Hello growers and industry partners, My agronomy update is coming a little early this week, as I have to be out of province the rest of the week. It’s nice to see the sun this morning…hopefully it sticks around for a couple of weeks, as the...
Members of the AIM Soil Working Group travelled to Belgium for the Potatoes Europe show and then visited a number of farms and research institutes in England in early September 2019. Click on the link below to read the report on their tour. AIM Soil WG...
Hi everyone. I think a lot of people are happier this morning following a big rain in the last 24 hours. So far, it sounds like despite some very high totals, there was very little damage from runoff in potato fields, and I haven’t seen...
Hello everyone, Well, that was some welcome rain last night. Not enough, but a good start. It looks like Prince County generally got the most (between 6-10 mm) while Queens and Kings got a bit less (between 4-6 mm). There are some showers in the forecast...
Good morning everyone, I’m just back from PAA meetings in Manitoba, so I haven’t been out in fields the last week; therefore, this agronomy update will be a little shorter than most. That being said, it doesn’t require spending time in fields to know that the...
Hello growers and industry partners, Unfortunately, it appears that we didn’t get as much rain yesterday (Tuesday) as hoped. As of 8 am today, West Prince stations were registering less than 1 mm, central PEI stations between 1 and 5 mm, and eastern PEI stations with...
Hi everyone. Quite a bit of the Island got some welcome rain Wednesday night. Sounds like more on the south shore and down east, with less in West Prince. From my travels and conversations with growers, it appears that potato crops are progressing well across...
Hi everyone. A few updates for this week. Glad to see the sun again, and hopefully some warmer, drier weather for a bit! Tracking Emergence Despite the cool, wet weekend weather, a lot of potatoes are poking through the ground across the province, and a number of...
Weed Management I likely don’t need to tell any of you that this year has been great for weeds thus far. There is lots of hilling and herbicide spraying going on around the province...