VANDERHOOF – Former Burnaby Lake Greenhouses general manager Bert Miles died on July 28. He was 80. Miles, an accountant by profession, was noted as much for his ability to shake up the status quo as he was for his financial expertise and service to the agriculture community. Born in Vancouver and raised in Langley, …
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Co-op meets with growers
A series of public engagement sessions are giving BC Tree Fruits Co-op members an opportunity to comment on plans to consolidate packing operations in Oliver and sell off assets in Kelowna and Lake Country. An in-person meeting takes place in Oliver today, with a second session set to take place in Kelowna in the days …
Wildfire threat remains high
September has amped up the wildfire risk in many parts of BC as hot, dry weather gives summer an extended finish. While the conditions are good news for forage corn producers, property owners in Hudson’s Hope are on evacuation alert as a result of the Battleship Mountain fire which ranks as the largest fire in …
Rate hike demands planning
The latest rate hike by the Bank of Canada is putting the onus on farmers to plan further ahead to stay on top of the financial impacts. The central bank’s policy rate increased a further 75 basis points on September 7 to 3.25%, or 13 times the rate on March 1. It’s the fifth consecutive …
Cool weather improves wildfire response
PENTICTON – Wildfires in the area between the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys have shaped up as the biggest direct threat to BC ranchers this summer, with many still on edge after last year’s intense, wind-driven fires with lengthy perimeters. The Keremeos Creek wildfire 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, the largest blaze in the province outside …
Cattleliner loss mourned
Country Life in BC joins Western Canada’s dairy community as it mourns the loss of three young men and nearly two dozen animals in a head-on collision Sunday. Brandon Johnson and Tanner Liefting were hauling Team BC heifers back from the Western Canadian Classic junior dairy competition in Brandon, Manitoba when their rig collided near …