by Ashley Peyrard | Juil 4, 2016 | Actualités
CHC Greenhouse Committee Chair, Linda Delli Santi, is pleased to announce the hiring of Julie Paillat as the National Coordinator, Greenhouse Vegetable Sector. Ms. Paillat holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Agronomy) from the University of Manitoba and is a...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juil 4, 2016 | Actualités
New biopesticide priorities determined The Pesticide Risk Reduction Program (PRRP) is pleased to announce that new biopesticide priorities for regulatory support have been determined as the result of merit analyses conducted on the seven candidate biopesticides...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juin 28, 2016 | Actualités
Updated national profiles for three greenhouse vegetable crops are now available. They can be accessed from the Government of Canada Publications web site via the links below, or can be requested through the Pest Management Centre’s Crop Profile web page. Cucumber...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juin 23, 2016 | Actualités
The CHC Crop Protection Advisory Committee (CPAC) continues to respond to the PMRA proposed re-evaluation decisions that have significant impact on fresh fruit and vegetable producers. The PMRA decisions propose either the discontinuation of all uses or severe...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juin 23, 2016 | Actualités
The Canadian Horticultural Council’s Labour Committee Executive has released a fact sheet to address some of the myths and misconceptions about the Temporary Foreign Worker Program Agricultural Stream. The fact sheet, 10 Myths vs Reality, can be used by growers and...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juin 21, 2016 | Actualités
The third year of research for the Agri-Science Cluster for Horticulture 2 (Cluster 2) wrapped up on March 31, 2016, with many activities seeing positive progress and some early results. Researchers have prepared updates on their activities’ progress and we have now...
