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New low for ice wine

January 17, 2024 byPeter Mitham

A combination of winter damage and warm weather has resulted in a record low ice wine harvest this winter. Just four wineries registered their intention to pick grapes for ice wine with the BC Wine Authority last fall, but by the time temperatures allowed for the harvest, just three proceeded. A total of 12 tonnes …

Challenges, opportunities ahead for farmers institutes

January 1, 2024 byKate Ayers

PORT ALBERNI – BC farmers’ institutes are calling on the government to review the legislation governing them to ensure it stays responsive to the evolving needs of local farm organizations and rural communities. Twenty-eight attendees representing 14 farmers’ institutes gathered online for Farmers Institute Day on November 30. The event was organized as part of …

Spallumcheen cuts, wraps deal for butcher hub

January 1, 2024 byTom Walker

SPALLUMCHEEN – Merritt’s loss is the North Okanagan’s gain as the Small-Scale Meat Producers Association shifts its focus from a Nicola Valley abattoir to a butcher hub based in Spallumcheen. “We were able to pivot funds from the Nicola project to invest in the North Okanagan,” says SSMPA executive director Julia Smith. “This will be …

BC control zones revoked

January 10, 2024 byPeter Mitham

The turn of the year brought a positive turn of events in the BC poultry sector’s battle against highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. Two primary control zones (PCZs) in the province were revoked by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, including one in Langley on January 5 and second in the District of Kent on January …

Potato harvest up 10%

January 10, 2024 byPeter Mitham

BC’s potato crop was up 10% in 2023, according to the latest estimate from United Potato Growers of Canada. With few acres abandoned and ideal conditions through the growing season, BC is estimated to have harvested nearly 1.8 million hundredweight (cwt), or 87,950 tons. “It was the perfect year, really,” Heather Meberg, owner of ES …

A dry season continues

January 10, 2024 byPeter Mitham

Growers across the province have been pinning their hopes on winter delivering the hit of moisture needed to address last summer’s dry conditions. The Peace region entered winter at Level 5 drought for the second year in a row, while four of the province’s 34 basins – the Upper Fraser East and West, the Kettle …

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