Pushback on plastics recycling
A provincial consultation on expanded producer responsibility for recycling has found scant support for including…
Beef impact bumps up
Western Canada’s beef industry could ride an upward trend over the next decade, according to…
Canada at “negligible risk” for BSE
Canada now holds negligible risk status for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), delegates to the World…
Sector events start growing
This summer could see a revival of agricultural fairs and trade shows, following last week’s…
Mushrooms add value to cut blocks
KASLO – They may not be ready to harvest until 2022 but mushrooms may soon…
Core knowledge lands Kelowna grower top award
KELOWNA – Learning from some of the best can help you be one of the…
BC abattoir volume up 30% in 2020
FALKLAND – The impact of COVID-19 on the BC meat sector was a key theme…
Wind machines in Surrey face blowback
SURREY – The BC Farm Industry Review Board received a formal noise complaint on April…
BC fairs await reopening
BC announced its reopening plan this week, setting the stage for a life without limits…
Balanced conditions in 2020
Climate variability has hit BC farmers and ranchers hard in recent years, between wildfire, flood…
Building boom ahead
Statistics Canada is forecasting a building boom on BC farms this year, as capital investments…
Supply management crucial to BC
COVID-19 hit BC hatching egg producers hard as the disease roiled demand for broilers, forcing…
IAF elects new executive
Jack DeWit is the new chair of the Investment Agriculture Foundation, succeeding Don Low who…
WorkSafeBC increases inspections
The single-largest cause of on-farm injuries in the farm sector according to WorkSafeBC is falls,…
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