Country Life in BC

Ranchers’ markets, practices praised

May 31, 2023

Vernon was the venue for the BC Cattlemen’s Association’s 95th annual general meeting and convention,…

Berg appointed WMP CEO

May 31, 2023

A swift but extensive selection process has secured the Western Milk Pool a chief executive…

KPU genomics lab expands

May 31, 2023

Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Applied Genomics Centre in Surrey has added a second lab space with…

BC snowpack runs off

May 24, 2023

High heat over the past two weeks has pushed the BC snowpack well below average…

Vintners fine-tune estimates

May 24, 2023

With bud break underway, grape growers are finding that preliminary estimates of severe damage from…

Province funds climate readiness

May 24, 2023

The first few weeks of the growing season have seen BC farmers face unseasonal heat,…

Temperatures, risks rising

May 18, 2023

Dry conditions last fall have set the stage for an early start to the wildfire…

Northwest floods mobilize farmers

May 18, 2023

While the northeast of the province deals with fire, the BC River Forecast Centre upgraded…

FCC supports wine sector

May 18, 2023

The significant losses anticipated to vineyards from the extreme cold in late December has triggered…

Wildfire, flood risks rise

May 10, 2023

Warm and dry conditions in the Peace region have prompted early seeding this year, but…

BCAC plans benefits program

May 10, 2023

Small businesses often lack benefits plans, but a new initiative by the BC Agriculture Council…

Agrologists focus on reconciliation

May 10, 2023

Working with the land and its traditional stewards was a central theme of “Coming Together:…

Avian influenza returns

May 3, 2023

Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials have detected highly pathogenic avian influenza at a pigeon farm…

Replant program revamped

May 3, 2023

The province announced a new replant program for perennial crops on April 30, ending weeks…

Province funds pump station

May 3, 2023

The province has pledged $3.2 million for upgrades to the Barrowtown pump station in Abbotsford…

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.