17 Jul

Posted at 15:23h in Recent News

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...

06 Jul

Posted at 14:17h in Recent News

Hi everyone.  Great to see some more much needed rain today.  Once again, amounts are quite variable.  The highest totals so far today appear to be in West Prince (over 30 mm at West Cape) and around Charlottetown (~10 mm so far), while totals in...

30 Jun

Posted at 16:35h in Recent News

Hi everyone, Once again, we’re all praying for rain…earlier than normal this year.  While not much rain arrived over the weekend (except for some lucky folks in Kings County), they have increased the forecasted amount for Thursday.  Let’s hope that we get all of it and...

18 Jun

Posted at 11:36h in Recent News

Hi everyone, It’s a hot, sunny week in PEI.  Potatoes are emerging, forages and grain are growing fast…and we need some rain again.  Doesn’t look like much in the forecast until next week, but the long-range forecasts have been more erratic than recent years, so hard...

09 Jun

Posted at 19:27h in Recent News

Hi everyone, Thankful for those that have gotten some rain over the last 3-4 days.  Too bad that the whole province hasn’t received that rain.  It poured hard for a while in Charlottetown this afternoon, but I think that those thundershowers were quite spotty around the...

01 Jun

Posted at 14:23h in Recent News

Hi everyone, It’s the start of a new month as well as Phase 3 of the province’s Renew PEI plan.  Due to the warm and dry conditions, the majority of growers are finishing up potato planting as well as planting other cash crops.  I think we...

21 Apr

Posted at 11:20h in Recent News

Last updated:  April 23rd at 12:00 pm This page will be updated as we have additional information to share with PEI growers and dealers. We hope that you and your families are keeping well during these times. With the current global outbreak of the COVID-19, the PEI...