Insights and Stories on Fruit/Vegetables

Could the future of farming lie indoors?

Sep. 21, 2018 at 12:15 pm CDT

Outside of maybe the health care field, there are few sectors that are as innovative and changing as rapidly as agriculture. It’s what I’ll write about in this series of columns for Country Guide, because frankly, some of the technologies that are coming off the drawing boards are going to […]

Prairie potatoes not expected to hit record yields again

Sep. 7, 2018 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. appeals court orders EPA to ban pesticide said to harm children

Aug. 9, 2018 at 3:00 pm CDT

By jonathan-stempel

WTO panel to examine U.S. complaint on B.C. wine sale rules

Jul. 20, 2018 at 6:16 pm CDT

By Reuters

Ontario backs frozen vegetable plant upgrades

May. 9, 2018 at 3:49 am CDT

By Staff

China customs expanding checks on U.S. fruit imports

May. 4, 2018 at 7:57 pm CDT

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters –– China’s major ports of entry have ramped up checks on fresh fruit imports from the U.S., five Chinese industry sources said, which could delay shipments from U.S. growers already dealing with higher tariffs as Sino-U.S. trade ties worsen. Fruits were among 128 U.S. goods that China […]

By Karl Plume Yawen Chen

Prairie potato planting slightly behind schedule

Apr. 30, 2018 at 8:46 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a delayed start due to the long winter and spring flooding, western Canadian potato growers are out in the fields. “We’re probably only a couple of days behind… we had farmers out on the fields last week and I think quite a few more will be […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

World wine output falls to 60-year low

Apr. 24, 2018 at 5:00 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Global wine output fell to its lowest level in 60 years in 2017 due to poor weather conditions in the European Union that slashed production in the bloc, international wine organization OIV said. Wine production totalled 250 million hectolitres last year, down 8.6 per cent from […]

By Reuters

‘Cellared in Canada’ wine label on way out

Apr. 2, 2018 at 1:13 am CDT

An often-used euphemism for wines made in Canada from blends using imported product is set to disappear from wine labels. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the voluntary statement “Cellared in Canada” will no longer be used on labels for wines blended in Canada, as per revisions made in […]

By Dave Bedard

BASF in talks to buy Bayer vegetable seeds arm

Mar. 13, 2018 at 3:13 pm CDT

Bayer has entered “exclusive talks” toward a deal to sell its global Nunhems vegetable seeds business to German chemical firm BASF, to help clear the aisle for a Bayer/Monsanto marriage. Nunhems, which has a portfolio of about 1,200 seed varieties in over two dozen different vegetable crops worldwide, sells seeds […]