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promised some time ago by
rovincial agriculture
part of the
ministers, the
Growing Forward
AgriStability
programs for B.C. producers is being
moved
Kelowna
from Winnipeg to
the start of 2010, to deal with this
and should be in place at
crop year.
growers found it very difficult to deal
When the program began, tree fruit
with staff when there were questions
or issues with applications because
they had no concept of this sector of
agriculture, which is so different from
annual crops such as grains.
loss of paperwork and other
There were also issues with timing,
inefficiencies which had local growers
tearing their hair out.
JUDIE STEEVES
local office to process forms, provide
There will be 31 employees in the
It was a smokey summer as forest fires hit the Okanagan Valley, but that
service, promote the program and
didn’t stop evening entertainment at several wineries in the region,
deal with problems...
including Quails’ Gate in West Kelowna, where Canadian tenor Michael
Burgess and Kelowna pianist Carol Colpitts performed in the vineyard.
the
Glen Lucas, general manager of
Association,
B.C. Fruit Growers’
e
Canadian Horticulture Council’s
attended, the
Don Rugg
agrologist,” we were informed by
8.8 per cent, followed by
xperienced the highest increase at
midsummer meeting of the apple
Brunswick, with an increase of
New
working group, which was in Kelowna
Agrologists,
registrar of the
, executive director and
who pointed out that
B.C. Institute of
in late July, and says there were a
the Agrologists Act, 2003, limits use per cent increase.
6.3 per cent and Quebec with a 5.9
number of outcomes which could be
of the term to members of BCIA...
of interest to local growers.
average value of Canadian farmland
Farm Credit Canada reports the similar percentage increases:
Three provinces experienced
national replant program
The group is still pressing for a
increased 5.6 per cent during the last
Scotia
Nova
the AgriFlex portion of the Growing
under
six months of 2008.
Newfoundland and Labrador
at 4.3 per cent,
with 4 per cent and
Forward suite of programs.
increase since 1997 and similar to the
This is the third highest percentage 4.2 per cent.
Manitoba at
national levy for apple research
There was also discussion of a
5.8 per cent increase in the fall 2008
and marketing.
report.
showed similar increases.
The two western provinces
Columbia's farmland values went
British
needed from industry to such a
Now feedback is
proposal, which would apply to
the value of farmland from July 1 to
FCC’s report assesses changes in up 2.3 per cent, while Alberta's
imports as well as domestic produce,
Dec. 31. It found farmland values
values increased 2.2 per cent during
the last six months of 2008.
he noted.
Prince Edward Island
increased in every province except Ontario farmland values continued
research into storage issues, weed
The proceeds would help with
remained the same. Saskatchewan
, which to rise with a 1.9 per cent average
increase...
control and other national issues.
area directors with comments about
He asked that growers contact their
such a proposal...
on Nov. 5...
apple competition
Judging for this year’s
will take place
national
our summer issue about Lake
An item in the 'Prunings' section of
Since 1970
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having received a BCFGA
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