Province defrays COVID-19 costs
The province is offsetting the cost of special measures farmers took this summer to keep…
Abbotsford updates farmland policies
Abbotsford has resumed efforts to update municipal agricultural  policies, bylaws and regulations, and is preparing…
Canada’s food security rises
Canada has risen to No. 7 in the latest edition of the Global Food Security…
Douglas Lake challenge dismissed
Private property that encloses Crown property will remain closed to the public, following the Supreme…
Farmland values keep rising
High farmland values got even higher in BC in the first half of 2021, according…
Female ranchers excited for mentorship opportunities
WILLIAMS LAKE – Three young BC beef leaders look forward to learning from their peers…
Cheesemakers felt the heat this summer
DUNCAN – Keeping their animals cool and fields productive were challenges for many dairy farmers…
Province falls short on dam safety oversight
VICTORIA – BC’s auditor general says the province has failed to ensure dam owners comply…
Feeling the heat on water
DUNCAN – The province is facing pushback over its water management strategy following four fish…
New licences, new inspections
The rollout of the province’s new meat licensing regime October 1 will also mean stepped-up…
RegenBC conference emphasizes context
Regenerative agriculture means working with nature not against it, but how technology fits into the…
Japanese beetle spreads
The discovery of a small number of Japanese beetles in south Vancouver and Burnaby have…
BC watches Stateside hornets
This week will see Washington State Department of Agriculture staff destroy a third nest of…
Don’t blame the wildfires
While this year’s wildfire season was routinely described as unprecedented, numbers from the Insurance Bureau…
Hello, status quo
This week’s federal election means the next parliament will look an awful lot like the…
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