Water licensing process needs streamlining
Cattlemen provide six-point action plan to government
KAMLOOPS – With a shocking lack of licences issued five years into BC’s groundwater licensing regime, the BC Cattlemen’s Association has sent the province a six-point action plan to forestall disaster next year. The province says it’s not going to be giving non-domestic groundwater users any more time to apply for a groundwater licence and …
Province allows secondary homes
The province has ended more than two years of uncertainty for property owners in the…
Islands Trust defers policy statement
Gulf Islands farmers have some breathing room to digest and comment on sweeping changes proposed…
BC farmers have public trust
BC Agriculture Council’s fourth annual consumer research survey suggests consumers’ perceptions of farmers, the agriculture…
Livestock producers count losses
Ranchers are on alert as more than 200 active wildfires burn across BC, many sparked…
Peace whipped by wild winds
The record heat wave that baked many parts of BC last week also created turbulent…
U-pick demand stays steady
U-picks that saw record traffic last year as homebound families headed to berry fields for…
BCAC shifts to advocacy
ABBOTSFORD – One of the biggest organizational shifts in BC agriculture since the 1990s will…
Farmers struggle to get insurance coverage Insurance
SALMON ARM – A hard market cycle for the insurance industry is making it harder…
Farmers say new policy statement devalues ag
PENDER ISLAND – Agriculture in the Gulf Islands will no longer be recognized as a…
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