On behalf of the PEI Department of Agriculture and Land and the PEI Potato Board, we want to invite you attend the 2023 PEI Potato Conference, which will be held Monday, February 13th at Credit Union Place in Summerside. We have a strong line-up of speakers on a variety of important and timely subjects, including...
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is looking to recruit a new Junior Agronomist to start in April/May 2023 to work with our growers and industry partners to conduct field research and assist with grower extension projects. The PEI Potato Board represents the potato growers of PEI and is active in research and extension programs...
Hi everyone, I hope that everyone is done potato harvest (or almost done). Hard to think of a fall in recent memory with better harvest conditions and better temperatures for cover crop establishment. I love to see all of the fields greening up around the province after harvest. In general, it sounds like most growers...
Hi everyone, I really wish that we all would have gotten a bit more rain out of yesterday. Surfing through stations from across the province, a lot of locations in Prince and Queens Counties got 3-5 mm of rain, but very few locations in Kings County got any…and that’s who needs rain the most. Hearing...
Hi everyone. Apologies that my weekly update is a little late…we were a bit late getting spore trap results this week. Once again, all of the Spornado spore traps across the Island were negative again this week for late blight. All of the remaining AirSpore results in PEI were once again negative for late blight;...
Hi everyone, I was away last week on vacation, but I’m glad to hear that most of the Island got substantial rainfall while I was away! Here are some rainfall totals from the past 7 and 14 days: from weather.peiclimate.ca (UPEI weather stations) Station Last 7 days (mm) Last 14 days (mm) Tignish 21.0...
Hi everyone, Another sunny and warm week in PEI this week. Some folks in Prince County were fortunate to get between 5 and 15 mm of rain over the weekend in thundershowers, but they were very spotty and Eastern PEI did not receive much rain at all. The forecast looks favourable for some rain early...
Hi everyone, After some good moisture in most areas last week, it’s been a dry week so far in PEI. Anticipated thundershowers on Monday did not result in much rainfall across most of the province. There is a chance of showers on Friday and Saturday, but predicted totals don’t appear to be high. Thankfully, the...
Hi everyone, This will be a short agronomy update, as I’m in Montana for the Potato Association of America Meeting this week. Learning lots of interesting stuff about potato research across North America…I’ll hopefully have some tidbits to share with you next week. One interesting presentation from Mark Pavek of WSU showed that there was...
Hi everyone. It’s been a good stretch of sunshine and warm temperatures, and the crop is developing fast. Lots of fields have now filled in the rows and many are out in flower. Weed pressure on average appears to be low, and I’m not hearing any widespread concerns about insects or disease. Overall, it looks...
