Capital region farmers frustrated as rain and cool temperatures delay crops
June’s main cash crop — strawberries — sits green, awaiting an elusive heat that turns berries bright red, sweet and delicious.
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No quarantine needed for seasonal agriculture workers in BC - Victoria Times Colonist
Easing of federal travel restrictions, high COVID vaccination rates among the reasons the program is ending, the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture says.
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Warmer weather brings strawberries
The first of this year’s juicy, sweet strawberries are ripening on the Saanich Peninsula. Galey Farms on Blenkinsop Road is turning out big, shiny red berries grown under new “high tunnel” . . .
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Spring drought has farmers irrigating, fire watchers on alert
For the first time in years, Rob Galey has had to water his corn and pumpkin crops immediately after seeding. “The seeds will not germinate because the ground is so dry,” says the Saanich farmer.. . .
Source: timescolonist.com