the Jersey Royal potato.
• The season for heart-shaped strawberries.
• There’s light ahead for sweet potatoes.
• There’s more to the potato than meets the eye.
• Thimet receives four-year extension.
• Thimet registration extended.
• Thinning technology can produce economic benefits for peach, apple growers.
• Three new berry varieties announced.
• Throwing insects off the scent of crops.
• Titan receives new registration .
• To double spud production, just add a little spit.
• Tomato project fighting drought, disease .
• Tomato quality depends on temperature.
• Tomato stands firm in face of fungus.
• Tool could lead to better crops, pesticides.
• Toro expands air release valve product line.
• Toro launches Aqua-Traxx.
• Tough new potatoes take on double trouble.
• Tracking aphids with eggs.
• Triggs International Premium Lecture Series.
• Turning back the clock to save the Bramley.
• Turning red wine by-products into yoghurt and more.
• Two new apple products that are not available for Canadian growers.
• Two new commercial celery varieties released.
• Two new insecticides registered in Canada.
• Two new U.S. peach varieties.
• U.S peach breeders .
• U.S. and Canada adjust potato trade rules.
• U.S. border reopened to Alberta seed potatoes.
• U.S. food inspectors find salmonella strain in a jalapeno pepper.
• U.S. grower holding heirloom tomato tasting.
• U.S. potato exporters seek end to Canadian tariff.
• UFCW Canada back in court.
• Underground fuel tanks might not be compatible with ethanol.
• Union files complaint with United Nations agency.
• United Potato Growers of Canada, Bayer CropScience partner to provide seminars.
• University develops panel for food research.
• University of Manitoba instructors win award.
• University, VRIC sign new partnership .
• USDA conducting survey of organic agriculture.
• USDA revises import requirements for Canadian seed potatoes.
• Using software to measure variances in Honeycrisp peels.
• Valent Canada adds Chateau Herbicide to 2009 product line-up.
• Valent introduces new unit.
• Vancouver apple fest showcases heritage varieties.
• Vegetable insects now easier to ID.
• Vegetable producers urged to check for clubroot.
• Vegetable-based drug could inhibit melanoma.
• Veggie snack gets top award at Fruit Logistica.
• Verifying the authenticity .
• Victoria winery claims national championship.
• Vineland centre launches new website.
• Vineland enables efforts to build agri-science research cluster.
• Vineland receives finiancial boost from province.
• Vineland Research and Innovation Centre chairman receives award.
• Vineland signs memorandums with Brock University, Niagara College.
• Vineland welcomes Dr. Daryl Somers.
• Vineland Welcomes Dr. Howard Moskowitz to the Science Advisory Committee.
• Vineland welcomes senior research fellow.
• Vineyards calculated by satellite.
• Washington organic farmer using beetle banks.
• Waste potatoes to power factory.
• Wasted watermelons could yield nutrients, fuel.
• Watching the wine with new technology.
• Watermelon line may help breeders combat mildew.
• Watermelon may have Viagra-effect.
• Watermelon on the fast track .
• Watermelons tapped for ethanol.
• Weather gods smile upon Fraser Valley grapes.
• Weather hits asparagus crop hard.
• Weeds Across Borders Conference coming soon.
• Well-known P.E.I. potato grower dies.
• Western bean cutworm moths in corn increase.
• Wet June has Maritime farmers concerned .
• Wet weather dampens spirits of potato growers.
• What exactly does produce close to home mean?.
• What’s with all the questions about pesticides?.
• When A is for apple and H is for hype.
• When does a wine become Canadian?.
• When to apply winter protection to strawberry fields.
• Where did the potato sprouts go?.
• Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant.
• Why pruning encourages plants to thrive.
• Wild bees can be effective pollinators.
• Wild Blueberry Association of North America launches branding campaign for harvest 09.
• Wild potato holds key to disease resistance.
• Wildfire smoke saves orchard crops.
• Will SweeTango become the new apple of our eye?.
• Wine bill's defeat bruises fruit farmers.
• Wine grape preharvest monitoring tells the story.
• Wine in a box good, not gauche.
• Wine pioneer Gabe Magnotta dead at 60.
• Wine waste could boost stability and health profile of ice cream.
• Winemakers may see benefits using foliar particle film.
• Wineries and “working together” focus of symposium.
• Wineries spreading word on Internet.
• Winery expands to attract visitors.
• Winery expansion will boost Valley job opportunities.
• Winery garners top architectural award.
• Winery leaves nothing to chance.
• Winery seeks support from farm neighbours.
• Winery using tobacco kiln to make wine.
• Wireless frost alarms prevent berry damage.
• WITT Oxybaby with Bluetooth.
• Wolfville market money means halfway there.
• Wonder berry could conquer heart disease.
• Worker in critical condition after tractor crash.
• World Grower Awards launched.
• World Potato Congress .
• World Potato Congress awards launched.
• World Potato Congress in New Zealand.
• World’s potato experts meeting in Fredericton.
• You-pick blueberries make for field of dreams.
• Yucca extract effective against scab in apple cultivation.
• Zebra chip discovery rings alarms for potato industry.

Newsletter

April2009

• Uniform irrigation key to fertigation.
• B.C. farmers want insurance payout.
• Growing berries for optimum health benefits.
• Helping fruit fight back.
• High court to hear Ontario's fight to keep farm workers from unionizing.
• Japanese beetles infest P.E.I..
• New water pipeline for growers.
• Premier McGuinty hopes an Ontario apple a day will keep recession away.
• Valent Canada adds Chateau Herbicide to 2009 product line-up.

April2010

• Assail a new option for blueberry insects .
• Cheap apple sales brisk at market.
• Command 360 ME for weed control.
• Federal government helps packaging industry.
• Gene boosts yield, sweetness in tomato hybrids.
• Leamington grower group wins award.
• New Manitoba spud rules spur conflict.
• Ontario fruit being crushed by imports.

August2008

• A growing greenbelt appetite.
• Alberta potato farmers receive $23.5 million.
• Antimicrobials target pathogens on produce.
• B.C. blueberry sector receives funding.
• Canadian government invests in organic farming.
• How many crop and soil sensors are needed?.
• HZPC Americas Corp looking for a sales manager .
• Late blight risk high in Manitoba.
• Looking for outstanding achievement in agriculture.
• New international wine genomics project launched.
• New online potato trading portal coming soon.
• P.E.I. potato growers fighting wireworms.
• Potato packer adding organic potatoes .
• Seed potatoes now part of DRC.
• Some blackberry varieties make production easier.
• Triggs International Premium Lecture Series.

August2009

• Cherry tariffs needed, B.C. MP says.
• Fruit and veggies get a little spa treatment .
• Heinz slashes tomato production.
• Norfolk County receives funding for ag promotion.
• Potato blight plight looks promising.
• Switch® registered for saskatoons.
• Variety keeps grower in demand.
• Wildfire smoke saves orchard crops.
• World’s potato experts meeting in Fredericton.

August2010

• Gowan acquires rights for Confirm.
• Manitoba processing potato harvest underway.
• P.E.I. potato growers win appeal.
• Protesters destroy grape vines.
• TerraSphere, USDA to study strawberry growth.
• U.S. potato exporters seek end to Canadian tariff.
• What exactly does produce close to home mean?.

December2008

• Engineers devise new strategies for irrigating more efficiently .
• Increasing calcium in carrots and other vegetables.
• Managing black knot.
• McGuinty government selects new OFPMC chair.
• More animals, crops but fewer people on Canadian farms: census.
• New CropLife Canada board announced.
• New eat local cookbook celebrates Ontario cuisine.
• New green lettuce leaves leafminers in the lurch.
• On-farm funding for food safety now available.
• Red alert! How disease disables tomato plant’s 'intruder alarm'.
• USDA revises import requirements for Canadian seed potatoes.
• Vineland signs memorandums with Brock University, Niagara College.
• What’s with all the questions about pesticides?.

December2009

• B.C. ends split classifications for some farms.
• B.C. wineries can finally make ice wine.
• Berry business leaders study Scandinavian industry.
• Committee nixes fruit wine bill.
• Delayed harvest has producers scrambling.
• Echo fungicide approved in Canada.
• Icewine sales frozen.
• Inaugural farm worker award presented.
• Metro residents value farmland – study.
• Niagara winery wins at 2009 Wine Awards.
• Potato farmers watch for warehouse rot.
• Spider mite predators serve as bio control.
• Wine bill's defeat bruises fruit farmers.

February2009

• Cranberry Bogs may be moving to Canada from New Jersey.
• Dr. John Kelly to head Erie Agri-Food Innovation Initiative .
• Farmer Standards training sessions run by Canadian Organic Growers.
• Federal investment to help Atlantic potato industry.
• Flumioxazin registered in Canada.
• Growing peppers: Does hotter mean healthier?.
• Investing in Nova Scotia wine country.
• Ministers announce transition measure for 2007 AgriInvest.
• N.S. winery seeing early success in dried grape research project.
• New Brunswick potato farmers win court victory.

February2010

• B.C. Outstanding Young Farmers take direct route.
• Bayer, UPGC continue potato program.
• Feds invest in St. Catharines winery.
• Getting started in fruit, vegetable production.
• More Niagara wineries go virtual.
• New method to protect grape rootstock available.
• QoI resistant apple scab confirmed in Ontario .
• The season for heart-shaped strawberries.

January2009

• Apple peel getting boost from sports events.
• Denton Hoffman awarded OF&VGA Award of Merit.
• George Webster new minister of agriculture in P.E.I..
• Hector Delanghe awarded OF&VGA Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Keith Wright awarded Golden Apple Award for Ontario.
• Less herbicide means fewer potatoes.
• New leadership, new vision, new partners for FVGO.
• Step It Up! In Alberta.
• U.S. border reopened to Alberta seed potatoes.
• United Potato Growers of Canada, Bayer CropScience partner to provide seminars.
• Vineland Research and Innovation Centre chairman receives award.

January2010

• Fruit, veggie growers 'feeling defeated'.
• No icewine harvest in Essex this winter.
• P.E.I. potatoes rotting in storage.
• Scotian Gold’s marketing challenge.
• Titan receives new registration .
• Winery seeks support from farm neighbours.

July2008

• An apple that tastes like berries and doesn’t brown.
• Downy mildew identified in Kent County.
• Downy mildew identified in Ontario.
• Drought tolerance in potatoes.
• Drought tolerance in potatoes.
• Fruit scientists uncover DNA behind Kiwifruit colour, flavour, shape, nutrition and ripening.
• Growing Forward completed.
• Guide for saskatoon production costs available.
• Leek moth added to Matador/Warrior labels.
• Minor Use Label Expansion – Ranman 400.
• Movento now registered.
• New effective product for vegetable washwater.
• New effective product for vegetable washwater.
• New UGA invention kills foodborne pathogens.
• Nova Scotia strawberry producers need sweeter deal.
• Ontario expands “Buy Ontario” campaign.
• Ontario packaging company now assembling own line of baskets.
• Ontario's tender fruit growers need help.
• OnTrace launches premises registry.
• OnTrace launches premises registry.
• Queen’s Park votes in favour of fruit wines.
• Spray improves plants’ cold tolerance.
• U.S. food inspectors find salmonella strain in a jalapeno pepper.
• Vegetable producers urged to check for clubroot.

July2009

• Fresh picked organic lettuce of all kinds at local farmers market .
• Callisto 480SC label expansion.
• Downy mildew in Norfolk County.
• Fruit of their labour featured at Cherry Fair.
• Fruit wine getting recognition it deserves.
• Harnois launches TunnelPro.
• Humid weather brings blight to P.E.I..
• P.E.I. multiplies fines.
• Researcher aims to create “Super” tomatoes.

July2010

• Beware of blueberry leaf rust.
• Downy mildew confirmed across southern Ontario.
• Farm optimism wanes.
• Food safety will be a hot topic at Fresh Summit.
• Funding received to advance ag crop protection.
• Green energy problems plague Ont. government.
• Increasing potato production.
• Label expansion granted for Rimon 10EC.
• Leafy greens wash to combat bacteria.
• New Holland Workmaster™ tractor.
• Ontario recognizes outstanding producers.
• Organic farming helps biodiversity, pest control.
• Registration open for World Ag Expo 2011.
• Soft fruit disposal worries B.C. farmers.

June2008

• Agriculture ministers finalizing framework.
• Atlantic Canada Wine Symposium.
• Atlantic vineyards showcased.
• B.C. celebrates year of the potato, first harvest.
• Bill will address farm sign issue.
• Downy mildew identified in Kent County .
• Farm leaders to announce AgriFlex proposal.
• Fire destroys apple warehouse on farm.
• Garbage strike halts farmers’ market.
• Love that garlic!.
• Manitoba potato producers quitting.
• Money for on-farm environmental improvements .
• Researchers find genetic fix for sweet corn hybrids.
• Swede midge numbers up.
• Watermelon may have Viagra-effect.

June2009

• Assail® receives emergency registration.
• CFIA, USDA revise PCN guidelines.
• Downy mildew identified in Kent County .
• Downy mildew reported in greenhouses.
• Farming in the city.
• Fire destroys apple warehouse on farm.
• Garbage strike halts farmers’ market.
• Passionate about grapes.
• Researchers testing protection against thrips.
• Serenade available for potatoes, hort crops .
• Swede midge numbers up.
• Wine in a box good, not gauche.

June2010

• Apple season in N.B. ripens after mild spring.
• Downy mildew alert in Ontario.
• Farm food safety standard recognized internationally.
• P.E.I. potato producers advised to dispose of culls.
• Regional innovations awarded in Strathroy.
• Regional Innovations awarded in Wingham.
• Survey says 50% of farmers use social media.
• To double spud production, just add a little spit.

March2009

• Biodegradable mulch films on the horizon.
• Canada, New Zealand create new raspberry variety.
• Catnip compounds curb Asian lady beetles .
• Company expanding irrigation technology.
• Fruit and Veg Newsletter.
• McGuinty government ignores science say groups.
• Potato conference hears prediction of increased demand.
• State of Canadian family farm explored in new documentary.
• Thinning technology can produce economic benefits for peach, apple growers.
• Using software to measure variances in Honeycrisp peels.
• Winemakers may see benefits using foliar particle film.

March2010

• Craitor sends wine industry a message.
• Geraniums could control Japanese beetle.
• Groups push for greenbelt expansion.
• McCain buys fewer N.B. potatoes.
• Orchardists await word from minister.
• Potato scraps, manure to power farm.
• Tough new potatoes take on double trouble.
• Vegetable insects now easier to ID.

May2008

• A dash of salt grows healthier tomatoes.
• Consumers being urged to eat what grows close to home.
• CropLife Canada attends legislature.
• Details announced in orchard, vineyard program.
• Introducing Orange Bulldog.
• Manitoba farm introduces new line of jams.
• New ideas about fruit ripening products.
• Plants text message farmers when thirsty.
• Protozoa may enable food-borne pathogens.
• Quilt™ fungicide approved for sweet corn.

May2009

• Agricultural aromatherapy.
• Arsenic in irrigation water transferred to crops.
• Government announces credit changes for farmers.
• Network sessions for Alberta growers.
• New online community for growers.
• New whole potato sorting system.
• Potato dumping duty being reviewed.
• Watermelons tapped for ethanol.

May2010

• Canada invests in hort traceability.
• CFA president steps down.
• EPA may force pesticide label on new plum.
• Is disaster fermenting in Ontario’s Greenbelt?.
• New chairperson of FPCC.
• Okanagan apple growers consider more rallies.
• Ontario 'moisture starved' – Environment Canada.
• Sober outlook for Manitoba potato producers.

November2008

• 2008 B.C. Horticultural Forum cancelled.
• AAFC plant pathologist recognized.
• Dr. Wayne Roberts keynote speaker at organic conference.
• Light shortens the life of vegetables.
• Matador, Warrior labels expanded.
• New DVD explains proper grapevine pruning.
• New Silencer® insecticide.
• Nova Scotia blueberry meeting.
• Nunhems expanding facilities.
• Peak of the Market wins 2008 Canadian Agri-Food award.
• Potato scientists join University of Idaho.
• Presenting Prince, a new blueberry cultivar.
• Purple tomatoes?.
• Scientists pit fungus against apple pest.
• Surround WP label expanded.
• Watching the wine with new technology.

November2009

• Apple grower harvests awards.
• Award applications being accepted.
• Canadian lettuce nominated for seed award.
• Good year for apples.
• Pennsylvania considered free of PPV.
• Potato harvesters eye disaster relief.
• Ridgetown loses dedicated scientist and friend.
• Saskatoon berry marketing meetings.

October2008

• $12.4 million approved for P.E.I. potato producers.
• Alberta potato research.
• Bring on the pak choi.
• CFBMC agriwebinars updated and enhanced.
• Estimate soil texture by feel.
• Extending the life of fresh cranberries.
• Herbicide-resistant grape could revitalize wine industry.
• Minor Use Label Expansion granted for Poast Ultra.
• N.S. wild blueberry crop under siege.
• New apple cultivar inspiring grower hope.
• Nitrogen used off-season helps crops planted later.
• Provincial government presents Outlook 2008.
• Revus fungicide granted Canadian registration.
• Vineland welcomes Dr. Daryl Somers.

October2009

• Applying winter protection to strawberry fields.
• Cranberry growers expect bumper crop.
• Frosty weather throws a scare into grape growers.
• Giving up farm devastating.
• Labelling wars heat up.
• Ontario farmland values rise again.
• Organic potatoes create jobs.
• Potato harvest off to slow start.

September2008

• BASF Canada appoints new business director.
• California wine industry going green.
• Canadian government investing in spinach.
• CGC celebrating 30 years of industry service.
• Downy mildew in Ontario onions.
• Fingerprinting helps make great grapes.
• Have any extra pears? .
• More crops added to Maxim 480FS seed treatment label.
• Nominations needed for Second Annual Innovation Award.
• Noted vegetable breeder passes away.
• OVA surpasses 50 winery members.
• Planting the seeds for more agri-food innovation.
• Reflective particle films improve apple quality.
• Searching for MALB’s weak spot.

September2009

• Creating bioplastics from potatoes.
• Effects of cold-climate strawberry farming.
• Fruit growers give HST a mixed review.
• Kudzu vine has been found in Ontario.
• Nova Scotia blueberry farmers say season disaster.
• Organic apple orchard floor maintenance techniques.
• P.E.I. companies offering reward to curb thefts.
• Peak of the Market, potato farmer square off.

Web Exclusives

April2009

• Uniform irrigation key to fertigation.
• Growing peppers: Does hotter mean healthier?.
• Herbicide-resistant grape could revitalize wine industry.
• Saskatchewan growers learn about “reduced risk” products.
• Scientists discover how ethylene is triggered.
• Tips for managing weeds in organic fruit orchards.

August2009

• Strawberry gender decided by two genes.
• Variety keeps grower in demand.

January 2008

• 2008 Disease Management Charts.
• 2008 Pest Management Charts.
• Almost 10,000 kgs of obsolete ag chemicals removed from B.C. .
• P.E.I. potato farmer inducted into Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame.
• Scientist pinpoints when sweet corn weeds are most meddlesome.
• Top 10 heirloom tomato varieties announced for 2008: Black tomatoes are gaining popularity.

July2009

• Scientists to estimate crop water needs using aerial vehicles.

June2009

• RFID effective for multiple trips: study.

March 2008

• Business organization’s report on CFIA shows ‘room for improvement’.
• Community-supported Agriculture Counter-example to Globalization .
• Fresh fruits and vegetables retain antioxidants long after purchase.
• More breaks may be needed to avoid back injury, study says.
• New method detects fraud in organically grown produce.
• New spud storage test.
• New technique thins excess blossoms and boosts tree fruit size.
• Ontario grape growers have biggest-ever payday, lose major juice processor.
• Production systems matter in PYO operations.
• Researchers build case against insect as potato “zebra chip” culprit.
• Siegers Seed Company releases new class of pumpkins.
• The virtues of fruit wines .
• World’s hottest chili pepper discovered.

May 2008

• Atlantic Canada Wine Symposium.
• Atlantic vineyards showcased.
• Consumers being urged to eat what grows close to home.
• Food safety begins as vegetables grow.
• Funding available for potato producers, packers implementing on-farm food safety programs.
• Introducing Orange Bulldog.
• Manitoba farm introduces new line of jams.
• Ohio State scientists discover gene that controls fruit shape.
• Ontario packaging company now assembling own line of baskets.
• Protozoa may enable food-borne pathogens.

May2009

• Winning the war on wireworms.

September2009

• Environmental effects of cold-climate strawberry farming.
• New system uses sensors to detect safety, quality of food.
• Organic apple orchard floor maintenance techniques.
• Pest identified in Oregon wine grapes.

Web Exclusives 2010

• Blueberries leave mark on good health.
• Increasing potato production.
• New method to protect grape rootstock available.

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