Last updated: April 3rd at 1:00 pm This page will be updated as we have additional information to share with PEI growers and dealers. We hope that you and your families are keeping well during these times. With the current global outbreak of the COVID-19, the PEI Potato Board is committed to ensuring that industry...
Just a quick note to let you know that the video of yesterday’s webinar as well as PDFs of the presentations are now available online. They can be access via the Seminars/Workshops Presentations page or via the links below: Entire Webinar (YouTube Video) PEI Click Beetle Survey Results – Lorraine MacKinnon (PDF) Rotation and Insecticide...
Hi everyone, I’m here to share some links for presentations that you can review if you’re getting bored with Netflix or Amazon Prime during our “social distancing.” I have posted all of the presentations from our AIM Local Workshops to the PEI Potato Agronomy site on the Seminar & Workshop Presentations page. For the March...
Hello growers and AIM partners, A reminder about our final set of AIM Local Workshops this week on March 12-13th. Our guest speaker will be Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson from Ontario, an independent agronomist and frequent contributor to Real Ag Radio/Real Agriculture.com. We’ll be talking primarily about the issues caused by Soil Compaction and how...
Just a couple of quick things: Presentations from the International Potato Tech Expo are now available on the Seminars/Workshops Presentations Page. If you missed the conference and would like to see those presentations (in PDF form), check them out. There is still time to pre-register for the Cereals & Oilseeds/PEI Soil & Crop Workshop next...
You may have heard PEI Minister of Agriculture and Land Bloyce Thompson announce a new campaign last week to encourage a conversation on mental health in agriculture. For the month of February, Islanders are encouraged to “join the talk” by posting a positive message on mental health using the #FarmersTalk hash tag. The purpose of...
Just a reminder about the AIM Local Workshops taking place next week. We’ll be talking about Seed Management topics, with Russell Jonk of Swansfleet, Manitoba as our guest speaker. Russell and his family are seed producers that have made significant investments in their handling and grading of seed and are very active in the industry. ...
