Raspberry growers are receiving additional support to renew their industry. The province is making $300,000 available to support the removal of old varieties and the replanting with new varieties suitable for both the fresh and individually quick frozen (IQF) markets. Similar to recent funding for the hazelnut sector’s renewal, the funding will also support strategic …
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Raspberries get replant funding
A long-awaited raspberry replant program kicked off BC agriculture minister Lana Popham’s second term in cabinet this week. Popham announced $90,000 in funding for the program December 1 as part of a suite if announcements positioned as helping farmers recover from the effects of COVID-19. The program will also see $72,000 contributed by industry for …
Raspberry growers hold AGM
BC’s Raspberry Industry Development Council members convened online this week for its first annual general meeting in 18 months. The gathering of more than two dozen growers and industry stakeholders was a chance to look back at the past two growing seasons and towards the second half of the current fiscal year, which ends March …
Raspberry traits assigned values
BC produced nearly 15 million pounds of raspberries last year with an average farmgate value of $1.13 a pound. Now, researchers are hoping to pin a value on specific traits — such as size, colour and flavour — to figure out which cultivars have the best chance of boosting returns to growers. “There’s a whole …