Country Life in BC

‘Blue Cow’ signals happy cows

January 12, 2022

Dairy Farmers of Canada wants consumers to know that the Blue Cow logo is a…

BC Veg consultation ends

January 12, 2022

This week marks the end of a consultation regarding the appointment of independent members to…

Pacific Ag Show postponed

January 5, 2022

The rise of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has cancelled several industry events planned for…

Dairy complaint succeeds

January 5, 2022

Canada’s use of tariff rate quotas in the dairy sector breaches the country’s obligations under…

New year, old troubles

January 5, 2022

Weather woes and road closures continue to plague BC farmers, who entered the new year…

Kootenay growers target winter deliveries

January 1, 2022

CASTLEGAR – With about eight weeks before their inaugural season of weekly produce box deliveries…

Interior ranchers feel forgotten

January 1, 2022

PRINCETON – All hands were on deck to help residents in Abbotsford and the eastern…

High grain prices welcome, but harvest falls flat

January 1, 2022

DAWSON CREEK – This year’s high commodity prices should be good news for Peace River…

Insurance under scrutiny

January 1, 2022

ABBOTSFORD – BC residents suffered significant losses this year as wind, wildfire and floods walloped…

Dairy compensation fund opens

December 22, 2021

There’s a spot of good news for dairy farmers reeling from this year’s natural disasters.…

Christmas sales on track

December 22, 2021

Christmas greenery was in strong demand and ample supply this week, despite some challenges shipping…

Growers cool to ice wine

December 22, 2021

The wine won’t be ready for Christmas, but grape growers picked the first grapes for…

BC Chicken picks Siemens

December 15, 2021

The new year will see a new executive director in place at the BC Chicken…

Food price realities differ

December 15, 2021

An annual forecast of food price trends across Canada is once more predicting higher grocery…

Outstanding service acknowledged

December 15, 2021

Dave Woodske’s service to the greenhouse and nursery sector was honoured December 2 at the…

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.