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Henry's farm consists of 30 acres, 20 of which are used for grazing and hay for his cattle.
Beef Cattle, Features

Cattle ranching on Vancouver Island

While the climate is milder than the Prairies, island producers must contend with a small land base, high land prices and the cost of ferries

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Vancouver Island contains a variety of landscapes: beaches with shells and the corpses of moon jellyfish, the frigid water of the Pacific Ocean washing in and out. A rugged, snow-capped mountain range looms over the island. Redwood trees reach high into the sky, the forest floor sheltered and mossy. There are grasslands here, too, in […] Read more
A low-flying bald eagle off the shore of Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley. (SkyF/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

High-path avian flu reaches Vancouver Island

Saskatchewan extends ag fair ban for birds; B.C. restarts lab testing; FCC to offer flexibility

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North America’s latest round of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks has now made its way from one end of Canada clear to the other. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday confirmed Canada’s westernmost case ever of high-path avian flu in domestic birds, finding an H5N1 virus in a small-scale poultry flock in the Regional […] Read more
Jim Pattison, shown here second from right with the Quality Foods partners, has taken majority control of the Quality Chain. (QualityFoods.com)
Crops

Pattison takes up B.C. grocery chain Quality Foods

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The owner of Save-On Foods and other Canadian grocery chains will expand its overall market share on Vancouver Island with majority control of the Quality Foods chain. The Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group was announced last week as the new controlling shareholder in Quality Foods, buying up the interests of founding partners Ken Schley and John […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Drought and water cost focus of BCCA annual meeting

News Roundup from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Consultations with government on water security and predator control issues dominated last year’s activities at the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association (BCCA) and returning president Lary Fossum of Dawson Creek expects this year will bring much of the same. “We’ve had good consultation with government on segments of the new Water Sustainability Act. Water pricing is […] Read more

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