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The Great Spallumcheen Farm & Food Festival and North Okanagan Plowing Match is happening this Sunday, September 24 from 10-3 at Fieldstone Organics, 4851 Schubert Rd, Armstrong. The outdoor festival features tastings and a market brimming with local food and beverage vendors, a horse and tractor plowing competition and vintage farm equipment displays. ... See MoreSee Less

The Great Spallumcheen Farm & Food Festival and North Okanagan Plowing Match is happening this Sunday, September 24 from 10-3 at Fieldstone Organics, 4851 Schubert Rd, Armstrong. The outdoor festival features tastings and a market brimming with local food and beverage vendors, a horse and tractor plowing competition and vintage farm equipment displays.
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The top five issues the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity identified in a recent survey were the cost of food, inflation, the cost of energy, keeping healthy food affordable and the Canadian economy. ā€œWe are seeing that environmental concerns are not in the top 10,ā€ says Amy Peck, manager of the Canadian Cattle Association’s public and stakeholder engagement program. ā€œIf you are concerned about being able to afford to feed your family, the environment becomes less important.ā€ ... See MoreSee Less

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VERNON – Ranchers might be concerned about how the public sees their industry, but a producer-funded team at the Canadian Cattle Association has their back. Amy Peck, manager of the Canadian Cattleā...
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BC Tree Fruit Co-op has sold its Lake Country packing house as part of its long-term plan to consolidate operations. The sale, to an undisclosed buyer, closed on August 31, 2023 for $15.8 million. ... See MoreSee Less

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BC Tree Fruit Co-op has sold its Lake Country packing house as part of its long-term plan to consolidate operations. The sale, to an undisclosed buyer, closed on August 31, 2023 for $15.8 million.
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Who bought it ffs ?

Ted Nedjelski Karen Turner

One of my first jobs was apple grading in a packing plant in Vernon

Vivian, is this where you worked?

I’d hear the company that owns the big Cannabis company that owns the green houses all around this packing plant was buying up everything around to expand. Wonder if it’s them that got it.

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The federal government has committed $1.81 million over the next three years to support the BC Poultry Association's preparation for direct participation in responses to future outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the province. ā€œThe persistence of the virus in wildlife and recurrence of outbreaks globally, presents additional risks during the migratory bird season in North America later in 2023,ā€ the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health in Vancouver advised in July. For more, visit www.countrylifeinbc.com/ai-risk-rises-with-fall/ ... See MoreSee Less

The federal government has committed $1.81 million over the next three years to support the BC Poultry Associations preparation  for direct participation in responses to future outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the province. ā€œThe persistence of the virus in wildlife and recurrence of outbreaks globally, presents additional risks during the migratory bird season in North America later in 2023,ā€ the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health in Vancouver advised in July. For more, visit https://www.countrylifeinbc.com/ai-risk-rises-with-fall/
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Land values slow down

September 11, 2019 byPeter Mitham

BC farmland values are not rising as fast as they did last year, according to Farm Credit Canada.

A review of transactions this year to date indicates that values have increased just 2.7% since last year. This spring, FCC reported that farmland values increased 6.7% in 2018 versus 2017. Double-digit increases were seen on Vancouver Island and in the Cariboo-Chilcotin regions.

ā€œWe appear to be moving into a time of cautious buying, where producers are focusing more on improving productivity and building resilience in their operations,ā€ says J.P. Gervais, chief agricultural economist with the federal lending agency.

The forecast of moderate increases in value reflect the slower pace of sales.

Two weeks ago, Country Life in BC reported statistics from the BC Ministry of Finance indicating the farm property sales were down 2% in the first six months of this year versus the same period last year.

Nevertheless, farmland values in BC will continue to be among the highest in Canada, with the Lower Mainland seeing prices in the range of $220,000 an acre.

 

 

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