Category: Farm practices complaint
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Agri-tourism and complaints under the FPPA
This notice explains that events like weddings, concerts, and races on farm properties are not “farm practices” protected under the Right to Farm Act.
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Preliminary decision: Harrison v. Jaeger
Complaint related to noise from a barking dog on a sheep farm in Grand Forks.
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Decision: City of Abbotsford v. Kapoor
Complaint related to dust from lack of crop cover on a vegetable farm in Abbotsford.
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Preliminary decision: Ruck and Tuovila v. Deleurme
Complaint related to odour from manure management and mortality disposal at a neighbouring feedlot. Complaint was referred to hearing.
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Decision: Wier v. Labrecque
Complaint related to the trespass of GMO plants and chemical overspray from a grain farm in Smithers.
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Farm protection under the FPPA (Fact sheet)
Use this fact sheet to understand how the Right to Farm Act protects farmers from nuisance complaints and bylaw enforcement when using normal farm practices. Learn how BCFIRB decides whether a practice is protected or must be modified or stopped.
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Preliminary decision: Harvey v. HS Jansen and Sons
Complaint related to manure management operations and potential water contamination from a dairy farm affecting the Hullcar Aquifer. Panel adjourned the complaint as other provincial agencies continued work on resolving the broader water contamination issue.
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Enforcement and Farm Practices Fact Sheet
Use this fact sheet to learn how the Right to Farm Act protects normal farm practices and when BCFIRB can enforce changes, dismiss complaints, or allow bylaw enforcement.
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Review of B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Wildlife Damage Control Guidelines as they apply to the operation of propane cannons
The Farm Practices Board’s 1999 review of propane cannon use in B.C. weighed farmers’ need to deter bird predation against neighbour noise concerns, recommending stricter guidelines, limited hours, wildlife management plans, and better farmer-community communication to balance right-to-farm with good-neighbour obligations.
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Decision: Hayden and Kemp v. Island Sea Farms Inc.
Complaint related to noise, odour and debris from a shellfish harvesting operation on Cortes Island.