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Strategic partnership struck

February 8, 2023

The closure of BC Tree Fruit Co-operative’s packing lines in Kelowna and Winfield has opened…

Zero farm bankruptcies

February 8, 2023

Despite the financial pressures facing farmers last year, federal records show that BC’s farm businesses…

Community spirit honoured at gala

February 1, 2023

Five leaders in BC’s agricultural community were honoured at the BC Agriculture Council’s annual gala…

Provincial extension service coming

February 1, 2023

A new provincial extension service is in the works, an initiative applauded at an Agri-Extension…

Farmland Advantage funding extended

February 1, 2023

A project that started as a small five-year pilot program in the Kootenays in 2016…

Dairy farmers on the brink

February 1, 2023

ABBOTSFORD – A growing number of dairy farms in the Fraser Valley are considering selling…

Farmgate abattoirs shut out of insurance

February 1, 2023

FORT ST. JOHN – Dozens of new producers granted on-farm meat processing licences since the…

Farmers need to prioritize mental wellness

February 1, 2023

ABBOTSFORD – When it comes to mental wellness, the fierce independence and stoicism too common…

Market garden powered by solar energy

February 1, 2023

SKOOKUMCHUK – Jessica and Harold Tichenor have renovated several properties over the years, developing their…

Surrey ALR inclusion cheered

January 25, 2023

A standing-room only crowd of more than 250 people attended a public hearing the Agricultural…

PAS kicks off

January 24, 2023

The province’s largest agricultural trade show kicks off this week, as the Pacific Agriculture Show…

BC vine damage discussed

January 24, 2023

The blast of cold air Okanagan vineyards experienced December 21 was a hot topic at…

Generational change for finances

January 18, 2023

With one more hike to the Bank of Canada’s policy rate widely anticipated on January…

Seed potato stocks short

January 18, 2023

Potatoes remain the top vegetable with consumers, offering good value as the price of other…

Provincial employer registry backlogged

January 18, 2023

What should have been the smoothest start to the season after three years of pandemic-related…

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.