Insights and Stories on Fruit/Vegetables

Hurricane Ian to worsen bleak outlook for U.S. orange juice industry

Sep. 29, 2022 at 4:23 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Ian is likely to have worsened what was already expected to be the smallest U.S. orange crop in 55 years after it blasted through a large fruit producing area when it passed through Florida this week, flooding farms and causing oranges to drop from […]

Private potato breeder hopes new variety goes commercial

Sep. 9, 2022 at 9:39 am CDT

By Diana Martin

Produce prices spike in flood-hit Pakistan as food crisis looms

Aug. 31, 2022 at 2:31 pm CDT

By Mubasher Bukhari

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:31 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Health Canada to slap warning labels on sugary, salty and fatty foods

Jun. 30, 2022 at 10:42 am CDT

By Ismail Shakil

McCain acquires predictive crop technology

Jun. 29, 2022 at 4:42 pm CDT

McCain Foods Ltd. has purchased predictive crop intelligence technology from Resson, a ‘vision intelligence technology’ firm headquartered in Fredericton, N.B. McCain has been a long-time partner with Resson, working together for nine years to develop algorithms that forecast farm yields using remote sensing technology. The technology will enable producers to […]

By Liam O’Connor

Learning from McCain’s regenerative farming practices

Jun. 24, 2022 at 10:11 am CDT

In 2021 McCain said it was going to launch three regenerative potato farming operations by 2025 and would label them “Farms of the Future.” The first, just outside of Florenceville-Bristol, N.B., now offers data to reflect on the effectiveness of the practices at the potato farm after its first fully […]

By Liam O’Connor

Hepatitis A outbreak linked to organic strawberries

May. 30, 2022 at 5:48 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– Food safety regulators in both Canada and the U.S. are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to tainted organic strawberries that has sickened 17 people in the U.S. and 10 in Canada, the agencies said. Fifteen illnesses were reported in California, and one each in […]

By Reuters

P.E.I. seed potato producers backed for ‘soil-building’

May. 20, 2022 at 10:23 pm CDT

In an attempt to support its potato farmers following trade suspensions with the U.S. over potato wart, the government of Prince Edward Island plans to put up $3 million in new funding for a program that will help farmers shift to “soil-building crops.” “In our meetings with industry and the […]

By Liam O’Connor

Italian court upholds veto against Syngenta purchase of seed producer

Apr. 13, 2022 at 7:36 pm CDT

Rome | Reuters — An Italian administrative court ruled that a government veto of the purchase of seed producer Verisem by Chinese-owned Syngenta was valid, the agrochemicals giant said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Mario Draghi blocked the proposed takeover in October, the second time he used the special “golden power” […]

By Reuters

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