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McCain Foods has acquired Scelta Products, a Netherlands-based producer of frozen foods. This purchase is the latest in a series of investments and acquisitions McCain has made in…

Photos courtesy USDA-ARS Mello Yello from Bejo Seeds was among the 40 novel carrot hybrids in the trial. Carrot breeders appear to be making some…

Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. held a celebratory groundbreaking to mark the commencement of construction on a new liquid fertilizer facility in Defiance, Ohio. The 50,000-square-foot production…

Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor After a two-year postponement, the 40th International Carrot Conference gave nearly 100 attendees from nine countries a look…

The Organic Produce Network has chosen longtime organic grower Jeff Huckaby as the recipient of the fifth annual Grower of the Year award. Huckaby, president and CEO of…

What do recent discoveries regarding soil biology and soil organic matter mean for soil management? Something between “this changes everything” and “nothing new.” Science is…

Soil is a living thing. It sustains life in many ways and plays a vital role in providing us with food, fuel, fiber, and shelter….

By Mary Ruth McDonald, Tyler Blauel and Kevin Vander Kooi, University of Guelph The carrot weevil (CW) is an important pest of carrots in Ontario,…

A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change. A recent modelling study found that changing weather could increase suitable habitat…

By Gina Greenway, Greenway Research One of the most costly and persistent challenges impacting carrot seed production is bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas. The economic…