Please see this invite to AIM Local Workshops next week on Feb 28th and Mar 1st. Our speaker will be Harold Perry of Perry Farms in Alberta, an innovator and early-adopter in terms of reduced tillage, compaction mitigation, improving soil health, and much more. Should be a very interesting presentation! In addition, we’ll be sharing...
Hi everyone, Lots of up and down, wet and wild weather in PEI this week. Stay safe on the roads, everyone! I’m excited to share details on our first (and likely only) AIM Winter Workshop of 2022 (see below). I hope that many of you can make it! Note the new venue for the West...
Good afternoon everyone, A few updates to pass along before the end of the week. Fall Hilling: An Option for PEI Growers? I’ve completed a factsheet (PDF) that summarizes what we’ve found as part of AIM trials in ten fields over four years when comparing hilling/ridging in the fall versus conventional field management. Take...
It’s been a wet week in PEI…though we were due for some rain, given how favourable the fall weather has been this year. I have a couple of upcoming extension opportunities to pass along today. Colorado Potato Beetle – November 30th Spud Smart and the Canadian Potato Council are hosting a webinar on Tuesday,...
Good morning everyone, As of this morning, it sounds like harvest is more than 95% done, which is great. There are some farms still picking away at acres as they make storage arrangements or ship out some earlier dug potatoes. For the most part, I’m hearing from growers that quality is pretty good and that...
Hi everyone, I hope that harvest is progressing well for everyone. I’ve talked with quite a few growers who are finished digging, and many more that should finish this week if the weather cooperates. From all accounts, folks are digging a tremendous crop. Morgan and I finished digging our final trial field yesterday morning. We...
Hi everyone, Today is a rare day in the office today…letting things dry out before getting back to yield sampling tomorrow. It looks like most of the Island got between 10-20 mm of rain yesterday. In most communities, that amount of rain is likely welcome, as the soil was getting pretty dry in most places....
Hi everyone, Another beautiful day in PEI and great weather to dig potatoes. It looks like we’ve collectively made a lot of progress for October 7th…I’d say half the crop might be out of the ground already. In my conversations with growers, it sounds like both yield and quality is exceeding expectations. There are some...
Hi everyone, Just a quick update today. Everyone is busy with harvest and likely isn’t paying a ton of attention to emails, but just few things to pass along today. Morgan and I (plus a cast of other fantastic helpers from multiple groups) have been busy getting going on trial harvest. So far, the weather...
