Dairy farmers on the brink
Tight margins, high financing costs fuel talk of sales
ABBOTSFORD – A growing number of dairy farms in the Fraser Valley are considering selling as narrow margins get tighter and high financing costs complicate succession plans. “The dairy [sector] is particularly challenged,” says Karen Taylor, director of corporate finance, agriculture and agribusiness with BMO Financial Group in Abbotsford, who addressed a workshop the Centre …
Generational change for finances
With one more hike to the Bank of Canada’s policy rate widely anticipated on January…
Seed potato stocks short
Potatoes remain the top vegetable with consumers, offering good value as the price of other…
Provincial employer registry backlogged
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Pilot helps UBCO’s Feed BC initiative grow
KELOWNA – A year-old pilot program at UBC Okanagan is showing that providing more locally…
Greenhouse extends growing season, sales
WYCLIFFE – When imported produce is in short supply at the grocery store and fresh…
Generational change in BC potato business
DELTA – A veteran of the seed potato sector has stepped down after 44 years…
Dairy producers raise alarm on costs
BURNABY – Producer income loomed large on the minds of dairy producers as the province’s…
AI outbreak rivals 2004
The scale of this year’s outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza now rivals the massive…
Food prices outpace income
The average BC family’s food bill has increased more than 9% this year, according to…
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