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LivestockConstruction has begun on the Ontario Poultry Research Centre in Elora, backed by more than $24 million from the province, to study flock health, welfare, biosecurity, nutrition and production efficiency; it is due by summer 2028.
CropsThe PLINAZOLIN-based foliar product controls Colorado potato beetle, leafhopper and European corn borer, as well as loopers, diamondback moth and mites in specialty crops, and will be sold for the 2027 season.
VegetablesAt Butters Farms near St. Thomas, decorative pumpkins and gourds are about 10% of production but around 50% of income, a sign of how diversification and agritourism are paying for some Canadian farms.
Daily lifeThe Canadian Centre for Food Integrity's tenth annual survey found 57% view the food system positively, only 40% think it is heading in the right direction, and 49% name food costs as a major issue.
AgribusinessNearly three-quarters of agri-businesses surveyed saw premiums rise in 2026, 37% by 10% or more, and more than half are dissatisfied with the insurance options open to them.
AgribusinessPart of a $3.2 billion National Food Security Strategy, the fund will back wholesale food terminals and regional food hubs; applications open on 14 October and close on 11 December.
CropsDaytime temperatures above 100F and warm nights dried rice too fast in the field, cracking kernels and cutting milling yields; researchers suggest spreading planting into mid-April.
AgribusinessSmall family farms were 86% of all farms but produced 17% of output, while large family farms, 5% of farms, produced half; nonfamily farms' share of production fell to 14% from 17%.
AgribusinessThe Food Safety and Growth Initiative's second intake offers up to $75,000 a project for equipment, traceability and process improvements to businesses with fewer than 100 staff; applications open on 19 October.
AgrotechAt the Carrington Research Extension Center, a Hylio drone applying 5 gallons an acre cut the Fusarium head blight index to 2.50% against 2.83% for a 15-gallon ground application, in preliminary results.
US pork and beef have been placed on a list of products expected to get improved trade treatment from China, a step the Meat Institute says lays the ground for tackling high retaliatory tariffs.
AgribusinessThe International Dairy Foods Association says audits driven by the EU's corporate due diligence directive could cost US dairy plants more than $29 million and wants USTR to seek exemptions.
VegetablesOregon State University's Dry Farming Program is testing tomatoes, cucumber melons, sorghum and cut flowers that grow on moisture stored in the soil from winter rain, without summer irrigation.
