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BC Cattlemen’s Association members gathered in Cranbrook for their 97th AGM last week. BCCA president Werner Stump welcomed upwards of 300 ranchers as he signalled a change in tone with the association’s approach to government. “We are going to be a lot more blunt in our dealings with government as we fight for our livelihood,” Stump told his audience. The North American herd size remains down, and calf prices are expected to stay strong, says Brenna Grant from Canfax. “We could see $5.50 -$5.70 this fall for a 5(00) weight calves.” Duncan and Jane Barnett and family from Barnett Land and Livestock in 150 Mile House received the Ranch Sustainability Award, which recognized their riparian management and community involvement. From left to right, Clayton Loewen with Jane, Duncan and Lindsay Barnett.

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BC Cattlemen’s Association members gathered in Cranbrook for their 97th AGM last week. BCCA president Werner Stump welcomed upwards of 300 ranchers as he signalled a change in tone with the association’s approach to government. “We are going to be a lot more blunt in our dealings with government as we fight for our livelihood,” Stump told his audience. The North American herd size remains down, and calf prices are expected to stay strong, says Brenna Grant from Canfax. “We could see $5.50 -$5.70 this fall for a 5(00) weight calves.” Duncan and Jane Barnett and family from Barnett Land and Livestock in 150 Mile House received the Ranch Sustainability Award, which recognized their riparian management and community involvement. From left to right, Clayton Loewen with Jane, Duncan and Lindsay Barnett.

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Grapegrower Colleen Ingram, who was recognized earlier this year as the 2024 Grower of the Year by the BC Grapegrowers Association. “Given the devastation we have had over the last three years, I feel like this award should be given to the entire industry,” she says. Her story appears in the June edition of Country Life in BC, and we've also posted to our website.

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KELOWNA – Colleen Ingram’s enthusiasm for collaboration within the BC wine industry is so great that when she was named 2024 Grower of the Year by the BC Grapegrowers Association, she wanted to sh...
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From orchard manager to government specialist and now executive director of the BC Fruit Growers Association, Adrian Arts brings a rare blend of hands-on farming experience and organizational leadership to an industry poised for renewal. His appointment comes at a pivotal moment for BC fruit growers, with Arts expressing enthusiasm about continuing the momentum built by his predecessor and working alongside a board that signals a generational shift in agricultural advocacy.

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A combination of organizational management and practical farming experience has primed the new executive director of the BC Fruit Growers Association to lead the industry forward.
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A public consultation is now underway on the powers and duties of the BC Milk Marketing Board. Key issues for dairy producers include transportation costs, rules governing shipments and limitations on supporting processing initiatives. Stakeholders have until May 31 to comment.

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A public consultation on the powers and duties of the BC Milk Marketing Board is underway as part of a triennial review required by the British Columbia Milk Marketing Board Regulation.
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Langley logs Asian hornet

Asian Giant Hornet
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November 3, 2021 byPeter Mitham

Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff made an unexpected discovery October 22 while performing a routine monthly check of a trap set to monitor for Japanese beetle in south Langley.

The decaying body of an Asian giant hornet lay within, the first confirmed report of one of the insects this year in Canada. Since no hornets were found in adjacent traps, all signs point to the individual being an interloper that flew north from Whatcom County.

Provincial apiculturist Paul van Westendorp told the BC Honey Producers Association annual meeting on October 29 that genetic tests are taking place to confirm the hornet’s connection to the four colonies Washington State Department of Agriculture staff have eradicated over the past year.

“It is probably highly likely that it all comes from the same stock as all these four nests had similarity, or relatedness,” he said. “It meant all of those came from one single introduction. This is hopeful.”

Van Westendorp said the close relationships between the hornets makes for a shallower gene pool that reduces the viability of future matings.

The latest discovery, near 216 Street and 3 Avenue, was just 1,200 metres north of where a WSDA team destroyed a nest at the end of August. WSDA destroyed two more nests in September, one of which was just 400 metres from the international boundary.

Researchers do not know how long the hornets have been present in the area. Langley beekeepers voiced concerns about the insect as early as 2018, but the first confirmed report of giant hornets in the province came in 2019. Sightings were confirmed that summer around Burrard Inlet and a nest was destroyed in September 2019 in Nanaimo.

The past two years have seen monitoring continue on Vancouver Island and in the Fraser Valley.

Asian giant hornets can measure up to 5 cm in length and appear to prefer hollow deciduous trees as nesting sites. They’re most active in the fall as they seek out animal protein in the run-up to winter. Honey bees are among the hornet’s targets; an attack can wipe out a colony in hours.

BC and Washington will continue surveillance programs pending eradication of the pest. Washington has engaged the public in its monitoring efforts, with all 31 reports last year coming from citizen scientists. Surveillance in BC is conducted by the province in partnership with local beekeepers, but similar to Washington, all six confirmed reports in BC last year were filed by the general public rather than government or beekeepers.

 

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