Freshet flooding in the Fraser Valley
These resources document the potential impacts of freshet flooding to agriculture in the Fraser Valley Regional District. Impacts were assessed/evaluated using various flood scenarios. Potential actions for…
Managing agricultural water in the Fraser Valley workshop
This report describes the development and delivery of a full-day workshop that provided producers with information about agricultural water supply, water regulations/policy and water management practices. The…
Impact of thrips on potato crops
These resources detail the process and findings from an applied research project studying the impact of thrips on potato crops. Over two seasons, the project looked at:…
Benefits of riparian rehabilitation
These resources summarize the activities and findings from a three-year study that assessed the barriers and opportunities that landowners face when they consider climate change adaptation strategies….
Maximizing forage yield with integrated cropping system
These resources detail the process and findings from a three-year applied research project that studied ways to improve forage yield and quality under current conditions and future…
Maximizing forage yield by optimizing irrigation
This report details the process and findings from a three-year applied research project that studied ways to improve forage yield and quality under current conditions and future…
Using plastic films to impact microclimates
These resources detail the process and findings from an applied research project that studied the effects of nine commercially available plastic films as mulches and as crop…
Keyline water management techniques on Vancouver Island
This report details the process and findings of an applied research project that studied two keyline water management techniques on three farms in the Capital Regional District…
Ponds for livestock surface water
A 2017 project developed a prototype tool to forecast the risk of water loss for individual ponds in BC’s southern interior rangeland. The tool was designed to help…
Expanding cherry production in BC under climate change
These resources detail the process and findings from an applied research project that looked at ways to support expansion of cherry production in the Okanagan Valley while…