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B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick, shown here last month in Kelowna, ordered new performance measures last year for the province’s Agricultural Land Commission. (Government of British Columbia photo)

Extra funds, orders help B.C. ALC clear backlog

British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Commission credits new funding, and a new regime of performance measures, with helping it to clear its backlog of applications. The ALC, the tribunal overseeing provincial measures to conserve farmland and enable farming-related land use, recently announced it has “eliminated” a backlog of 185 applications — and has processed over 90

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B.C. to defend wine industry against U.S. trade action

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 18, 2017

Vancouver | Reuters — The British Columbia government said Wednesday it would defend its wine industry against a trade challenge from the U.S., and was confident it was not breaking any international trade rules. Earlier Wednesday, the U.S. said it started action against Canada at the World Trade Organization, accusing B.C. of discriminating against U.S.

Organic B.C. blueberries. (Falconglen.ca)

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B.C. foods to require certification for organic claims

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 9, 2016

Agrifood producers in British Columbia who promote their wares using the word “organic” will soon have to show certification to back up the claim. The province on Thursday announced new regulations under its Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act that will allow for the term to be used “only if and when specific certification standards

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B.C. greenhouse peppers cleared for Japan

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 30, 2016

Canada and Japan have agreed on import conditions by which British Columbia’s produce growers will be able to ship greenhouse peppers to Japan. The agreement, effective immediately, means the province’s growers “could be looking at up to $20 million worth of pepper exports a year to Japan once the agreement is fully implemented,” B.C. Agriculture

Cathy Glover. (Photo courtesy Country Life in B.C.)

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B.C. farm journal under new ownership

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 29, 2016

The monthly paper billed as Canada’s oldest independently-owned farm journal has yielded a new owner from its own front office. Cathy Glover, the assistant editor and sales manager for Country Life in B.C., was announced Wednesday as the journal’s new owner, taking over from retiring editor/publisher Peter Wilding. British Columbia’s commercial farmers and ranchers “have

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China money, market spur Canadian blueberry deluge

By GFM Network News, Julie Gordon August 6, 2016

Richmond, B.C. | Reuters — An aging mansion sits vacant on an estate outside Vancouver, the garage overtaken by a blueberry sorter and a walk-in cooler packed with the fruit. The owner, an investor from mainland China, leases the estate to Fred Liu at such a bargain the farmer grows blueberries in its fields even

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B.C. pension funds to get piece of Glencore ag unit

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 9, 2016

The investment firm for British Columbia’s public-sector pension funds is set to buy just under 10 per cent of the agricultural arm of commodities firm Glencore. Swiss-based Glencore announced Thursday it has a “definitive” deal to sell 9.99 per cent of its “Glencore Agri” business for US$624.9 million cash to the B.C. Investment Management Corp.

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B.C. pulls PST for farm telehandlers, skid steers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 28, 2016

Qualifying farmers in British Columbia are now able to buy telehandlers, skid steers and polycarbonate greenhouse panels for farm use without paying the province’s seven per cent sales tax. The province on Thursday announced the additions, effective Feb. 17, to its list of goods, equipment and services for which eligible farmers are PST-exempt. Farmers wanting

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FCWB amends lawsuit, alleges wheat board funds misallocated, farmers shortchanged

Confused by this latest legal action? Here’s an explanation

By Allan Dawson July 23, 2015

The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) allege $720 million owed to farmers in 2011-12 went instead to help the board transition to an open market. “On the face of it, it contravenes the existing legislation,” FCWB chair Stewart Wells said in an interview July 14. According to Wells, the wheat board act says

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Editorial: The green world’s breadbasket?

By Laura Rance-Unger July 13, 2015

Jeff Rubin, the former chief economist for CIBC World Markets turned bestselling author, knows all about adaptation. His first book, Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller grabbed international attention with predictions that world oil prices would climb to more than $200 a barrel by 2012, forcing a rethink of almost

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

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U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

Tag Archives British Columbia

Extra funds, orders help B.C. ALC clear backlog

B.C. to defend wine industry against U.S. trade action

B.C. foods to require certification for organic claims

B.C. greenhouse peppers cleared for Japan

B.C. farm journal under new ownership

China money, market spur Canadian blueberry deluge

B.C. pension funds to get piece of Glencore ag unit

B.C. pulls PST for farm telehandlers, skid steers

FCWB amends lawsuit, alleges wheat board funds misallocated, farmers shortchanged

Editorial: The green world’s breadbasket?

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