Hi everyone, A little shower overnight for most of the Island was again welcome, but more is needed in most communities. Most readings I’ve seen show between 2 and 6 mm, with the highest I’ve seen being 7.5 mm in Tyne Valley and Lot 16. The...
Hi everyone, Thank you to everyone that came out the last two days to our AIM Field Tours around the province. It was great to be able to show you some of the trials that we are working on in partnership with growers. We had some...
Please see attached a flyer for AIM Field Tours planned for next week on Wednesday and Thursday (September 2nd and 3rd). All growers and AIM partners are invited to attend. We can accommodate up to 50 people at each location. We will have disinfectant and disposable...
Hi everyone, I trust that most growers are in a bit better mood this morning after the rains yesterday. Totals are quite variable by community due to the fact that so much of it came in thundershowers, but here is the general trends I can see...
Good morning everyone, Incredibly spotty rainfall over the past 3-4 days. Some places have gotten big rainfalls, others have gotten next to nothing. A taste of that variability from stations around the province. The majority of locations have gotten approximately 5 mm of rain from Aug 1...
Hi everyone, With another week without rain… it’s unfortunately starting to get pretty critical for some fields. I see a lot of difference between this time last week and today in certain communities. I truly hope that we get some convective thundershowers or some unexpected rain...
Good morning everyone, I’m a little later in the week getting this report out to you this week. Morgan and I were out in fields on Monday and Tuesday checking on a number of trials and visiting with some growers. Then the last two days we...
PEI Potato News - July/Aug 2020...
PEI Potato News - May/June 2020...
Good afternoon, Another damp and cool day in PEI. It does not appear we are going to get much rainfall accumulation this week, as most weather stations are reading less than 1 mm so far yesterday and today. The long range forecast appears to be favourable...