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KPU Southwest British Columbia Small-Scale Farm Enterprise Budget: Carrot

This enterprise budget presents costs and returns for a 0.5 acre of carrots grown on a small-scale mixed vegetable farm in southwest British Columbia, Canada.

KPU Southwest British Columbia Small-Scale Farm Enterprise Budget: High Tunnel Cucumber

This enterprise budget presents costs and returns for a 0.02 acre of cucumbers grown in a high tunnel on a small-scale mixed vegetable farm in southwest British Columbia, Canada.

Fact sheet – Larval parasitoids of SWD in B.C.

Storage Rots of Table Beets

Table beets can spend as much time in storage as they do in the ground. Rots that develop during storage can be a significant source of economic loss, especially towards the end of the storage season (from February onwards). This resource describes general practices to reduce storage losses.

Red Beet Varieties for Storage in Lower Mainland BC

Commonly used red beet varieties such as Detroit Supreme, Red Ace and Red Atlas are solid performers for Fraser Valley growers. Recent variety trial work, carried out over the 2014 and 2015 field seasons, has focused on evaluating other commercially available varieties for storability and…

Fraser Valley Cole Crop IPM Newsletter (early May)

Growing Organic Small Grains in South Coastal BC: Comparing Heirloom and Commercial Cultivars

Nearly 65 per cent of Canada’s 3,500 organic farms grow cereal crops, including mainly wheat and barley as well as legumes and oilseed crops. The demand for organic small grains is increasing, but one of the challenges in meeting this demand is attributed to the lower yields in organically managed…

Vancouver Island Winter Vegetable Variety Trial 2023: Chicory

Vancouver Island Winter Vegetable Variety Trial 2023: Spinach

Improving highbush blueberry nitrogen management with nitrification inhibitors

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of nitrification inhibitors, applied with two nitrogen fertilizer rates (60 vs. 120 kg N/ha) and two fertigation systems (suspended vs. buried), on blueberry yield and soil nitrate and ammonium levels.In British Columbia (BC), ammonium sulfate…

Ministry of Agriculture Production Guide: Green Bunching Onions

Ministry of Agriculture Production Guide: Specialty Vegetables

Ministry of Agriculture Production Guide: Dry Bulb Onions

Ministry of Agriculture Production Guide: Snap Beans

Ministry of Agriculture Production Guide: Peas

Balancing nitrogen and phosphorus on vegetable farms in southwest BC

To better understand the tradeoffs farmers face between nutrient management strategies, we evaluated three different approaches in two years of field trials across 20 mixed vegetable farms located in Pemberton, Vancouver Island, and in the Fraser Valley.Like many crops, vegetables require…

CAI Guide - Downy mildew in onions (IPM)

Downy mildew is a widespread fungus-like disease in onions and other Alliums. Infections rarely kill onion plants but will cause early leaf dieback and infect the neck of the bulb, making greens unmarketable and reducing bulb size and storage quality.