CFIA proposes traceability updates
VANDERHOOF – Proposed amendments to the identification and traceability sections of the federal Health of…
Sod industry sees slow recovery from disasters
ABBOTSFORD – BC’s turf industry has yet to recover from the double effects of the…
Ranchers’ markets, practices praised
Vernon was the venue for the BC Cattlemen’s Association’s 95th annual general meeting and convention,…
Berg appointed WMP CEO
A swift but extensive selection process has secured the Western Milk Pool a chief executive…
KPU genomics lab expands
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Applied Genomics Centre in Surrey has added a second lab space with…
BC snowpack runs off
High heat over the past two weeks has pushed the BC snowpack well below average…
Vintners fine-tune estimates
With bud break underway, grape growers are finding that preliminary estimates of severe damage from…
Province funds climate readiness
The first few weeks of the growing season have seen BC farmers face unseasonal heat,…
Temperatures, risks rising
Dry conditions last fall have set the stage for an early start to the wildfire…
Northwest floods mobilize farmers
While the northeast of the province deals with fire, the BC River Forecast Centre upgraded…
FCC supports wine sector
The significant losses anticipated to vineyards from the extreme cold in late December has triggered…
Wildfire, flood risks rise
Warm and dry conditions in the Peace region have prompted early seeding this year, but…
BCAC plans benefits program
Small businesses often lack benefits plans, but a new initiative by the BC Agriculture Council…
Agrologists focus on reconciliation
Working with the land and its traditional stewards was a central theme of “Coming Together:…
Avian influenza returns
Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials have detected highly pathogenic avian influenza at a pigeon farm…
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