Creston beekeeper wins award
Creston beekeeper Jeff Lee received the Leadership Award at the BC Food and Beverage Association’s…
Island farmers fish for water solutions
BLACK CREEK – Water challenges are still top of mind for Vancouver Island growers despite…
BC orchard sector needs more than sales
VIEWPOINT: Participants in the Canadian Farm Writers Federation conference in Nova Scotia this fall were…
Demand for milk, lower input costs good for dairy
ABBOTSFORD – A rise in demand for dairy is good news for producers, who will…
Pilot addresses gap in distribution infrastructure
NELSON – A pilot project to transform food distribution in the Kootenays is underway through…
Popham back as ag minister
What’s old is new again with Premier David Eby’s choice of Saanich South MLA Lana…
New BC field vegetable specialist
A changing of the guard is underway in BC field vegetables. Karina Sakalauskas will succeed…
David Schmidt endowment planned
November 20 marks one year since the sudden death of Country Life in BC editor…
Milk price holds the course
The Canadian Dairy Commission is leaving farmgate milk prices essentially unchanged in 2025, following its…
Avian flu response keeping pace
A fall wave of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has hit a cross-section of BC…
Staccato cherry rights defended
Could a cherry by any other name be as sweet? A federal court in Washington…
Beef herd drops
KAMLOOPS – Two years of high cattle prices and low moisture have triggered a dramatic…
On-farm innovation fuels turnaround
CRESTON – After eight years of careful, steady growth, Nigel and Laura Francis of Cartwheel…
Field days give farmers the dirt on soil management
GRAND FORKS – The BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food sponsored a series of soil…
Experts provide drought management tips
METCHOSIN – Over 20 South Vancouver Island producers attended the livestock drought management field day…
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