Good morning everyone, I’m a little later in the week getting this report out to you this week. Morgan and I were out in fields on Monday and Tuesday checking on a number of trials and visiting with some growers. Then the last two days we had our AIM Working Group meetings, which is a...
Good afternoon, Another damp and cool day in PEI. It does not appear we are going to get much rainfall accumulation this week, as most weather stations are reading less than 1 mm so far yesterday and today. The long range forecast appears to be favourable for some rain the first of next week…but we...
Hi everyone. Great to see some more much needed rain today. Once again, amounts are quite variable. The highest totals so far today appear to be in West Prince (over 30 mm at West Cape) and around Charlottetown (~10 mm so far), while totals in East Prince are closer to 5 mm. The forecast also...
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...
