Peter Mitham

BC growers seeded 5,900 acres this past spring, down from 6,500 in 2020 and a peak of 7,250 in 2016. The onset of fall weather meant about 200 acres of spuds were left in the ground. Photo | Ronda Payne

The Shuswap Watershed Council is inviting applications to its Water Quality Grant Program. Sunnybrae Winery, shown here, received a grant in 2024. For more information, visit www.shuswapwater.ca. Photo | Shuswap Tourism

Cory Wright, managing director, B.C., with William Wright Commercial, is bullish on industrial’s prospects in 2025. Rob Kruyt

On December 31, the province mandated a 3.9% increase to piece rates for harvesters of 15 crops harvested by hand. File photo | Myrna Stark Leader

Holger Schwichtenberg will now serve an additional four years on the Agricultural Land Commission through March 12, 2029. File photo | Ronda Payne

An integrated response to a Japanese beetle infestation in BC has won a key battle but the war continues. The invasive pest, native to Japan and first identified in Canada in 1939…

The Pacific Agriculture Show kicks off in Abbotsford next Thursday, January 23. Anna Klochko photo

Alberni Valley farmer John Oosterom surveyed what was left of his hay field after armyworms devoured his second cut in 2017. Bob Collins photo

Development of more than 1,250 homes will initially occur around existing uses

Victoria property one of three the credit union listed last spring