28 May

Posted at 10:29h in Recent News

Hi everyone, It sounds like most farms are making rapid progress on planting this week, despite some rainfall here and there.  From the folks we’ve been talking to, it sounds like we should be close to or at 50% of acres planted by the end of...

20 May

Posted at 10:15h in Uncategorized

Hi everyone, Weird, wet weather for a couple of days has slowed down the momentum on planting this week.  Hopefully most folks will be ready to go by tomorrow morning, if conditions are favourable.  Looks like another chance of broken weather the first of next week…here’s...

12 May

Posted at 12:05h in Recent News

Hi everyone.  Another wet morning after a couple of good drying days.  Thankfully, the forecast looks a bit more promising later this week for the next while.  I there are quite a few folks that would like to be further along with grain planting so...

27 Apr

Posted at 14:22h in Recent News

Good afternoon everyone, Wet weather the last couple of days has slowed down land preparation quite a bit…it has also slowed down my soil sampling plans for this week…but hopefully some drier weather later this week will help.  Soil temps are still quite cool, but the...

23 Apr

Posted at 16:23h in PEI Potato News

SpudChat, a new podcast about the PEI potato industry, is now live! You can stream episodes directly from https://spudchat.buzzsprout.com/ or you can download wherever you regularly get your podcasts.  It might take a few days for it to show up on all of the directories, but...

22 Apr

Posted at 10:21h in Recent News

Good morning everyone, Was out delivering/pick up some seed for trials yesterday, and most farms I visited were busy moving/grading/cutting seed.  It definitely appears that spring is ahead of schedule so far…but the weather the rest of April will dictate a lot. I have had reports from...

01 Apr

Posted at 09:58h in Recent News

Good morning everyone, Spring has definitely arrived in Prince Edward Island.  Lots of folks are working on gear, starting to grade seed, and getting ready for another cropping season.  I wish you all the best as you prepare for another planting season, and I hope that...

26 Mar

Posted at 10:27h in Recent News

Hi everyone.  What a lovely week of weather!  Great to see the sun and experience some warm temperatures this week.  Lots of snow has disappeared and ground is thawing out.  Perhaps we’ll be on track for an early spring…time will tell. Crop Rotation Webinar – Video...