Good News for Dairy Cows & Farmers
Lameness is one of the costliest health problems affecting dairy cattle today. Not only will a dairy cow with lame, sore, infected feet produce less [...]
Know the Culture, Get Results
Taking some time to understand your audience can go a long way when you’re doing market research. BC Association of Cattle Feeders recently gleaned valuable [...]
BC Agriculture Goes Global
From the US to the UK, throughout Asia and the Middle East, BC agrifoods have been circling the globe in pursuit of new markets, thanks [...]
BC Leading the Way for Greener Pest Management
In BC, our agriculture and research communities are national leaders when it comes to pest management, addressing societal pressures to reduce chemical pesticides while proactively [...]
A Fresh Course for BC Fairs
To most people, an agricultural fair is exhibits of baking & canning, livestock competitions and midway rides. But for over a century, they have served [...]
In Pursuit of a Better Cranberry
In 2011, BC cranberry growers celebrated the groundbreaking of a new cranberry research farm that promised to help return a competitive edge to an industry. [...]
Building Community & Native Plant Propagation
Industrial activity is expanding across the BC Peace region, creating a growing demand for specialized services to restore the land to productivity after development. Companies [...]
East Kootney Ag Plan
When the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) started the process of developing an agricultural area plan, one of the major challenges was getting an [...]
A New Dimension for Wildlife Control
Conventional wisdom says good fences make good neighbours. When it comes to protecting winter feed and forage from deer, elk and moose, good fences are [...]
Building Local in the Thompson-Shuswap
While the Thompson-Shuswap’s favourable climate, promising land, and diversity of production points to agriculture as a potentially major player in the local economy, regional farming [...]
Exploring New Export Markets
The United Arab Emirates was the sixth largest importer of Canadian agri-food and seafood products in 2011 and is a leading trading and distribution hub [...]
Agcitement Around Kamloops Ag Plan
In 2010, when the City of Kamloops adopted their Sustainable Kamloops Plan, one of the top priorities for the community was agriculture. The people wanted [...]
