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AUGUST 2022
Vol. 108 Issue 8

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Congratulations to Bar 7 Ranch and the Fossen family of Rock Creek, this year’s national recipient of Canadian Cattle Association’s environmental stewardship award (TESA). The award recognized the Fossens – Doug, Erika and their daughters Adele, Jade and Reine – for their proactive rangeland management (they began experimenting with zero-till practices over 25 years ago), wildfire mitigation efforts and support for wildlife biodiversity. The ranch is home to 350 cow-calf pairs. The award was presented last night during the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Penticton. The conference wraps up tomorrow with the Canadian Cattle Association’s annual meeting. Read more about the Bar 7 Ranch and the Fossen’s commitment to environmental sustainability in the August edition of Country Life in BC. We’ve posted the story to our website: buff.ly/2H3dK8k ... See MoreSee Less

Congratulations to Bar 7 Ranch and the Fossen family of Rock Creek, this year’s national recipient of Canadian Cattle Association’s environmental stewardship award (TESA). The award recognized the Fossens – Doug, Erika and their daughters Adele, Jade and Reine – for their proactive rangeland management (they began experimenting with zero-till practices over 25 years ago), wildfire mitigation efforts and support for wildlife biodiversity. The ranch is home to 350 cow-calf pairs. The award was presented last night during the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Penticton. The conference wraps up tomorrow with the Canadian Cattle Association’s annual meeting. Read more about the Bar 7 Ranch and the Fossen’s commitment to environmental sustainability in the August edition of Country Life in BC. We’ve posted the story to our website: https://buff.ly/2H3dK8k
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congratulations Fossen family

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!

I can't help but wonder what the horses are looking at 😂

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Two of BC’s largest farm equipment dealerships have merged. Douglas Lake Equipment Inc. and Avenue Machinery Corp. announced the merger this week. The combined entity will have eight locations, and has no plans to lay off staff. Read more in this morning's FARM NEWS UPDATE from Country Life in BC. conta.cc/3SIoWvC ... See MoreSee Less

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And the winner is … Country Life in BC contributor Myrna Stark Leader, who tied for first place in the photography awards category at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists conference in Vingstad, Denmark yesterday. Myrna's photo “Night Moves” on the cover of the August 2021 issue won the IFAJ Star Prize for Photography. The photo shows Eduardo Vaca Castro, a worker at Coral Beach Farms Ltd., one of a crew of 125 workers whose shift started at midnight, allowing the crew to harvest cherries at the coolest part of the day. Congratulations, Myrna! ... See MoreSee Less

And the winner is … Country Life in BC contributor Myrna Stark Leader, who tied for first place in the photography awards category at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists conference in Vingstad, Denmark yesterday. Myrnas photo “Night Moves” on the cover of the August 2021 issue won the IFAJ Star Prize for Photography. The photo shows Eduardo Vaca Castro, a worker at Coral Beach Farms Ltd., one of a crew of 125 workers whose shift started at midnight, allowing the crew to harvest cherries at the coolest part of the day. Congratulations, Myrna!
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Thanks for the work and the shout out Country Life in BC!

Congratulations Myrna. You are most deserving Of this award.

Congratulations, well done !

Congratulations, Myrna!!!!

Congratulations Myrna.

Wonderful accomplishment. Love your photos.

What a magnificent photo! Congratulations.

Congratulations Myrna!!

Congratulations Myrna! A great picture👏🏆

Congratulations! Wow I'll bet your buttons are popping Nettie and rightly so! Super!!!

Congratulations Myrna 👏👏!!

Very proud of your work

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Very well deserved!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome!! Congratulations Myrna! 🎉🎉🎉

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The province has extended the Canada-BC Flood Recovery for Food Security Program deadline from June 1 to Aug. 31. The program helps farmers cover uninsured expenses caused by damages in the November 2021 floods, including cleanup, repair and restoration of land, barns and animal shelters, and water and waste systems; returning flood-affected land and buildings to a safe state for agricultural production; repairing uninsurable essential farm infrastructure; repairing structures such as livestock-containment fences; renting temporary production facilities; installing drainage ditches and land-stabilization materials; animal welfare activities such as replacing feed, transporting livestock, veterinary care and mortality disposal; and
replacing perennial plants not grown for sale. Program criteria and application forms are available online: buff.ly/3sVRF4G
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The province has extended the Canada-BC Flood Recovery for Food Security Program deadline from June 1 to Aug. 31. The program helps farmers cover uninsured expenses caused by damages in the November 2021 floods, including cleanup, repair and restoration of land, barns and animal shelters, and water and waste systems; returning flood-affected land and buildings to a safe state for agricultural production;  repairing uninsurable essential farm infrastructure; repairing structures such as livestock-containment fences; renting temporary production facilities; installing drainage ditches and land-stabilization materials; animal welfare activities such as replacing feed, transporting livestock, veterinary care and mortality disposal; and
replacing perennial plants not grown for sale. Program criteria and application forms are available online: https://buff.ly/3sVRF4G
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DAS expands to Kootenays

June 29, 2022 byTracy Fredrickson & Peter Mitham

The BC Decision Aid System, one of the best resources available for providing time-sensitive information on managing pests, is expanding to the Kootenays.

Five new provincially funded weather stations in the Creston area will collect and integrate data used to forecast insect population trends so orchardists can anticipate and respond to pest management issues.

An additional five stations funded by the Columbia Basin Trust, and enhanced with support from the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) will provide valuable climate data to beef, forage and grain producers and local governments.

The expansion is the result of a scientific climate modelling project Fields Forward Society of Creston undertook to assist local producers.

“The weather station project will both support the agriculture sector and inform response efforts to natural disaster events related to climate change,” Fields Forward says in a June 28 press release announcing the expansion. “Real-time data collected will be readily available to and utilized by local government agencies, farmers, the BC Wildfire Service, and other public agencies engaged in natural disaster response and mitigation efforts.”

BC DAS has been used in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys to maximize the efficiency of pest-management practices and fruit production since 2018 and now counts more than 360 users.

The expansion is supported with $70,000 from the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food, part of a three-year, $375,000 funding commitment for BC DAS, $103,900 from Columbia Basin Trust and $50,000 from the regional district.

Melissa Tesche, general manager of the Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Program, says BC DAS – which adapts technology developed in neighbouring Washington – makes the best science available to deal with pests on a farm property in a grower-friendly way.

Growers can log onto the system and request information on a specific pest or disease. The system uses historical data and current readings on temperature, moisture and other factors to determine when a pest or disease will be a problem, suggests a course of action to resolve the problem, and the best timing for the best results.

SIR uses the system to provide recommendations to growers when additional control measures are required.

Fourth-generation grower Kevin Day, co-owner of Day’s Century Growers in Kelowna, says BC DAS support’s his farm’s commitment to producing high-quality fruit and sustainable agriculture.

“It enables us to deal with the problems in a way that maintains balance between good bugs and bad bugs in the orchard, benefitting the ecosystem for all,” he says.

Similar benefits are envisioned in the Kootenays.

“Since Creston has so many microclimates, it will be helpful to predict what the weather will do in this valley,” says Freddy von Harling, manager of Piper Farms Ltd. “It will make it easier for us to make a harvest decision for hay or grain. It also will help with application of herbicides; we will not have to guess anymore what the wind and humidity will do throughout the day.”

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