CHILLIWACK – Agricultural groups want a halt to the long-term shift away from agriculture at Chilliwack Heritage Park, which the city promised to maintain for agricultural groups when it opened the facility in 2001. But Tourism Chilliwack has failed to honour a memorandum of understanding the city signed to that effect with the Chilliwack and …
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Beef tasting helps raise profile of 4-H
ABBOTSFORD – Wine and cheese tastings may be commonplace, but meat tastings? If Abbotsford resident Don Campbell has a say, people will soon be hosting 4-H project dinner events to educate the mind and the senses. Campbell and his wife Connie hosted a beef-forward dinner party for 10 at their Abbotsford home on January 17. …
MMP announces new executive assistant
Amy Balaban is taking over from Christine Koch as the Mainland Milk Producer’s Association new executive assistant. Balaban will be working with both MMP and Mainland Young Milk Producers to coordinate meetings and events. Fluent in both English and French, Balaban brings both administrative skills and passion for the dairy industry to the role. She …
Demand for milk, lower input costs good for dairy
ABBOTSFORD – A rise in demand for dairy is good news for producers, who will see margins expand in 2025 as farmgate milk prices hold steady and costs fall. Recapping market conditions at the BC Milk Marketing Board’s fall producer meeting in Abbotsford, October 28, Kevin Mammel noted that milk utilization is up, with processors …
Collaboration key to dairy growth
Boosted by the first quota increases since the last free trade deal was signed, BC dairy producers have set their sights on market growth in the years ahead. A focus on attracting processor investment is key, with two major processing plants on the horizon locally and the Canadian Dairy Production Council eyeing niche markets that …
Creston beekeeper wins award
Creston beekeeper Jeff Lee received the Leadership Award at the BC Food and Beverage Association’s annual Rise awards in New Westminster, November 28. A leader in both the provincial honey industry and in his community, Lee co-owns Honey Bee Zen Apiaries Ltd. and Swan Valley Honey with his wife Amanda Goodman Lee. They are the …