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Since last fall, the CFA has used AI methodology to assess public attitudes about Canada's Agri-Food sector, specifically in regard to economic development, food security and environmental stewardship.
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To support growers, Vineland has conducted a series of agronomic trials in 2017 and 2018 to better understand how to grow this sweet potato efficiently.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada have created a new suite of Extreme Weather Indices to help producers prepare for extreme weather conditions that are now available online.
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What’s growing on your farm this season? Fruit & Vegetable magazine and BASF have teamed up to celebrate the hard work that goes into producing Canada’s fruit and vegetable bounty with the What’s Growing Canada video contest. Throughout the 2019 growing season, Canadian growers are invited to share production-focused video clips from their operation for a chance to win two tickets to the 2020 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention and $500!
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Recent years have been some of the warmest on record, and that’s triggered record forest fire seasons all along the West Coast. And while blueberry growers haven’t seen significant impacts from forest fires, they’re well aware of the need to conserve water. Many older growers have shifted from overhead sprinkler systems; for newer growers, drip irrigation is the norm. But one consequence of the new irrigation systems is that blueberries are more prone to heat damage than in the past.
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Future trends in biological control − as well as potential opportunities and obstacles, including constraints surrounding the development of novel bio-pesticides − proved a popular session at the recent IUPAC2019 Conference.
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The CFIA announced in earlier this year that all imported fruits and vegetables will be tagged with a sub-code to identify products as organic.
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The provincial government recently released a discussion paper – Modernizing Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Program – as they consider changes to the Environmental Assessment Act.
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