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Departments

• Eye on Potatoes: New resources help growers identify, control potato diseases.
• Eye on Potatoes: PCN highlights the need for effective pest regulations.

Editorial

• A different perspective.
• All that’s golden does not glitter.
• B.C. fruit growers hope to revitalize local industry.
• Beyond busy.
• Canada’s under-utilized health resource.
• Editorial: Billion-dollar buddies.
• Editorial: Of salads and safety.
• Editorial: Supplying berries 365 days of the year.
• Editorial: The origin of the product.
• Embracing the future.
• Fighting the syndrome.
• Gearing up for harvest.
• Introducing ISO 22000.
• Keeping Canada’s food safe.
• Looking to the future.
• New guy on top.
• Planning for the future.
• Sharing the knowledge.
• Something needs to be done about the PMRA.
• Team Work.
• Technological progress.
• The Potato – Then and now.
• The Summer of the Weird, Wild and Bizarre.
• Watching the odometer – food miles and the local food movement.

Features

• 20,000 more trees ordered removed.
• 2008 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention coming soon.
• Adding value to farm products.
• Ag reserve would be better plan for Ontario’s greenbelt says ALC chair.
• Alberta farm marketing conference.
• Alberta’s first certified organic orchard opened.
• 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.
• Apogee a success following first year of use in Annapolis Valley.
• Attention to weather helps reduce pesticide spray drift.
• 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.
• Beating back clubroot infections in crucifera crops.
• Beneficial nematodes – Allies in biocontrol.
• 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.
• Changing climate will challenge Northeast .
• Cherry industry trying to broaden the appeal of tart cherries.
• Computer model explains pear browning during storage.
• Computer program helps growers manage weeds, save money.
• 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.
• Couple tackle you-pick operation in Newfoundland.
• Crop diversification and fresh market sales are important at Webster Farms.
• Dan Aykroyd is Ontario’s newest grape grower.
• Déjà vu for Ontario’s finance minister .
• Deterring deer.
• Doing something about the weather.
• EdenTM – A new, non-browning apple cultivar.
• Environmentally conscious agricultural practices would ease drain on water supply, ecologists report.
• Extending the raspberry season with a new fall cultivar.
• 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.
• Fitting P.E.I. blueberries into the food value chain .
• 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.
• 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.
• Growing apples part of P.E.I. producer’s destiny.
• Growing cherries under cover in Nova Scotia.
• Growing technology tracks commodities through marketplace.
• Helping produce a better Honeycrisp on the tree.
• High tunnels can extend.
• Island couple tackling challenges of potato farming.
• Just ask ‘Dr. Chips’.
• Keeping potato dry rot away from your field and storage.
• Leaf diseases on the increase .
• Len Troup new chair of OF&VGA.
• Major pullouts coming in PPV “hot zone”.
• Managing crop load creates efficient cherry orchards.
• Managing manure nutrients.
• Manitoba fruit producers share secrets of their success.
• Maritime-based apple researchers .
• Marketing food safely.
• 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.
• New 2008 Disease Management Guides.
• New 2008 Pest Management Guides.
• New Brunswick consumers have access to new yellow-fleshed potato variety .
• 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 Varieties 2006.
• 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 grower panel discusses Honeycrisp production.
• Novel coloured spuds rich in antioxidants.
• Offshore workers program growing in Nova Scotia.
• Onion thrips in Ontario.
• Ontario growers hoping cartoon character will help market strawberries.
• Ontario producers receive first-ever regional Premier’s Awards.
• P.E.I. bale processor gaining popularity in horticulture.
• P.E.I. company producing new wild blueberry harvester.
• 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 fudge is big hit.
• P.E.I. trucking firm shipping spuds year-round.
• Pairing new vegetable varieties with Prairie growing conditions.
• Pig manure, fish emulsion kills powdery scab in spuds.
• Pig power.
• Post-harvest best time to apply herbicide on dandelion.
• 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.
• Preparing for the possibility of downy mildew in 2007.
• Preparing fruit trees for winter’s bite.
• Prince Edward Island blueberry industry experiences record season in 2004.
• Probing peppers’ water needs.
• Producing quality vegetable transplants.
• Red-hot and green.
• Removing sand from asparagus may make industry more competitive.
• Research could provide vital daily nutritional requirement.
• Research investigates management of black rot on butternut squash.
• Research will examine effect of electrolyzed water on spuds.
• Researchers developing biodegradable alternative to plastic mulch.
• Researchers examine plant grafting.
• Rhubarb research launched in Nova Scotia.
• Rock crusher helping to nurture potato land.
• Rossignol’s Estate Winery wins six awards .
• Season provides challenge for Nova Scotia grape producers.
• Seven-pound potato bag makes an appearance.
• Slowing the loss of ag chemicals.
• Sowing your rows with accuracy.
• Stokes Seeds releases seven new sweet corn varieties.
• StormFisher partners with Inniskillin: Grape waste sought-after fuel for making electricity.
• Super broccoli takes Brassica family to Chelsea Flower Show.
• Tamminga Farms named 2005 McCain Champion Potato Grower of Alberta.
• The Ontario Greenbelt.
• The Sunterra experience.
• Thin early and effectively: Practices can manage apple crop load, explains U.S. researcher.
• Tomato nutrition and grey wall – Is there a connection?.
• 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 .
• 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 research in New Brunswick Shifts to sustainable cropping systems.
• Vineyard maintenance with sheep: Leaf pullers in lambs’ clothing save $200 per acre.
• Western Canadian potato producers face numerous disease threats.
• What will happen to this season’s fertilizer?.
• Why replant?.
• Winterizing your sprayer .
• Workforce ahead.

Blog

Main Blog

• A new growing season, a new look.
• Slash and burn.

Current Issue

Departments

• 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: P.E.I. Potato Board elects new executive.
• 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

• Alleged terror plot will affect Canadian horticulture.
• Editorial: On-farm innovation.
• Election confusion – Just who is best for agriculture?.

Features

• 2007 New Varieties.
• 2008 New Varieties.
• Agri-tourism provides new income source for P.E.I. producers.
• Agronomic tools of the trade.
• Alma, P.E.I., potato grower earns McCain’s Atlantic title.
• Antioxidants give potatoes a market edge .
• Apple growers share their innovations.
• Apple quality’s more than skin deep.
• B.C. Golden Apple Award winners share their views about apples.
• Battling European corn borer, corn earworm.
• BCFGA hosts Horticultural Forum.
• Black currant market secured In Japan .
• Competition, land prices have B.C. cherry grower thinking twice.
• Correction.
• Don’t let winter stop you from trying early crops says researcher.
• Effect of irrigation, soil amendments on early growth, yield of Honeycrisp.
• Electric blankets on grape vines an option to fans, inventor says .
• Evaluating pepper cultivars for bacterial spot resistance.
• Explaining the ABCs of food marketing.
• Exploring carrot production without chemicals.
• Extending storage time under a tent.
• Food safety in fresh-cut produce.
• Garlic producers need to be aware of nasty nematodes.
• GGO annual meeting.
• GM plum may soon be okayed for commercial production in the U.S..
• Growing grapes was in the cards.
• In agriculture, retaining water is a good thing.
• Independent study shows multiple reuse of containers reduces environmental burdens.
• Insecticide combo can deliver knockout punch.
• Interest in organic apple production building in P.E.I..
• Investigating fertigation in Ontario apple orchards.
• It’s what’s on the outside of the bottle that counts.
• Just a little off the top.
• Looking ahead: Alberta-based research scientists working on new potato varieties for B.C. growers.
• Managing fire blight in the Maritimes.
• MaxCel® – a new chemical thinner for apples.
• Nematodes can help fight root weevils in strawberry plantings.
• Netting increases yield.
• New apple variety resistant to scab.
• New biological control for apple maggot.
• New early season berry variety from AAFC.
• New research proposes to expand potato markets.
• New varieties showcase 2005.
• Nursery plowing under its rootstock.
• On-farm demonstration projects promoting sustainable apple production practices in B.C., Ontario.
• Ontario vineyard mapping.
• Organic farming.
• Organic fruit growers share ideas, beliefs.
• P.E.I. Potato Board pushing for a Canadian United Potato Grower branch.
• Recruitment and retention of employees.
• Research scientist develops device to manage corn borer in potato crops.
• Research underway.
• Ridgetown Campus goes high-tech – very high.
• Royal Winter Fair picks P.E.I. potatoes.
• Shared secrets of commercial organic vegetable production.
• Simcoe ag research station opens doors to growers.
• Study could lead to tomato plants with stronger defences.
• Succeeding in a global marketplace.
• Success runs wild at Saskatchewan’s Last Mountain Berry Farms.
• Sweet corn good cash crop for P.E.I. grower.
• Targeting air-blast sprayers.
• Tearless onions in development Down Under.
• The ABC’s of irrigation reservoir planning and construction.
• The fruits of their labour.
• The good, the bad and the ugly of the 2005 Ontario vegetable season.
• Vegetable breeding steps up to the next level .
• Vegetable polisher proving to be a plus for end product.
• Vegetable tunnels.
• Vesey’s Seeds wins award.
• Vineyard monitoring goes high tech.
• Viral insecticide registered for codling moth control in Canada.
• Water management a growing issue in B.C..
• ‘Bin’ there, done that: Nova Scotia’s fruit industry contemplates shift to plastic bins.

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• AGCO RT Series.
• AGCO ST Series.
• AGCO Subcompact ST22A.
• Agdia ImmunoStrip®.
• Agrotain DC now available in Canada.
• AIXR TeeJet® Flat Spray Tip.
• AnBo grapple rake.
• Automatic calibration reminder service announced by Dickson.
• BatteryMINDer Model 12248 Charger.
• Bauer CAN Bus control.
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• BioTelo Agri.
• CropCam.
• Dickson KT8 and TH8.
• Dickson Pro Series Data Logger.
• Dickson software for temperature/humidity data available in French.
• e-FoodSafety.com announces plans to launch low pressure ozone mobile sanitizer.
• FarMore™ Technology Pak.
• FarmPRO™ GPS Steering & Application Control System.
• Fire Caddy DC™.
• FireFly Energy product now available in B.C..
• FireFly Energy product now available in B.C..
• FMC to market Ranman fungicide in Canada.
• Garber Drop Spreaders.
• Gas packing – Gas analysis reduces complaints.
• Genesis XT potato seed treatment.
• GTA400 Precision Farming Software.
• Helping grape growers fight cutworm damage.
• Hydrodamp HTSD 300 newDesign.
• Hydrodamp HTSD 300 NewDesign.
• International Paper introduces new packaging for tree fruit industry.
• ITT Flygt N Pump NP3202MT.
• JD CS36LE and CS40LE.
• Jiffy Canada Inc. buys McKenzie Seed.
• John Deere 3000 Twenty Series.
• John Deere 5003 Series.
• John Deere 6030 and 7030 Series.
• John Deere A-Series Quik-Traks™.
• Key Dollar Cabs.
• Kocide® 2000 fungicide now registered for use on potatoes.
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• Manzate® Pro-Stick™ fungicide for apples and potatoes .
• MapMax leak detection system.
• Massey Ferguson 2600 Series .
• Massey Ferguson® Model 1529 & 1532.
• MaxCel® plant growth regulator receives Canadian registration.
• Metaltech Telescopic Ladder.
• MF 1500 Series.
• MF 3400 Series.
• MF 500 Series Utility Tractors.
• MF 5400SA Series.
• MF ZTR mowers.
• Minor Use Label Expansion – Ranman 400.
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• New insecticide approved for CPB and aphid control on potatoes.
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• New Red Wing Software release.
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• NeXter® insecticide.
• Nixalite offers strong K-Net.
• Novazone.
• Opal™ Insecticidal Soap.
• Polyspan™ irrigation pipe.
• Q-400 XT system.
• Rittenhouse unveils new web site.
• Ropak extended container.
• Rotex® parts and service available.
• RS3 Solar Radiation Shield.
• Safe Vegetable Screening System.
• Sani-Drive™ solid drive shaft.
• Sellick S Series Forklift.
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• Valent U.S.A. Corporation exits spray oil business.
• Valley irrigation offering maintenance program.
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News

News

• Apple product makes U.S. Olympic team.
• A dash of salt grows healthier tomatoes.
• A growing greenbelt appetite.
• A growing greenbelt appetite.
• AAFC: New research chair to look at opportunities in horticulture.
• Addendum available for Manitoba fruit guide.
• Admire user hits pay dirt with ATV win.
• Ag Energy Co-operative, Firefly Energy moving.
• Ag investment fund to help farmers with renewable energy projects.
• Ag Minister names P.E.I. commission members.
• Agdia appoints new scientific director.
• AgraPoint building food safety, quality assurance teams.
• AgraPoint International board members appointed.
• Agricultural Adaptation Council elects new board.
• Agricultural Management Institute elects new chair, two new members .
• Agriculture art exhibit unveiled at Ontario AgriCentre .
• Agriculture ministers finalizing framework.
• Agrotain DC now available in Canada.
• Alberta potato farmers receive $23.5 million.
• Alcohol key to storing berries .
• An apple that tastes like berries and doesn’t brown.
• Another grape excuse to hit the bottle.
• Antimicrobials target pathogens on produce.
• Antimicrobials target pathogens on produce.
• Atlantic crop damage concerns voiced in Ottawa.
• B.C. blueberry announcement expected August 18.
• B.C. blueberry sector receives funding.
• B.C. celebrates year of the potato, first harvest.
• B.C. government working toward agriculture plan.
• B.C. releases new vegetable production guide.
• Barry Walker joins OnTrace.
• BASF appoints new business director for Canada.
• BASF Canada appoints new business director.
• Bayer CropScience one of the top 100 employers in Canada – Maclean’s magazine.
• Bill will address farm sign issue.
• Black Pearl: Beauty with a bite.
• Blazer Russet potato wins top reviews.
• Breakthrough study discovers cranberry’s ulcer fighting power .
• Buckwheat as cover crop succeeds in controlling weeds.
• CAFA holding annual Ontario conference .
• Canadian government invests in organic farming.
• CanGro to sell or shut two Ontario vegetable and fruit .
• Canning plant closure forces farmers to grow for fresh.
• CASS funding deadline approaching.
• Cauliflower gene eyed as nutrition booster.
• CFIA, USDA revise potato guidelines.
• CGC celebrating 30 years of industry service.
• CHC tree, vine fruit food safety program passes review.
• Cherries may hold clues for future diabetes treatment .
• Cherries pack an anti-Inflammatory punch.
• Cloudy apple juice healthier than clear.
• Cold temperatures hurt Canadian fruit crops.
• Computers help manage asparagus harvest.
• Contribution honours cranberry entrepreneur.
• Cover crop strategies workshop at MSU.
• Cranberries could allay cancer threat.
• CropLife Canada attends legislature.
• Cucumbers: Encumbered .
• Deadline approaching for Fresh Market Vegetable acreage loss insurance.
• Details announced in orchard, vineyard program.
• Developing new markets for New Brunswick potatoes .
• Downy mildew identified in Kent County.
• Downy mildew identified in Ontario.
• Downy mildew in Ontario onions.
• Dr. Emil Anderson being inducted into Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame.
• Drought tolerance in potatoes.
• DuPont™ Rynaxypyr™ wins award .
• Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage.
• Emergency use registration for white mold in carrots.
• Environmentally-friendly controls for peach tree pests.
• Enzyme in asparagus detoxifies common pesticide .
• Even processed, raspberries are excellent antioxidant source.
• Farm honoured for outstanding web site.
• Farm leaders to announce AgriFlex proposal.
• Farm market operators named 2006 Atlantic Outstanding Farmers.
• Farmers unhappiest of all self-employed workers.
• Farmers welcome new label guidelines.
• Farmers' Markets Ontario proposes market certification program.
• FCC invests $500,000 in rural Canada.
• Federal government investing in N.B. orchards, vineyards.
• Federal government investing in regulatory efficiency research for agriculture.
• Federal government invests in organic industry.
• Federal officials to survey damaged crops in Cape Breton.
• Fingerprinting helps make great grapes.
• Flint® registered for powdery mildew,