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SWANSFLEET ALLIANCE NAMED TOP McCAIN GROWER FOR CROP YEAR 2015

Swansfleet Alliance of Treherne and Bruxelles was named the top potato grower for the McCain Manitoba plants during the annual Growers’ Banquet held in...

GrowCanada 2016: Up to the Challenge

The GrowCanada conference goes December 6-8, 2016 in Ottawa. The GrowCanada conference is Canada’s premier agricultural event, providing a platform to connect with industry leaders...

Canadian potato production in 2016

Statistics Canada has released their most recent Canadian potato production statistics. Overall, potato production in Canada was up over 2015. Specifically: Potato production was 105.2 million hundredweight...

PMRA proposes phase-out of imidacloprid use

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing to phase-out all the agricultural and a majority of other outdoor uses of imidacloprid over...

Manitoba breaks spud harvest record for second year

It’s not the great potato famine but the great spud glut. A bountiful potato harvest in Manitoba this year smashed yield records for the second...

Shortage of Canadians Working in Agriculture to Double by 2025

The gap between labour demand and the domestic workforce in agriculture has doubled from 30,000 to 59,000 in the past 10 years and projections...

SWANSFLEET ALLIANCE NAMED TOP McCAIN GROWER FOR CROP YEAR 2015

Swansfleet Alliance of Treherne and Bruxelles was named the top potato grower for the McCain Manitoba plants during the annual Growers’ Banquet held in...

GrowCanada 2016: Up to the Challenge

The GrowCanada conference goes December 6-8, 2016 in Ottawa. The GrowCanada conference is Canada’s premier agricultural event, providing a platform to connect with industry leaders...

Canadian potato production in 2016

Statistics Canada has released their most recent Canadian potato production statistics. Overall, potato production in Canada was up over 2015. Specifically: Potato production was 105.2 million hundredweight...

PMRA proposes phase-out of imidacloprid use

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing to phase-out all the agricultural and a majority of other outdoor uses of imidacloprid over...

Manitoba breaks spud harvest record for second year

It’s not the great potato famine but the great spud glut. A bountiful potato harvest in Manitoba this year smashed yield records for the second...

Shortage of Canadians Working in Agriculture to Double by 2025

The gap between labour demand and the domestic workforce in agriculture has doubled from 30,000 to 59,000 in the past 10 years and projections...