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…
Precision irrigation in vineyards
This report details an applied research project that looked at how more precise information about soils can be used to better manage wine grape irrigation and nutrient…
Disease control patterns in the Okanagan tree fruit industry
This report details the findings of a project to connect horticultural and pathological data to a geographical mapping system. The project gathered and analyzed data from growers…
Evaluating on-farm drainage management practices in Delta
These resources summarize the results of two years of applied research into the effectiveness of various drainage management practices in Delta, including modelling for increasing precipitation challenges…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…