Hello everyone, I’m sure that we’re all nervously watching the updates with relation to Hurricane Lee as it makes its way northward. I don’t know about you, but I still have some hurricane-PTSD after Fiona. Thankfully, the current forecast seems to indicate that the impacts of...
Hi everyone, A quick agronomy update this week, as I’ve been busy with our AIM BBQs across the province this week. A big thank you to everyone to came out to one of the three events this weekend…we had more than 100 people attend across the...
Hello everyone, Another wet Wednesday in PEI; however, much of the province escaped the totals that were talked about earlier. Southern Kings had the largest amounts (50-65 mm), while much of West Prince had less than 10 mm. Most totals in the rest of the Island...
Hi everyone, All growers and industry partners are invited to AIM Late Summer BBQs, taking place next week. At these BBQs, we’ll be sharing an early look at some potato samples from some AIM trials underway this year across the province as well as highlighting some...
Hi everyone, I’m sure that many of you are busy trying to get potatoes sprayed and grain harvested ahead of the anticipated rain this weekend. The most recent forecast is calling for 50-75 mm of rain on Saturday, with an expectation of rain again mid-week next...
Hi everyone, A quick Agronomy Update this week to share some time-sensitive updates. I know that many of you are trying to get some combining done, but the weather has not been super cooperative. I hope that next week proves more conducive to getting grain harvest...
Hi everyone, After hot and muggy weather last week, we’ve moved into a lower humidity trend with cooler night-time temperatures. While this has made it much easier to sleep at night (temperature-wise)…it changes the story on fungal diseases a bit. We’ll delve into that a little...
Hi everyone. It’s been largely a hot and sunny week in PEI after a wet weekend last weekend. Some areas of the province received more than 100 mm of rain last weekend, while others got very little. The same goes for last night. There was...
Hi everyone, Another hot, muggy week in PEI. In looking at weather data, it looks like just about all parts of the province have had ~35 mm of rain in the last 10 days, with a little more in West Prince (closer to 50 mm). Most...
Hi everyone. Another muggy week in PEI. Lots of reports now of drowned-out spots in the low areas of fields across the province. As a few growers have remarked…better to have those spots be drowned out now than in September. There are larger drown-out issues...