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Reducing risk of avian influenza with poultry barn upgrades

The Province is continuing to support B.C. poultry farmers so people can rely on a safe supply of chicken, turkey and eggs, and to strengthen B.C.’s food security and food economy.

The Novel Tools and Technologies Program helps poultry farms combat the risk of avian influenza and protect flocks from the virus.

Strong biosecurity key to preventing avian influenza

Feedback from the first round of funding shows more than 80% of producers would recommend the technology to other poultry farmers. Some farm owners credited the new technology as a key reason their birds weren’t infected with avian influenza during the recent high-risk season and said they were feeling confident with this new protection compared to previous years.

The current intake for applications is June 1-30, 2026, with Fraser Valley, Langley and Surrey farms eligible for the support. The program is administered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of B.C.

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There’s a Whole Barn Buried Under This Field Now

Video: There’s a Whole Barn Buried Under This Field Now

There's old hog barns under that field now. The old hog barn site on the farm has been sitting there for decades, and this is the week it finally came out: concrete pad, burn pile, charred lumber, all of it loaded into a CAT 725C rock truck and buried in a pit we dug back in the timber.

Tork's been waiting his whole life to drive one of these, so he gets the keys to a 50,000 pound rock truck and I ride shotgun. The excavator loads, the dozer clears the timber, the drone shows the whole site from above, and by sundown there's nothing left of the old place but a smooth patch of dirt. It's a weird feeling erasing something that was here before either of us, but the farm has to keep moving.