Agriculture

This fall on farms throughout the Fraser Valley, heaps of blueberry compost will tower as lasting monuments to the COVID-19 pandemic.

INDIAN HEAD — As a data and numbers guy, Jim Halford never intended to get into the blunt, greasy work of farm machinery; his graduate research in the 1960s at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) focused on the economics of farming.

Food is cheap. So cheap, it’s hurting the planet. Food systems — the paths meals take from farm to fork and beyond — are among the largest anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs).

Ranchers team with federal and provincial governments

A look at how the crop is taken in

Terry Boehm has breathed a sigh of relief. The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association , which represents 3,500 seed growers across Canada, voted against a proposed merger with four other seed industry organizations.

B.C. farmed salmon may be pushed off people’s plates by climate change in the coming decades.

Canada had extra cheddar in July. About 38 million kilograms of extra cheddar. That’s not unusual. The sharp, hard cheese — a statistical benchmark for the federal government — has a long history in Canada’s almost $7-billion dairy industry.

Saskatchewan agriculture groups are urging Ottawa to lower barriers blocking farmers from accessing supports in the face of volatile markets.

Producers made significant harvest progress this week with 43 per cent of the crop now in the bin, up from 28 per cent last week and remaining well ahead of the five-year (2015-2019) average of 35 per cent for this time of year.