Grant funding for nutrient management projects
Shuswap farmers and landowners can improve their nutrient management strategies with funding from the Shuswap…
Strict pandemic plan keeps workers safe
SUMMERLAND – Carcajou Fruit Co. is a 160-acre family business that typically hires 60 domestic…
Don’t underestimate scope of farmers institutes
LANGLEY – BC farmers institutes have a direct line to government under the province’s Farmers…
Ranchers plead with province to address elk issue
KAMLOOPS – Ranchers are asking the province to tighten management of elk populations as the…
Cherry growers continue to focus on export markets
KELOWNA – Export markets for BC cherries remain a priority for the BC Cherry Association,…
SlaughterRight training launched by ag ministry
VICTORIA – SlaughterRight is the province’s new, mandatory training program for on-farm meat plants following…
Growers anxious about labour
While farm workers arriving in BC are exempt from new federal quarantine requirements until March…
Rural recovery funds agriculture
Grants issued this week from the province’s rural economic recovery program will fund a number…
Food hub network expands
The BC Food Hub Network expanded to nine locations over the past week with the…
Governments boost worker supports
Ottawa is developing plans to quarantine incoming seasonal workers at no additional cost to farmers,…
Blueberry growers dodge US complaint
BC’s several hundred blueberry farmers are relieved and elated after the US International Trade Commission announced that…
BC residents the least likely to buy local
BC residents consider themselves proud supporters of local agriculture but a new survey for Farm…
Premises ID to be mandatory
All livestock producers will be required to register for Premises ID by next year. Participation…
Feed BC expands to post-secondary institutions
Nine post-secondary institutions have signed on with the province’s FeedBC program, with a goal to…
Dairy picks new entrant short list
Ten candidates will advance to the next round of the dairy industry’s new entrant program…
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