After Years of Losses, Fruit Growers in B.C.'s Okanagan Region Celebrate Bountiful Harvest

After years of losses, fruit growers in B.C.'s Okanagan region celebrate bountiful harvest

Fruit growers in the Okanagan are celebrating their first successful harvest in years, following extreme weather events that killed crops.

Thoughts from the Tractor Seat: A Timeline of Trouble, How Our Farms Got Here — Columbia Community Connection News Mid-Columbia Region

Folks ask me why farmers are hurting so badly right now. The truth is, it didn’t happen overnight. It’s been building for years—one challenge stacked on another until the weight is almost unbearable. From the driver’s seat of a tractor here in Wasco County, here’s how it’s looked: 2018–2019: Trade Wars BeginMarkets overseas closed off almost overnight. Fruit, grain, and other crops piled up, and prices dropped. We tightened our belts and kept go…