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Association. This year’s annual general meeting will be held at the Coast Capri Hotel in Kelowna, as the meeting is held in Penticton and Kelowna alternate years.
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Again this year, the format will be a Thursday afternoon business session, followed by a Friday morning policy session, Jan. 26 and 27. There will not be a lunch wrapping up the convention this year, but there will be a reception Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Laurel Packinghouse on Ellis Street, where the B.C. Orchard Industry and the Wine Museums are located. Thursday’s agenda includes the financial statements, budget, reports from industry organizations, discussions about the environment and water and project updates. It will run from 1 to 5 p.m.
Friday will feature the annual election of officers, including selection of a new president as Joe Sardinha has announced his intention to retire from the board after seven years as president and four prior to that on the executive. Already nominated for president are vice-president Fred Steele and Kirpal Boparai of Kelowna. Boparai is currently not a member of the board. Amarjit Lalli, who was elected to the board last year, has been nominated for vice-president, along with Jeet Dukhia, who is not currently a member of the board. Members will also consider such issues as labour, financial programs and member services at the Friday morning session which runs from 8 a.m. to noon...
The Okanagan Kootenay Cherry Growers’ Association will once again be holding its annual general meeting in conjunction with the Okanagan Fieldman’s Group workshop next year. The dates for the 2012 B.C. Horticultural Symposium are March 1 and the first half of March 2, with the OKCGA meeting in the second half of the second day. Okanagan Tree Fruit Co- operative field service manager Hank Markgraf reports the theme for 2012 will be ‘Moving Forward.’ Both will be at Trinity Baptist Church on Springfield Road at Spall Road in Kelowna, for the second year. OKCGA president Dave
ater will be the theme for the upcoming 123rd convention of the B.C. Fruit Growers'
Stirling says there will again be lots of speakers and displays that will be helpful for both cherry and apple growers. He notes members are also invited to attend the annual research review, which will be held Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the Pacific Agri-food Research Centre in Summerland. It will be followed by a board meeting in the afternoon to consider projects for 2012 research... A life membership in the BCFGA ended Oct. 18 with the death of Nigel Taylor at the age of 91. Born in a bunkhouse on Bankhead Orchards, he was the son of early fruit growers Claude and Madge Taylor, who had settled in Kelowna in 1912. With the exception of the Second World War years and school, Taylor’s whole life was spent in
Kelowna. At Nigel Taylor
the age of 19, he enlisted in the British Columbia Dragoons at the outbreak of war and rose through the ranks to Major. He was severely wounded in Italy while serving with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. After the war, he remained active with the BCDs, serving as second-in-command of the regiment. Before retiring from the militia, he was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration, and was made honorary life member of the BCD Whizzbang Association. Taylor served on numerous tree fruit and agricultural organizations, including a term as president of the Canadian Horticulture Council. He is survived by Lee, his wife of 68 years, and four children: David
(Andrea), Stephanie Geis, Gordon (Joanne), and Barbara; daughter-in-law Janet, his sister Belinda Duyvewaardt, grand- children and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by daughter Mary-Lou and sons Robin and Rodney... While farmland values have risen elsewhere in the country, they remained virtually unchanged in British Columbia’s fruit and wine country during the first half of this year, according to Farm Credit Canada. FCC’s latest report, released in mid-November, says the average value of Canadian farmland increased 7.4 per cent during the first six months of 2011, following average increases of 2.1 and 3.0 per cent in the previous two reporting periods.
Each year, FCC releases a report in the spring describing changes from July 1 to Dec. 31. A second report, released in the fall, identifies changes from Jan. 1 to June 30. According to FCC, farmland values remained stable or increased in all provinces. Saskatchewan experienced the highest average increase at 11.6 per cent, followed by Ontario at 6.6. Quebec and Alberta experienced a 4.4 and four per cent average increase
respectively, followed by Nova Scotia at 2.9 and Manitoba at 2.4. Farmland values were unchanged in the Okanagan Valley and most of B.C., as well as in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. FCC has found that Canadian farmland values have risen steadily during the last decade. The highest semi-annual average national increase was in 2008 at 7.7 per cent. The last time the average value decreased was in 2000 at -0.6 per cent...
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