Hi everyone, I trust that most growers are in a bit better mood this morning after the rains yesterday.  Totals are quite variable by community due to the fact that so much of it came in thundershowers, but here is the general trends I can see...

Good morning everyone, Incredibly spotty rainfall over the past 3-4 days.  Some places have gotten big rainfalls, others have gotten next to nothing. A taste of that variability from stations around the province.  The majority of locations have gotten approximately 5 mm of rain from Aug 1...

Hi everyone, With another week without rain… it’s unfortunately starting to get pretty critical for some fields.  I see a lot of difference between this time last week and today in certain communities.  I truly hope that we get some convective thundershowers or some unexpected rain...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...