Hi everyone. According to the calendar, spring has arrived…but according to the weather forecast, winter is definitely still a present reality. This week I attended the Northeast Potato Tech Forum in Fredericton, where researchers from PEI, NB, NS, QC and ME presented updates on their research...
Hi everyone. I hope everyone is well. Snowfall for most of the Island was less than forecast, but a little more is forecast for tonight/tomorrow. I hope everyone is having a productive week as we get closer to spring. Videos from Seed Workshops: I have uploaded the...
Hi everyone. It’s been a cool few days in PEI, but it sounds like we’re due for a little bit of a warm-up in the next week or so. For those that are taking advantage of the Canada Games break to get away to somewhere...
I hope everyone is having a great week. Canada Games are underway, some folks are headed away, while others are taking in the games or some of the concerts on offer. AIM Local Workshops This Week: A quick reminder that Dr. Mario Tenuta is here for a...
Hi everyone, Firstly, thanks to everyone that came out to the PEI Potato Conference on Monday. The room was full and initial feedback on the quality of the topics and speakers has been positive. If you attended and want to share your feedback, please take our...
Hi everyone. I hope everyone is ready for the short but brutal cold snap that is coming tonight and tomorrow. Everyone stay safe and stay warm this weekend! We are heavy into “meeting season”, so a few reminders about upcoming meetings: Cereals & Oilseeds / Soil &...
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...
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...
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...
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...