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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

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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.

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Congratulations, Myrna!!!!

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Wonderful accomplishment. Love your photos.

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Congratulations Myrna! A great picture👏🏆

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

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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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Guaranteed returns for apples

July 6, 2022 byPeter Mitham

More revenue for more growers is how BC Tree Fruits Cooperative is framing the launch of a three-year program that will guarantee growers a minimum return on their apples.

“The Cooperative is expanding on a program launched in 2020 by providing minimum payment guarantees to growers on a wide range of varieties, grades, and sizes of apples for the next three years,” a statement announcing the program said.

Billed the “Apple Income Assurance Program,” the program will guarantee all growers for the co-op a minimum price if they meet the sizing and grade requirements for key varieties.

Should the market deliver a better return on the fruit than the minimum, growers will receive “a significant share,” according to Co-op CEO Warren Sarafinchan.

Originally piloted with the 2020 crop, the program delivered significant benefits to growers last year. While the pilot was limited to growers with three-year contracts and fewer varieties, participants received initial payments last year that were 60% above their final payment the previous year.

Now, given the co-op’s stronger financial position after two years of working to improve sales and reduce costs, Sarafinchan says the co-op is able to commit to guaranteed returns for growers having proven that its strategy works.

“Given the strengthened financial position, and given the challenges growers re facing with higher input costs, increasing inflation, labour shortages and so on, this is a time the co-op believes it needs to stand side-by-side with growers and support them,” Sarafinchan says.

Growers will in turn have the confidence to invest in their operations, knowing that the co-op is able to secure greater returns for them in the marketplace.

Sarafinchan said the initiative is unprecedented in the industry and complements the work of the province’s tree fruit stabilization initiative in supporting the long-term health of the sector.

 

 

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