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Managing water in livestock is important as it accounts for 50-80% of the animal’s weight. Information of typical daily requirements for range livestock

Bees Like Diversity: Polycultures Can Support Many Kinds of Pollinators

Agriculture depends on pollination from insects, specifically wild bees; however, habitat alteration and climate change are impacting biodiversity, and subsequently pollination. Agriculture can either provide resources to support pollinator communities or contribute to their decline. Large-scale…

BC Wine Grape Council - Best Practices Guide

BC Wine Grape Council - Starting a Winery

BC Wine Grape Council - Grape Pest Identification and Management

KPU Southwest British Columbia Small-Scale Farm Enterprise Budget: Honey Bee

This enterprise budget presents costs and returns for a 50 hives small-scale farm in southwest British Columbia, Canada.

Artificial Insemination of Dairy Cows - Do Automated Systems Improve Reproductive Performance?

In North America, the use of timed artificial insemination has become prevalent, and approximately 75% of US herds and 21% of Canadian herds utilize an estrus or ovulation synchronization program to inseminate their cows. The use of synchronization protocols, a method for timing and synchronizing…

COVID‐19 and the Canadian Cattle/Beef Sector

Economic Thoughts On The Potential Implications of COVID-19 On The Canadian Dairy and Poultry Sectors

BC ACARN: Adaptation Strategies for Soil for Dairy Producers

Fighting grapevine root diseases with brassica cover crops

This study explored the potential of four brassica cover crops to control soil borne pathogens in a no-till, vineyard setting.Vineyards can suffer significant economic loss due to crop destruction from soil-borne root diseases. This includes fungal trunk diseases found commonly in the Okanagan such…