Cherry growers weigh trade complaint
BC cherry growers took a beating on price last season as cheap California and Washington…
BC agriculture loses a champion
Veteran farm journalist and Country Life in BC editor emeritus David Schmidt has died. Schmidt…
BC FIRB gets a good egg
BC Egg Marketing Board chair Gunta Vitins has been appointed vice-chair of the BC Farm…
Berrisford leads landscapers
A familiar face has taken the helm of the BC Landscape and Nursery Association, which…
Mink farmers sue government
The mink are gone, but not the legal challenges. The first livestock sector shut down…
Kelowna fallow farmland returns
The City of Kelowna’s efforts to preserve farmland are paying off but fewer people are…
Avian influenza grows
The number of BC farms testing positive for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza surged over…
BC young leader honoured
A member of 4-H BC took top spot at the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition…
Okanagan egg producers eye expansion
ARMSTRONG – Residents of BC’s Okanagan Valley will soon have two new commercial egg producers…
Farmers institutes to meet
The first gathering of farmers institutes in four years is set to take place November…
Underused housing tax extension
Confusion is frustrating the federal government’s attempts to implement its underused housing tax. The proposed…
Farm accelerator program renewed
The province is relaunching a farm support program piloted two years ago, rebranding it with…
Dairy producers not making money from milk sales
ABBOTSFORD – The final results of a cost of production survey BC’s dairy sector undertook…
Hazelnuts are an opportunity for Kootenay growers
ERICKSON – Hazelnut production was the focus of a field day Kootenay and Boundary Farm…
Water licence fight highlights need for change
DUNCAN – A well-loved farmstand and restaurant on Vancouver Island hopes a change in oversight…
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