New BC field vegetable specialist
A changing of the guard is underway in BC field vegetables. Karina Sakalauskas will succeed…
David Schmidt endowment planned
November 20 marks one year since the sudden death of Country Life in BC editor…
Milk price holds the course
The Canadian Dairy Commission is leaving farmgate milk prices essentially unchanged in 2025, following its…
Avian flu response keeping pace
A fall wave of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has hit a cross-section of BC…
Staccato cherry rights defended
Could a cherry by any other name be as sweet? A federal court in Washington…
Beef herd drops
KAMLOOPS – Two years of high cattle prices and low moisture have triggered a dramatic…
On-farm innovation fuels turnaround
CRESTON – After eight years of careful, steady growth, Nigel and Laura Francis of Cartwheel…
Field days give farmers the dirt on soil management
GRAND FORKS – The BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food sponsored a series of soil…
Experts provide drought management tips
METCHOSIN – Over 20 South Vancouver Island producers attended the livestock drought management field day…
Bird flu returns
Three farms in Abbotsford and Chilliwack have been hit with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza.…
Raw milk hopes soured
A challenge to the province’s raw milk rules has been creamed by a BC Supreme…
Slash smoke challenge planned
Smoke from slash piles is in the crosshairs of a northern BC resident, who says…
Country Life in BC reporting honoured
Country Life in BC was recognized at the annual Canadian Farm Writers Federation awards for…
Producers get shaking on quake prep
A shallow, 6.5-magnitude quake south of Haida Gwaii on September 15 as well as two…
BC farmland values see strong growth
BC farmland values returned to a growth trajectory in the 12 months ended June 2024,…
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