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Freight Farm feeds local niche

January 1, 2017

SAANICH – From inside a refurbished freight container, the future of farming is extremely bright.…

Marketing board reviewing dairy quota

January 1, 2017

VANCOUVER – The BC Milk Marketing Board is beginning another review of its quota and…

Hazelnut growers optimistic

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David Schmidt honored with lifetime achievement award

November 1, 2016

SASKATOON – Country Life in BC’s own David Schmidt was honoured with a lifetime achievement…

Port development trumps BC agriculture: federal minister MacAuley

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2 days ago

Two farms on Sumas Prairie are asking BC Supreme Court to certify a class action against the city of Abbotsford, Fraser Valley Regional District, and the province for their failure to warn property owners, residents and businesses of the flooding that inundated Sumas Prairie in November and to respond in a timely and appropriate manner. Read more in this morning's FARM NEWS UPDATE.

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While I am very sorry for the losses suffered. Landowners and business owners must have known the risks of owning property in a drained lake. How does a natural disaster become the city’s or province’s fault?

Am I the only one that sees the irony of one of the biggest livestock farmers on the Prairie being the "face"of the class action suit when the environmentalists would suggest that livestock farming is a major contributor to climate change? (Having said that, I have my doubts about the numbers being used by some environmental activists).

Well done

As should every property owner on that Prairie, the local politicians knew that $20Million needed to be invested into repairing that Dyke. It should be on the Politicians and not the tax payers

1 week ago

Grape growers are assessing damage from a late December cold snap that hit the central and northern Okanagan Valley.

Working with a decade worth of data, Brad Estergaard, viticulture research technician at the Summerland Research and Development Centre, estimated that buds could handle temperatures between -23°C and -25°C, but anything colder could cause more than 50% damage. “Widespread winter bud and vine damage is unfortunately to be expected,” he warns.

Read more in today's Farm News Update from Country Life in BC, the agricultural news source for BC's farmers and ranchers since 1915.

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2 weeks ago

The rise of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has cancelled several industry events planned for this month. Both the Pacific Agriculture Show and BC Dairy Industry Conference have made the difficult decisions to postpone in-person events until protocols around COVID-19 stabilize. Read more in this morning's FARM NEWS UPDATE from Country Life in BC, the agricultural news source for BC's farmers and ranchers since 1915.

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Wise decision.

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4 weeks ago

There's a spot of good news for dairy farmers reeling from this year's natural disasters. Just in time for Christmas, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada is accepting applications for the third round of payments under the Direct Payment Program, worth $38,000 to a farm with 80 cows. Read more in this morning's Farm News Update from BC's agricultural news source:

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