BC potato crop down
BC’s potato crop lagged its five-year average in 2024, according to Statistics Canada, weighing in…
BC producer groups give back
‘Tis the season of giving, and BC producer groups are doing their part. During its…
Shuswap watershed grants once again open
Water for agriculture is among the top priorities for the new provincial government, and the…
BC Tree Fruits facility sells
BC Supreme Court approved the sale of two more properties last week as BC Tree…
Collaboration key to dairy growth
Boosted by the first quota increases since the last free trade deal was signed, BC…
Creston beekeeper wins award
Creston beekeeper Jeff Lee received the Leadership Award at the BC Food and Beverage Association’s…
Island farmers fish for water solutions
BLACK CREEK – Water challenges are still top of mind for Vancouver Island growers despite…
BC orchard sector needs more than sales
VIEWPOINT: Participants in the Canadian Farm Writers Federation conference in Nova Scotia this fall were…
Demand for milk, lower input costs good for dairy
ABBOTSFORD – A rise in demand for dairy is good news for producers, who will…
Pilot addresses gap in distribution infrastructure
NELSON – A pilot project to transform food distribution in the Kootenays is underway through…
Popham back as ag minister
What’s old is new again with Premier David Eby’s choice of Saanich South MLA Lana…
New BC field vegetable specialist
A changing of the guard is underway in BC field vegetables. Karina Sakalauskas will succeed…
David Schmidt endowment planned
November 20 marks one year since the sudden death of Country Life in BC editor…
Milk price holds the course
The Canadian Dairy Commission is leaving farmgate milk prices essentially unchanged in 2025, following its…
Avian flu response keeping pace
A fall wave of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has hit a cross-section of BC…
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