We are looking to hire someone this fall to assist with collection of data and assisting growers and industry partners with completing AIM-related agronomy projects. Role: Assisting the Project Lead for the Agronomy Initiative for Marketable yield (AIM) with grower trials in the fall of 2018,...
Island growers should be on the lookout for early blight, and should be considering applying preventative fungicides for early blight right now, as weather conditions are prime for early blight spread. In addition, a number of growers with spore collectors have been finding spikes in...
The new efficiencyPEI Business Energy Rebates program offers support to businesses, non-profits and institutional organizations, as well as industrial/agricultural facilities for choosing high-efficiency products. Improving energy efficiency will improve your bottom line by reducing your energy consumption costs and should be addressed before exploring alternative energy sources. The...
The PEI Potato Board and the PEI Horticultural Association are hosting a series of workshops on sprayer calibration with Ken Lingley of On Target Sprayer Services. These workshops will assist growers to perform their own on-farm calibration of ground sprayers in order to meet requirements under...
Potato growers are reminded to cover or properly dispose of cull piles! This is a very important step in reducing the inoculum of diseases such as late blight and PVY, reducing the risk of disease spread in the province during the growing season! Regulations under the...
It’s a super busy time of year obviously, but I wanted to pass along some info on some programs that are part of the CAP suite of programs offered by the PEI Department of Agriculture and Fisheries that might fit with some of your planting...
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