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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Thanks to those that participated in our two Seed Management Workshops this week (one in Emerald, one online yesterday). For those that missed it, a video of the online workshop has now been posted to YouTube and the slide deck from the presentation is posted...
Hi everyone, I bet everyone is happy that our 72 hour “lockdown” is over and that once again, PEI appears to be in a fortunate position with regards to COVID. The province has moved to “circuit breaker” rules until March 14th, which put some restrictions on gathering...