BC dairy farmers are being advised to stay alert for highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has infected dairy herds in eight US states. “I don’t want to put too much emphasis on that and alarm anyone without real reasons,” BC Dairy Association chair Casey Pruim told producers attending their spring meeting online on April 12. …
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Food costs public trust
Rising food costs and reduced affordability continues to top this year’s list of public confidence in the country’s food systems, according to the annual report of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity. The centre’s annual survey, which included 300 respondents from BC, identified food costs as the top public concern for the fifth year running. …
Production cost bind
Ottawa’s ambitions to rein in grocery prices are at odds with efforts to support producers, according to a growing chorus of voices throughout the supply chain. On the farmer side, national horticulture association Fruit and Vegetable Growers Canada says the federal government has failed to consider how capping grocery prices will impact producers. “We appreciate …
Corn rootworm hits Okanagan
A pest that infested Fraser Valley corn fields in 2017 has made an appearance in the North Okanagan. The BC Dairy Association recently alerted members to the discovery of Western corn rootworm on farms in Armstrong, Enderby and Salmon Arm by a seed industry representative in August. The province is following up to determine the …
Province funds feed access
The province updated industry this week on efforts announced July 14 to match producers with feed supplies. Access to Feed, a provincially funded program delivered in partnership with the BC Cattlemen’s Association, will see BC Cattlemen’s match sellers of hay and feed domestically across Canada and internationally with farmers and producers. The program is providing …
BC Milk, Dairy grow closer
Western Canada’s dairy associations continue to grow closer, with this week’s announcement that the BC Milk Marketing Board and BC Dairy Association will move in together next summer. “The two boards are taking steps to function together under a single strategy, and over the next 12 months operations will be coming together to create a new …