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MARCH 2026
Vol. 112 Issue 3

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Cameron Stockdale is the new executive director of provincial farm safety organization AgSafeBC. Find out more in this week's Farm News Update from Country Life in B#BCAg#BCAg ... See MoreSee Less

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Cameron Stockdale is the new executive director of provincial farm safety organization AgSafeBC, succeeding Wendy Bennett. Bennett left AgSafeBC in September 2025, following 12 years with the…
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A public open house to gather feedback on the Koksilah watershed sustainability plan takes place March 11 at The Hub in Cowichan Station. Originally scheduled for last November, the province deferred it to the spring. An online survey launched last September also remains open until March 15 as the province moves forward on a government-to-government basis with the Cowichan Tribes. In May 2023, the province and the Cowichan Tribes entered an agreement to develop the plan, which will define options related to water allocation, watershed restoration priorities and land use recommendations. Recommended actions may include new regulations to address water use, protect environmental flows, and guide sustainable land and water management. Separate meetings with farmers and other industry groups have been held as part of the consultations.

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A public open house to gather feedback on the Koksilah watershed sustainability plan takes place March 11 at The Hub in Cowichan Station. Originally scheduled for last November, the province deferred it to the spring. An online survey launched last September also remains open until March 15 as the province moves forward on a government-to-government basis with the Cowichan Tribes. In May 2023, the province and the Cowichan Tribes entered an agreement to develop the plan, which will define options related to water allocation, watershed restoration priorities and land use recommendations. Recommended actions may include new regulations to address water use, protect environmental flows, and guide sustainable land and water management. Separate meetings with farmers and other industry groups have been held as part of the consultations.

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Two new faces -- Ben Donahue from Global Fruits and Balpreet Gill from Gold Star Fruit Co. Ltd. -- will join the BC Cherry Association board following an election for the director-at-large positions last Friday at the 2026 AGM and conference. There are now 7,000 acres of cherries in BC. Marketing, planning for potential large crops, research updates, and ensuring growers and packers meet foreign export demands to keep those markets open were among the agenda items and discussions. BC Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham also stopped in briefly, as she was in Kelowna for tourism meetings.

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Two new faces -- Ben Donahue from Global Fruits and Balpreet Gill from Gold Star Fruit Co. Ltd.  -- will join the BC Cherry Association board following an election for the director-at-large positions last Friday at the 2026 AGM and conference. There are now 7,000 acres of cherries in BC. Marketing, planning for potential large crops, research updates, and ensuring growers and packers meet foreign export demands to keep those markets open were among the agenda items and discussions. BC Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham also stopped in briefly, as she was in Kelowna for tourism meetings.

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More than 170 women listened to stories of personal progress in the dairy industry at the 5th annual Westcoast Robotics Dairy Women's Summit in Abbotsford on Thursday. Elaine Froese was the final speaker to discuss culture on the farm, communication, and successful farm transitio#BCAg#BCAg ... See MoreSee Less

More than 170 women listened to stories of personal progress in the dairy industry at the 5th annual Westcoast Robotics Dairy Womens Summit in Abbotsford on Thursday. Elaine Froese was the final speaker to discuss culture on the farm, communication, and successful farm transitions.

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