Program provides low-income households, seniors, pregnant people with weekly coupons for local goods
Syrup producers are recording declining yields due to increasing global temperatures
Sutcliffe Farms is the largest asparagus producer in the province
Costs surge due to inflationary pressures, spiking energy costs, and the war in Ukraine
This is the first case in the Fraser Valley as H5N1 virus spreads across province
All commercial poultry operators with more than 100 birds ordered to move flocks indoors
Alberta is the hardest hit province, with 900,000 birds dead and 23 farms affected
Cases confirmed in Two Hills, Wainwright and Lethbridge County
G&S Cattle of Ponoka, Alta., wants to pen 4,000 cattle about four kilometres west of Pigeon Lake
B.C. agriculture ministry reaching out to owners of small flocks across B.C.
Mill Bay bird owner warned of possible bird flu in nearby backyard flock
Company says it could take a year and several million dollars to fully restore operations
578 poultry farms in B.C., about 80 per cent of those are located in the Fraser Valley
Helicopters being used to push much-needed warm air over crops
Retiring farmers get matched with those starting out
About 260,000 birds have been euthanized or killed by the virus in Canada, a majority in Alberta
Judge rules province was acting in the public’s best interest in phasing out the farms
Small flocks are considered high-risk for highly pathogenic avian influenza
Generational farming less common, but land prices out of reach for young farmers
Infected premises under quarantine, investigation underway
