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Ontario apple harvest off to an early start

Apple harvest has kicked off, with Sunrise, Paulared, Gingergold and Zestar being picked. Generally speaking, apples in Ontario seem to be roughly 14 days ahead in the early regions.


B.C. tech adoption program opens applications

This second round of funding focuses on new, commercially available farming technologies that will help grow, raise, harvest, pack or store food more effectively, productively or profitably.


Show us your farm's best angles

The Fruit & Vegetable photo contest is back for the 2024 growing season! Take us to your operation and show us the ins and outs of your cropping season.


 
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Management of Insect Pests in Vegetable Crops: Concepts and Approaches, 1st Edition

This book focuses on eco-friendly technology and approaches to mitigating the damage caused by insect pests with special reference to newer insecticides. Chapters in the volume provide an introduction to vegetable entomology and go on to present a plethora of research on susustainable eco-friendly pest management strategies for root vegetables, spice crops, tuber crops, and more.

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TCM: Let your cover crop do the tilling?

A few Ontario growers are using bio-strip tillage to prepare a good seedbed for their next crop. Instead of mechanical strip tillage, they plant certain cover crop species that produce a similar – or perhaps better – strip for planting. Two Ontario researchers are comparing bio-strip tillage with other tillage options and assessing the effects on corn yields and the bottom line. » Read More...
 
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IWCA podcast: In conversation with Kimberley Cathline

In this episode, Cathline, manager of the research program at the Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC) at Niagara College, discusses her nearly 20-year career in agricultural research, the importance of confidence and realizing you can do difficult things, and remembering to be present in the moment. » Read More...
 
 
Events 
 

Canada's Outdoor Farm Show

Sept. 10-12 | Woodstock, Ont. » Read More...

QPMA Convention

Sept. 19-21 | Mont-Tremblant, Que. » Read More...