Removes Quarantines From Abbotsford Farms Release. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is continuing its investigation into an outbreak of avian influenza in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. The CFIA has confirmed…
Canada’s supply-management system of controlling the market for dairy products is once again proving a major stumbling block in Abbotsford MP and Minister of International Trade Ed Fast’s drive to…
The Pacific Agriculture Show starts Thursday at Tradex Exhibition Centre at the Abbotsford Airport and runs until Sunday, January 31 Hours: 9:00am – 4:30pm Admission: $12 Seniors and 4H $10…
Beaverbrook Farms celebrates 100 years of traditions Submitted. Recognizing long-standing dairy farming traditions, the Government of British Columbia is proud to congratulate and present Beaverbrook Farms and the Toop family…
By Mike Archer. Something has to change in the way we husband poultry in BC. Even those in the industry have to realize by now the strategy of placing the…
CTV News is reporting that the Avian Flu outbreak, restricted to the eastern Fraser Valley until now, has spread to a farm in Langley. [excerpt] The Canadian Food Inspection Agency…
The Fraser Valley Poultry farmers who have been forced to destroy their flocks – up to 155,000 birds at last count – will be entitled to be compensated for their…
By Adrian Spitters, FCSI, CFP, FMA and Win Wachsmann You’ve poured your life into your farm and now it’s time to change your life’s focus. You will pass on…
By Darren McDonald. The University of the Fraser Valley and the BC Hazelnut Growers Association (BCHGA) have entered into a partnership to support research and programming for hazelnut growers. The partnership…
One of the Fraser Valley’s most controversial political figures, John Les, is once more facing calls for his resignation, this time from the Farm Industry Review Board over his views…