Links

Weather

• Farm Zone: Weather, Forecasts and Degree Days
• Environment Canada>
• Radar – Pacific NW USA Spokane Doppler
• Radar – Pacific NW USA Seattle Doppler
• YR.NO weather – choose your local area and see hour by hour forecast>

Horticultural Resources

• BC Tree Fruit Production Guide
• BC Ministry of Agriculture – Pests and Diseases of Tree Fruits
• PMRA Pesticides and Registration – Health Canada
• CDMS Agricultural Chemical Registration, Labels and Safety Data Sheets (forpdf formats of Canadian registered pesticides by chemical company)
• The Virtual Orchard
• Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center
• Michigan State Cherries – MSU
• Fruit Notes – University of Massachusetts
• WSU Cooperative Extension – Tree Fruit
• WSU Post Harvest
• Oregon State University Extension Service: Lynn Long’s Sweet Cherry Production website
• Oregon State University: Fruit and Nut Orchard Nework for Commercial Growers: Cherries
• Organic Production
• Starling Control Program info

Publications

• Country Life
• The Good Fruit Grower
• Orchard and Vine Magazine

Organizations

• BC Agriculture Council
• BC Fruit Growers Association
• BC Tree Fruits Ltd.
• Okanagan/Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Program (SIR)
• SVC- Summerland Varieties Corporation (formerly known as PICO)
• Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre – Summerland
• Agriculture Investment Foundation
• Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia
• International Fruit Tree Association (IFTA)

Labour and Employment

• Western Agriculture Labour Initiative
• BC Agriculture Employment Standards
• Farm and Ranch Safety (FARSHA>)
• WorkSafeBC