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MAY 2025
Vol. 111 Issue 4

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1 week ago

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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Arts leads BCFGA forward

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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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BC wool shipments drop sharply in 2023, according to StatsCan data released in mid-April. Local producers shipped just 5,200kg at 37¢/kg, down from 18,600kg at $1.08/kg in 2022. While many farmers now use wool on-farm or dispose of it due to low market value, innovative producers like Emily McIvor point to untapped opportunities. Read more in our Farm News Update from Country Life in BC.

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BC wool value, volume drop

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BC sheep producers shipped less wool for less in 2023, reversing strong growth a year earlier. BC producers shipped 5,200 kilograms of raw wool in 2023, according to Statistics Canada data released on...
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Eric Feehely and Miho Shinbo are growing 30+ crops on 2.5 acres in Vernon. Writer Myrna Stark Leader takes a look at how Silverstar Veggies is balancing CSA programs, farmers markets and restaurant sales while planning smart expansions in challenging economic times in Market farm works smarter, not harder.

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VERNON – Silverstar Veggies, a five-year-old mixed vegetable and herb farm in Vernon, thrives on passion and innovative ideas. A former watersport and adventure sport instructor…
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Wildfire threat remains high

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September 7, 2022 byPeter Mitham

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 the province this year at nearly 33,000 acres.

This is a fraction of the size of fires seen in previous seasons, but the potential for the fire to grow larger is significant. Winds strengthened out of the southwest on Wednesday, raising the risk the fire could move towards the WAC Bennett power dam at the east end of Williston Lake.

“It hasn’t really affected too many people, says Christoph Weder of Venator Ranches, who farms on the opposite side of the lake from the fire. “But there’s a lot of risk to the fact that if it continues burning towards the east and jumps by the dam it will keep on going.”

There are no grazing licences on that side of the lake, so no ranchers have been affected to date. But with all of Hudson’s Hope on evacuation alert, he’s on guard.

“We’ve got everything on standby at the ranch – got a Cat ready, water truck and everything – prepared, just in case,” he says.

The Kamloops and Southeast fire centres remain the most active districts the year with a total of 772 fires between them. This is more than half the 1,446 fires in the province this year, totalling 177,382 acres burned. This compares to 2.15 million acres burned last year.

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