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Traceability regs to include animal movement

April 30, 2018 byBarbara Johnstone-grimmer

PENDER ISLAND – Traceability regulations are right around the corner. The promise is something livestock producers have heard before, but this time the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it’s the truth. Sometime within the next year, regulations will require more than just an approved ear tag. Premises will have to be registered and movements …

New meat producer association launched

April 30, 2018 byMyrna Stark Leader

MERRITT – Small-scale meat producers across BC are banding together to form a new association representing farmers and ranchers who raise meat outside of the conventional system. The Small-Scale Meat Producers Association was founded by primary producers and their supporters following several months of online Facebook discussions that garnered the interest of about 75 ranchers …

Salal berries have market potential

May 1, 2018 byMargaret Evans

Sometimes, some of the best health foods are right in front of you – or perhaps swirling in a glass-filled gift from a buddie. “A friend gave me a bottle of dessert wine that included some salal juice as a present,” says professor Peter Constabel, director of the Centre for Forest Biology, University of Victoria. …

Labour trouble

March 27, 2018 byPeter Mitham

LANGLEY – A packed house gathered for the spring meeting of the BC Landscape and Nursery Association at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Langley on March 12, keen to get answers to questions about the state of the labour force. The association is engaged in an extensive study of labour requirements for the sector, but the …

Research is a focus of BC’s grape and wine sector

July 4, 2018 byHans Buchler

The British Columbia grape and wine industry began investing in research around 15 years ago, first with levies collected under the research and development committee of the BC Wine Institute and, since 2006, through the British Columbia Wine Grape Council (BCWGC), established under the BC Farming and Fishing Industries Development Act. The grower and winery …

Optimistic outlook for beef sector

March 27, 2018 byTom Walker

VERNON – Kee Jim is bullish on beef. “I feel very strongly that the participants that are in the industry today are in for a pretty good deal going forward,” Jim told North Okanagan Livestock Association members at their education day in Vernon in late February. “I think calf prices are going to continue to …

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