BC Tree Fruits Cooperative

• Okanagan farmers plead for government help in preserving BC Tree Fruits Co-op assets

  The affected farmers are desperately calling on the government to work with them in preserving the co-op's assets.

  Canada

  Sep 3
  
• Court orders BC Tree Fruits to sell all assets, growers fear imported fruit take-over

  The B.C Tree Fruits co-op owes more than $53 million to secured creditors, including $50 million to CIBC, according to court documents.

  Canada

  Aug 28
  
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• Financial support for farmers announced as BC Tree Fruits files for creditor protection

  The province will enhance its AgriStability program to raise the AgriStability compensation rate to 90 per cent and double the compensation cap for farmers for the program year.

  Canada

  Aug 13
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• Farmers, province meet to discuss challenges in wake of BC Tree Fruits closure

  Fruit growers in B.C. are scrambling and provincial politicians are hounding the government to provide immediate assistance following the collapse of the BC Tree Fruits co-op.

  Economy

  Aug 9
• ‘Not good news’: Farmers stunned as BC Tree Fruits announces surprise closure

  BC Tree Fruits Collective announced its sudden closure on Friday, sending its member farmers scrambling to find new ways to get their produce to market.

  Consumer

  Jul 26
• Okanagan growers protest against their own cooperative, demanding transparency

  The protesters are demanding more transparency and accountability from their own cooperative.

  Canada

  May 29
• ‘You’re cutting off our blood supply’: Farmers decry supply store closure in Keremeos, B.C.

  Farmers and ranchers in the Similkameen Valley are furious with the abrupt, pending closure of the only farm supply store in the area.

  Nov 4, 2020
• Okanagan cherry crops produce less this year but yield bigger fruit: producers

  While there may be fewer cherries this season, those that managed to grow are larger and juicier, B.C. producers say.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
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• Osoyoos fruit growers to be compensated after packing plant closure

  The B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative says it will compensate its Osoyoos members for transporting their product to Oliver after it shut down the aging packing plant to consolidate operations.

  News

  Sep 10, 2018
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• Cherry season the pits for some south Okanagan growers

  Wet weather is wreaking havoc on earlier ripening cherry varieties.

  Jun 27, 2018