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,…
Sunrise Poultry COVID outbreak
Sunrise Poultry in Surrey was well aware of the risk COVID-19 posed its workers and…
Vegetables enjoy strong pricing
Good weather gave Lower Mainland potato growers a jump on seeding an estimated 6,500 acres…
AITC funding in limbo
The province has missed a deadline to fund the BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition…
Cherry virus survey proposed
A new industry-led task force hopes to survey cherry growers this summer to ensure a…
Grape pomace upcycled
Penticton-based Winecrush Technology Inc. is preparing to patent a new process for transforming grape pomace…
Census of Agriculture launches
Census forms have been landing in mailboxes across the country this week, and for farmers,…
Building soil structure with organic compost
SURREY – A three-year-old biofuel facility in the heart of the Lower Mainland has ramped…
Canada holds off Asian giant hornet restrictions
ABBOTSFORD – Canada has yet to follow the lead of Washington State and move to…
Farmer-chef connections still paying off
FORT STEELE – The province’s showcase of local food producers has been on hold during…
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