Hi everyone, Another beautiful day in PEI and great weather to dig potatoes. It looks like we’ve collectively made a lot of progress for October 7th…I’d say half the crop might be out of the ground already. In my conversations with growers, it sounds like both yield...
Hi everyone, Just a quick update today. Everyone is busy with harvest and likely isn’t paying a ton of attention to emails, but just few things to pass along today. Morgan and I (plus a cast of other fantastic helpers from multiple groups) have been busy...
Hi everyone, I’ll keep this update short and sweet, as everyone is busy either starting harvest or getting ready for harvest. Just a few things that have come up in conversations with growers over the past week that might be good to touch on. We’re probably...
Hi everyone, I looks as though most fields escaped the frost advisory last night without significant damage. It didn’t go below 7C at my place, but I hear it went to around 4C in a few places. The forecast for the next couple of weeks looks...
Hi everyone. Apologies that my update is a bit late this week…a wet start to the week plus a week of field tours has slowed things down a bit from this desk. So far today, I’m seeing rainfall totals ranging from a couple of mm to...
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My update is a day late this week as we had an AIM field tour yesterday in King County. I had hoped to have two tours today…but the heavy rain that is currently coming down obviously delayed those plans. More on those rescheduled tours below. ...
Hello everyone, Another sunny and warm day on the Island. August has turned out to be much warmer and drier than July, certainly. On Monday night/Tuesday, it appears that West Prince was the only part of the Island to get any significant rainfall amounts (between 5-10...
Hi everyone, I’m back at the office this week after a week of vacation, which thankfully corresponded with some warm, sunny days. Sunny days like we’ve been having recently, combined with adequate soil moisture in most areas, should be a recipe for significant tuber bulking this...
Hi everyone, Another week of variable weather in PEI. On Monday, Eastern PEI got a fair bit of rain (15-20 mm) while West Prince generally got less than 5 mm. Rain is in the forecast for today and tomorrow, though this time, the forecast is for...