I hope everyone is having a great week. Canada Games are underway, some folks are headed away, while others are taking in the games or some of the concerts on offer. AIM Local Workshops This Week: A quick reminder that Dr. Mario Tenuta is here for a...
Hi everyone, Firstly, thanks to everyone that came out to the PEI Potato Conference on Monday. The room was full and initial feedback on the quality of the topics and speakers has been positive. If you attended and want to share your feedback, please take our...
Hi everyone. I hope everyone is ready for the short but brutal cold snap that is coming tonight and tomorrow. Everyone stay safe and stay warm this weekend! We are heavy into “meeting season”, so a few reminders about upcoming meetings: Cereals & Oilseeds / Soil &...
On behalf of the PEI Department of Agriculture and Land and the PEI Potato Board, we want to invite you attend the 2023 PEI Potato Conference, which will be held Monday, February 13th at Credit Union Place in Summerside. We have a strong line-up of speakers...
Hi everyone, I hope that everyone is done potato harvest (or almost done). Hard to think of a fall in recent memory with better harvest conditions and better temperatures for cover crop establishment. I love to see all of the fields greening up around the province...
Hi everyone, I really wish that we all would have gotten a bit more rain out of yesterday. Surfing through stations from across the province, a lot of locations in Prince and Queens Counties got 3-5 mm of rain, but very few locations in Kings County...
Hi everyone. Apologies that my weekly update is a little late…we were a bit late getting spore trap results this week. Once again, all of the Spornado spore traps across the Island were negative again this week for late blight. All of the remaining AirSpore results in...
Hi everyone, I was away last week on vacation, but I’m glad to hear that most of the Island got substantial rainfall while I was away! Here are some rainfall totals from the past 7 and 14 days: from weather.peiclimate.ca (UPEI weather stations) Station Last 7 days (mm) Last 14...
Hi everyone, Another sunny and warm week in PEI this week. Some folks in Prince County were fortunate to get between 5 and 15 mm of rain over the weekend in thundershowers, but they were very spotty and Eastern PEI did not receive much rain at...
Hi everyone, After some good moisture in most areas last week, it’s been a dry week so far in PEI. Anticipated thundershowers on Monday did not result in much rainfall across most of the province. There is a chance of showers on Friday and Saturday, but...