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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:45 AM
B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has issued the following statement while touring China with Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz as part of a federally led trade mission with industry and government leaders from B.C. and across Canada.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:30 AM
Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick and industry delegates will begin a tour of China this week to promote B.C.'s agriculture and seafood products and build on already record-setting exports.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:45 PM
May 29, will be declared the Day of the Honey Bee in B.C. to recognize and celebrate how beekeeping in B.C. has grown from May 1858 when two hives arrived in Victoria Harbour into an industry that has a $250-million-a-year agricultural impact today.
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Friday, May 23, 2014 8:30 AM
The B.C. government is recognizing Coldwell Ranch in Jesmond, near Clinton, and their 100 years of ranching in British Columbia with a Century Farm Award. Fraser-Nicola MLA...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:00 AM
A $613,050 investment by the governments of British Columbia and Canada is resulting in increased surveillance and preventative measures to stop livestock diseases from spreading to B.C.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:00 PM
B.C.'s commercial greenhouse operators have until May 19, 2014, to take advantage of the B.C. government's 2014 greenhouse carbon tax relief grant program.
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Friday, April 11, 2014 10:30 AM
Premier Christy Clark has announced her intention for Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick to be sworn in as Minister of Agriculture by Her Honour, Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon.
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Monday, April 7, 2014 9:00 AM
The B.C. government is recommending Okanagan tree fruit growers include insurance for hail damage in their 2014 risk management plans, and take advantage of the fact that B.C. premiums are the lowest in Canada.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 10:31 AM
After nearly seven decades on the books, B.C.’s Animal Health Act is getting an overhaul, giving the Province the ability to limit the spread of current and emerging diseases and better respond to potentially disastrous outbreaks.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:30 AM
British Columbia's state-of-the-art animal health lab in Abbotsford has received accreditation from an international organization that recognizes B.C. and the lab's excellence in veterinary diagnostic testing.
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