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Feds announce funding for Ontario Tender Fruit Growers to develop climate resilient varieties

The federal ministry of agriculture and agri-food announced up to $1,099,624 through the AgriScience Program – Projects Component.


Ontario vegetable crop report: May 3

Most regions have experienced a wet April compared to their 10-year average and are matching or surpassing their 10 year average GDD trend.


Introducing your 2024 Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture

Honourees come from multiple industries including horticulture, crop research, agriculture advocacy and more.


Ontario apple update: May 3

Growers are seeing mixed staging on the tree, meaning bloom hasn’t been uniform. This will make for a difficult thinning season, along with potential future challenges with late bloom.


 
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Elevate Your Farming with Connected Crops

Introducing Connected Crops, the future of smart agriculture designed to transform the way you farm. This system uses technology to monitor real-time crop health, soil conditions & water data. This easy installation & user friendly interface provides precise data directly to your smart device, allowing you to make informed decisions in the moment. Connected Crops – your smart farming solution.

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Picking a new way to produce berries

Known as the “Garden of Quebec,” Île d’Orléans farmers produce most of the strawberries found on the province’s tables. In fact, 80 per cent of Ferme Onésime Pouliot’s production can be found in the province’s supermarkets. The remaining 20 per cent find their way to tables in the northeastern United States and, occasionally, shoppers in Ontario are treated to the farm’s excess production. But the Pouliot family’s main crops are not the farm’s only business. The farm is in transition from strawberries grown in fields to strawberry plants grown in substrate on tables, allowing workers to walk beside the tables picking berries at waist-to-shoulder height. » Read More...
 
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ICYMI: Sweet cherries bred better in B.C.

When it comes to tree fruit breeding, it’s a bit of a numbers game. The 36,000 unique apple and sweet cherry trees grown at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada’s (AAFC) Summerland Research and Development Centre, located in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, certainly attest to it. For cherries, breeders and growers are looking for varieties that produce larger, firmer fruit that’s less prone to natural splitting. If cherries are less genetically predisposed to splitting, that means a lower overall rate of splitting and more money in the grower’s pocket. » Read More...
 
 
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The Food Lover’s Garden

Grow it, cook it, eat it! From the vegetable patch to the dinner table

Foodie meets gardener in this deliciously accessible, easy-to-use guide to growing, cooking, and preserving twenty-some popular, easy-to-grow vegetables and herbs.

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IPM training workshops

April 30 - June 6 (various dates) | Virtual/Hybrid » Read More...