Good morning everyone, Spring has definitely arrived in Prince Edward Island. Lots of folks are working on gear, starting to grade seed, and getting ready for another cropping season. I wish you all the best as you prepare for another planting season, and I hope that you all stay safe and healthy during the busy...
Hi everyone. What a lovely week of weather! Great to see the sun and experience some warm temperatures this week. Lots of snow has disappeared and ground is thawing out. Perhaps we’ll be on track for an early spring…time will tell. Crop Rotation Webinar – Video Online: Thank you to those that attended our webinar...
Hi everyone, I bet everyone is happy that our 72 hour “lockdown” is over and that once again, PEI appears to be in a fortunate position with regards to COVID. The province has moved to “circuit breaker” rules until March 14th, which put some restrictions on gathering sizes, building occupancy, etc. However, the measures announced...
Happy Friday. A chillier stretch of weather, but far from the temperature extremes of friends in other parts of North America. The last couple of days, Morgan and I have been getting out to visit with some growers to discuss ongoing trials as well as possible new trials. It’s been nice to get back out...
AIM Local Workshops – Soil Building Crops You’ll see on the image the details for our next set of AIM Local Workshops on Feb 9th & 10th. Feb 9th: 9 am in Emerald, 1:30 pm in Mill River Feb 10th: 9 am in St Peter, 1:30 pm on Zoom This is probably the topic I...
Happy Friday afternoon, Thanks to those that came out to our AIM local workshops this week on Weed Management with Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill. A recording of Andrew’s presentation from Wednesday afternoon is available on the PEI Potato Agronomy site (www.peipotatoagronomy.com) on the Seminars/Workshops page. I’ve also developed a factsheet with some of the key points from...
Thanks to all of the growers and industry partners that participated in our AIM Local Workshops on Weed Management with Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill this week. A recording of Andrew’s presentation as well as the Powerpoint presentation is now available on the Seminars/Workshops page. We’ve also added a couple of great reference guides suggested by Andrew to...
Welcome to January, and welcome to “meeting season”…though it’s going to look a lot different this year than most! We are moving ahead with AIM Local Workshop next week, unless there are any changes to public health regulations between now and then. Our speaker will be Dr. Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill, weed scientist at AAFC in Charlottetown...
Good afternoon everyone, It’s the shortest day of the year…and I know that many of you have increasingly short attention spans given our proximity to Christmas (haha). However, I wanted to get one last update out to you before the holidays start. Soil Building Crops: I’ve had requests from a few producers already looking for...
Happy Friday everyone, We’re moving into mid-December and edging closer to the holidays. We’re also getting into “meeting season,” although that’s going to look a lot different this year than in the past. There are a lot of conferences and seminars moving online this year. While that provides an opportunity to participate that we might...
