Field Trial Reports
- Forage Demonstration 2006 – 2009 Final Report
- 2008 Grain Trial Report
- 2007 Barley Wheat Trials Victoria
- 2007 Forage Trial Comox
Upcoming Events
Agriculture Events 2017
Farm Management Canada Free Webinars http://agriwebinar.com/Upcoming.aspx
2017 Pacific Agriculture Show
Date: January 26 – January 28, 2017
Place: Abbotsford , BC http://www.agricultureshow.net/
Poultry Flock Health Workshop
Date: January 28, 2017 Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Place: Coombs Fairgrounds – 1014 Ford Rd – Coombs
Cost: $5 includes coffee, tea, snacks and lunch
RSVP by January 21 to Suzin at Coombs.Workshop@fvpfa.org
Young Agrarians Vancouver Island 4th Annual Winter Farmer Mixer
Date: January 28 -29, 2017
Place: Coast Salish Territory – Camp Pringle, 2520 West Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC
Host: Young Agrarians Vancouver Island
Learn more & register: youngagrarians.org/vimixer2017
Cost: Sliding scale $75-150. Work trades are available
New Farm Start-up Workshop
Date: February 2, 2017
Place: Port Alberni
Host: Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. Contact Anna Lewis 250 735 0520, amirakoel@yahoo.ca to Register: http://www.iashow.ca/
Young Agrarians Farmer Mixer
Date: Evening – February 2, 2017
Place: Port Alberni
Host: Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. Contact Anna Lewis 250 735 0520, amirakoel@yahoo.ca to Register: http://www.iashow.ca/
2017 Islands Agriculture Show
Date: February 3 – 4, 2017
Place: Port Alberni
Host: Islands Agriculture Show Society and the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District to Register:http://www.iashow.ca/
Soils Fertility Workshop
Date: February 11, 2017
Place: Duncan
Host: Cowichan Agriculture Society http://www.cowichanfarmers.org/ To register: larissa@cowichangreencommunity.org
For more information contact Bev Suderman: bsuderman2005@gmail.com
Cowichan Valley Regional Adaption Strategies Update – Workshop
Date: February 21, 2017 Time: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Place: Mesachie Meeting Room – Island Saving Centre – 2687 James St – Duncan
RSVP or contact with questions: Samantha@bcagclimateaction.ca or call 778-676-7657http://www.bcagclimateaction.ca/
Certified Organic Associations of BC – 2017 Annual Conference
Date: February 24 – 26, 2017
Place: Coast Bastion Hotel, Nanaimo
Host: http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/#
Farmer2Farmer Conference
Date: March 2, 2017
Place: Saanich Fairgrounds, Saanichton
Host: CRFAIR http://farmer2farmer.ca/
Learn How to Keep Your Sheep and Goats Healthy: Learn more about sheep and goat disease and ways to prevent them. These sessions will focus on basic nutrition, biosecurity, and disease and parasite management related to small flock sheep and goat production.
Date: Saturday March 4th, 2017 Time: 9:30 am — 4:30 pm
Place: The Eagles Hall, 921 First Ave, Ladysmith, BC
Cost: $10 to hold your seat
RSVP by calling: Penny Stapleton 250-713-1984 cell Leave name and number if no answer. Additional info can also can also be requested via email to hollyhillfarm@telus.net
You can also contact Lori Vickers, Regional Agrologist with the BC Ministry of AgricultureLori.Vickers@gov.bc.ca or 250-784-2559
Programs/Funding
BC FoodWorks Program will accelerate the success of agrifood processing companies based in British Columbia. The Program will support individual small- and medium-sized enterprises in the food, functional food, and natural health product sector by providing business training, customized workshops, one-on-one coaching and mentoring, ongoing business support, networking and marketing opportunities to address challenges related to business planning, human resources, export development, investment attraction, operations, regulatory processes and/or sales and marketing. If you are aware of any companies that might be interested in participating in the program, feel free to direct them to the BC FoodWorks webpage: https://bcfoodworks.com/
Traceability Speaker Funding is available again for 2016/17!
The TSF provides funding to agri-food or seafood industry organizations to bring speakers to industry events to speak on traceability systems, technologies, practices or infrastructure. The funding supports up to 100% of costs associated with traceability speaker expenses, to a maximum of $3,500 per event, or $10,000 per sector. Funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The program ends on March 31, 2017. For a copy of the application form download at http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/agriculture-seafood/programs/growing-forward-2/traceability-speaker-funding
Investment Agriculture Foundation – General IAF Application Deadline Feb 10, 2017http://iafbc.ca/
Government of Canada Funding: Canadian Summer Jobs – Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. It is designed to focus on local priorities, while helping both students and their communities.
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/youth-summer-job.html
Your application must be submitted by 23:59 (Pacific Standard Time), on January 20, 2017.
The Pacific Field Corn Association’s Silage Corn Hybrid Yield Trials are now complete for 2016. Abbotsford site is seeded early and had 47 entries; Agassiz site is seeded late and had 25 entries; the Interior site had 21 entries. All data tables report the 2016 results and the Long-term average results.
Link to data: 2016 Data tables http://www.farmwest.com/node/48?utm_source=emailcampaign94&utm_medium=phpList&utm_content=textemail&utm_campaign=2016+Corn+Hybrid+Data+no
