Author Archives: ADMIN BCGPA

Summer students Liam Walsh and Ella Bennett have been completing this years Peace Region Living Lab field testing for various sites. These tests determine soil compaction, moisture, temperature, infiltration, and general soil characteristics. Soil compaction, moisture, and temperature are all measured by a variety of probes. Infiltration is measured in Read More »

Add our Annual General Meeting and Farm tour to your summer plans! We will be touring farms in the Cecil Lake area. Agenda to follow in the next couple of weeks.

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Call for Canola Fields

NEW PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE THROUGH AAFC! 

ACT Adoption Program: Agricultural Clean Technology Program

Green energy and energy efficiency improvements enable better management of energy-intensive agricultural processes, including but not limited to the purchase and installation of: energy-efficient, low-emissions equipment (for example, commercial grain dryers) where an efficiency gain can be Read More »

On Friday May 5th members of parliament Bob Zimmer and Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food, and Food Security John Barlow met with the Peace Region Living Labs team, North Pine Farmers Institute, and directors of the BC Grain Association. Current projects were discussed as well as what the future holds

April 27, 2023- During the growing season of 2022, Pea growers in the BC Pace Region noticed that pea crops were starting to show signs of stress. Keith Uloth, with the Pest monitoring project, collected soil samples from 9 locations in the BC Pace region. These samples were sent to Read More »

JOIN BC GRAIN THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH @ 8am VIRTUALLY TO LEARN MORE!!

BCGPA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: BC Grain Spring Update
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Surveys & Reports – Peace Region Living Lab (peacelivinglab.ca)

The Peace Region Living Lab team would like to kick-off the 5-year PRLL project by getting in touch with Peace Region producers, who are the focus and heart of this Read More »

CHECK OUT THIS PEACE REGION COVER CROPPING FACT SHEET!!

Factsheet 1 Willms Cover Cropping 6pg

Les & Hannah’s main goal for their farmland is to:  Improve the Read More »

2022-Field Research Booklet 

Field research poster March 2023