One of the largest gatherings of the BC farm sector took place at Lundstrum Farms on Westham Island last week. The annual potato variety trial organized by the BC Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (BCPVGA) and coordinated by ES Cropconsult took place August 27. More than 300 field growers and stakeholders from across the field …
Ag critic Paton goes independent
Delta South MLA Ian Paton parted ways with the Conservative Party of BC on August 24, joining Kamloops MLA and former finance critic Peter Milobar as an independent member. “I was elected to represent Delta South in Victoria. I was not elected to simply represent a political party in Delta South,” he says in a …
BC leads livestock tax deferrals
BC has the largest number of regions qualifying for the federal government’s livestock tax deferral provision this year. The initial list of prescribed regions, released September 1, identifies 46 regions in BC from the central interior south to the Kootenays and the Fraser Valley. This compares to 13 in the rest of Canada, though the …
Water restrictions collide with wildfire season
SUMMERLAND – Water management is in the spotlight following unprecedented irrigation restrictions and aggressive wildfires across the southern Interior Summerland grabbed international headlines as the Bald Range wildfire raced from the hamlet of Faulder to the edge of town within hours of ignition on August 7, destroying homes, farms and disrupting power and water treatment …
Peace agriculture faces threat from hydro project
The province is considering building a brand new 750 megawatt dam on the Peace River, and some in BC’s agricultural sector are starting to weigh in. Site E would be built at the confluence of the Peace and Alces rivers, close to the Alberta border, making it the fourth dam on the Peace. It is …
Succession sales in spotlight
Ontario’s Northlight Wine Collective has purchased Meyer Family Vineyards and Mayhem Wines of Okanagan Falls. The two wineries represent the first purchase by the Ontario company, founded in 2024 by wine industry executive José Salgado in anticipation of a generational transition in winery ownership. “The transaction marks Northlight’s first winery acquisition and advances its strategy to acquire, …