Hi everyone, Once again, we’re all praying for rain…earlier than normal this year. While not much rain arrived over the weekend (except for some lucky folks in Kings County), they have increased the forecasted amount for Thursday. Let’s hope that we get all of it and more. Surprisingly, there is still some decent soil moisture...
Hi everyone, It’s a hot, sunny week in PEI. Potatoes are emerging, forages and grain are growing fast…and we need some rain again. Doesn’t look like much in the forecast until next week, but the long-range forecasts have been more erratic than recent years, so hard to trust more than a couple of days in...
Hi everyone, Thankful for those that have gotten some rain over the last 3-4 days. Too bad that the whole province hasn’t received that rain. It poured hard for a while in Charlottetown this afternoon, but I think that those thundershowers were quite spotty around the eastern half of the Island. The Time is Now...
Hi everyone, It’s the start of a new month as well as Phase 3 of the province’s Renew PEI plan. Due to the warm and dry conditions, the majority of growers are finishing up potato planting as well as planting other cash crops. I think we all agree that we could use some rain now…fortunately,...
Last updated: April 23rd at 12:00 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...
Hi everyone, Needless to say, it’s a challenging time for everyone. The future is far from certain and everyone is carrying more stress than usual. That being said…spring will come, and it will soon be time to get the 2020 crop in the ground. In that vein, I thought it would be good to pass...
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...
