The 45th annual Vanderhoof All-breeds Bull Sale takes place at the BC Livestock yard in Vanderhoof on April 11, but in keeping with protocols implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19, buyers are being encouraged to place bids online via Direct Livestock Marketing Services [www.DLMS.com]. The Best Bet Bull Sale in Williams Lake on April …
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Consumers buying local
Demand for fresh, local food products is soaring as BC consumers stock up and hunker down to wait out the pandemic. Groups representing several commodities report strong sales, with livestock growers being particular beneficiaries. “The population needs to eat, and grocery store shelves are being cleaned out at an unprecedented rate,” says the BC Livestock …
Farm plans offer new opportunities for ranchers
VERNON – Winter weather chilled the turnout for the annual North Okanagan Livestock Association educational seminar in Vernon on January 15. Just half the 80 people registered made it to the event. “Some of our sponsors were not even able to make it,” says NOLA president Lani French. “The -20 temperatures and the poor road …
Bison could be key to climate change resilience
MERRITT – How do you design a cow for the evolving Canadian climate? That’s the question Thompson Rivers University associate professor John Church asked the BC Bison Association in late October, noting the estimated increase in global temperatures could see cattle regularly exposed to summer heat approaching 40°C. Countering the effects of heat stress is …
UNDRIP becomes law in BC
BC has formally entrenched the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People within provincial statutes. The legislature passed Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which commits the province, “in consultation and cooperation with the Indigenous peoples in British Columbia … [to] take all measures necessary to ensure the …
Waste management webinar
The BC Cattlemen’s Association has followed up its six-part “Coffee Shop Talks” webinar series with a fall webinar on the new Agricultural Environmental Management Code of Practice (AEM Code). The webinar gives ranchers an opportunity to get up to speed on their responsibilities under the new code, which took effect February 28. “We had a …