Country Life in BC

Fruit growers face hard choices

July 28, 2021

Crop insurance adjusters are now dealing with “well over 1,000” notices of loss following the…

Rules for young workers

July 28, 2021

New rules governing teen workers are set to take effect October 15, two years after…

Province announces rodenticide restrictions

July 28, 2021

A new provincial ban on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides took effect July 21, but it will…

Wildfires spark emergency declaration

July 21, 2021

An active, early start to the wildfire season in BC led the province to declare…

BC Blueberry Council gets a new chair

July 21, 2021

Abbotsford blueberry grower and veterinarian Dalbir Benipal is the new chair of the BC Blueberry…

Armyworm pressure low

July 21, 2021

Four years after an unusual outbreak of true armyworm on Vancouver Island and in the…

Province allows secondary homes

July 14, 2021

The province has ended more than two years of uncertainty for property owners in the…

Islands Trust defers policy statement

July 14, 2021

Gulf Islands farmers have some breathing room to digest and comment on sweeping changes proposed…

BC farmers have public trust

July 14, 2021

BC Agriculture Council’s fourth annual consumer research survey suggests consumers’ perceptions of farmers, the agriculture…

Livestock producers count losses

July 7, 2021

Ranchers are on alert as more than 200 active wildfires burn across BC, many sparked…

Peace whipped by wild winds

July 7, 2021

The record heat wave that baked many parts of BC last week also created turbulent…

U-pick demand stays steady

July 7, 2021

U-picks that saw record traffic last year as homebound families headed to berry fields for…

Slocan market garden finds its sweet spot

July 1, 2021

WINLAW – Good management and a commitment to making nutritious, ecologically grown food accessible to…

BCAC shifts to advocacy

July 1, 2021

ABBOTSFORD – One of the biggest organizational shifts in BC agriculture since the 1990s will…

Farmers struggle to get insurance coverage Insurance

July 1, 2021

SALMON ARM – A hard market cycle for the insurance industry is making it harder…

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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.