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Investment foundation grows

September 20, 2023

The sky’s the limit as the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC keeps growing. A review…

Lake Country packing house sold

September 20, 2023

BC Tree Fruit Co-op has sold its Lake Country packing house as part of its…

Marketing board chooses new entrant finalists

September 13, 2023

ABBOTSFORD – The BC Milk Marketing Board has selected five producers to participate in this…

Ranchers get the backstory on public perception

September 13, 2023

VERNON – Ranchers might be concerned about how the public sees their industry, but a…

Moon shines among BC grape growers

September 13, 2023

PENTICTON — The BC Grapegrowers Association’s fifth annual Viticulturist of the Year award has gone…

SAWP points to reforms

September 13, 2023

Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) could point the way to reforming how foreign workers…

AI risk rises with fall

September 13, 2023

The detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza at a commercial poultry operation in the…

Cherry promotion promising

September 13, 2023

A renewed focus on domestic markets got off to a promising start this summer as…

Young ranch leaders selected

September 6, 2023

The latest finalists in the Canadian Cattle Association’s Young Leaders program were announced August 31,…

Corn rootworm hits Okanagan

September 6, 2023

A pest that infested Fraser Valley corn fields in 2017 has made an appearance in…

Westwold producers challenge curtailment

September 6, 2023

Westwold producers rallied September 2 to challenge an August 15 provincial ban on irrigation for…

Water curtailments squeeze forage production

August 30, 2023

KAMLOOPS – Deepening drought conditions prompted the province to ban irrigation of forage crops in…

Oat, wheat harvests down

August 30, 2023

Statistics Canada has relied on satellite technology and agroclimatic data to model preliminary crop yields…

Creston farmland sees demand

August 30, 2023

Strong commodity prices have been fuelling demand for farmland across Western Canada. The activity is…

International exports climb

August 30, 2023

Rising exports of BC agri-food products are set for a further boost with the launch…

FARM NEWS UPDATE

September 2, 2026

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Forty-six regions in BC are eligible to participate in the federal livestock tax deferral program, announced yesterday, more than anywhere else in the country. The program allows producers who downsize their breeding herds by 15% to defer reporting the proceeds until the following year, when they buy replacement stock. But after multiple years of drought, the BC beef herd is cruising 25-year lows and some producers are calling for more support to maintain and rebuild their herds. For more, see: [www.countrylifeinbc.com/bc-leads-livestock-tax-deferrals/]

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After weeks and weeks of no moisture, there's rain in Kelowna today. While much more moisture is needed over the coming weeks and months to reduce drought conditions and the air smells of wet campfire, the slow, steady rain is very welcome for fruit grower#BCAg#BCAg ... See MoreSee Less

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The first Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust Grassland Set-aside Variety Trial Field Day was held at Delta's family-owned Tecarte Farms, August 27. Co-owner Bill Bates and DFWT executive director Christine Schmalz welcomed more than 35 people to view seven acres planted to different grassland blends specifically chosen to rejuvenate the soil and support the farm's blueberries. For the Bates family, it was time to try something different following the decline of the field's blueberry bushes over the past several years. "We tried everything, and nothing worked," says Bates. The blueberries were removed in May and the grassland crops planted about a week later.

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Bessette Creek is the latest watershed hit with a temporary fish protection order this year as the province moves to protect returning Chinook salmon. A total of 131 surface and groundwater users must cease drawing water immediately, with forage producers, greenhouses and nurseries impacted. "Declining flows in Bessette Creek reached record lows in early July 2026 and have remained below the minimum level required to support fish population survival," says the province. Bessette producers have embraced voluntary cutbacks, scheduled irrigation and other measures to reduce water use, and are also waiting on funding to boost water storage infrastructure. They're the second group of producers hit with a provincial order this year. Salmon River irrigators were told to top watering earlier this month following a reprieve to address wildfire risk. Growers in both the Salmon River and Bessette watersheds are urging the province to support new water storage infrastructure in advance of next year.

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There is a problem... having lived in the salmon river ( silver creek ) area, I remember a fish biologist telling family members that salmon only "survive" in high iron content creeks, they do not "thrive".... salmon river ( silver creek ) is a very high iron content, would stain clothes brown when i would use bleach... So don't expect high salmon numbers off of that creek , even in ideal situations...

I just wish they would take an interest in CHASE CREEK....went bone dry...100% of trout abd other species died...smell was terrible from rotting fish. Understand this has happened many times in the past. Chase Irrigation District totally responsible for this disaster. Now fishermen are complaining about major drop in water levels at Pillar Lake.

They could not mismanage things worse than they have. It's impossible for them to. The fact that farmers that we need for our animals are now suffering the consequences our governments have not protected us from, is absolutely fucking wild.