Hi everyone, Seems like folks have kicked things into high gear across the province, given the week of excellent weather we’ve had. Quite a few farms have started planting potatoes or will do so imminently. Lots of grain being planted too. In many parts of the...
Hi everyone, It’s been largely a wet week in PEI, and it looks like it will be cool and damp over the weekend. There are some potatoes planted Southern Kings, but most farms are yet to get on the ground much at all. Hopefully next week...
Hi everyone, Sun is poking out again today. Folks are starting to get on the land in a few parts of the province and lots of folks are grading and moving seed. Planting season will be upon us soon. I hope to be out and about a...
Hi everyone, and Happy Easter to all who celebrate! It’s been three sunny and relatively warm days in a row in PEI, and land is starting to dry up. Growers are getting geared up receive seed, fine tune machinery, and get necessary inputs lined up and...
Hi everyone, After much of the Island got snow (and a significant amount in the east), a couple of days of sun and plus temperatures is dealing with that white stuff pretty quickly. The long range forecast looks decidedly more spring-like…thankfully. I want to thank everyone who...
Hi everyone….Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all those with Irish ancestry (like me) or who choose to celebrate anyway! We’re still in “meeting season,” although it’s a bit modified this year still due to COVID. See below for details on two events in the next two...
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Please see this invite to AIM Local Workshops next week on Feb 28th and Mar 1st. Our speaker will be Harold Perry of Perry Farms in Alberta, an innovator and early-adopter in terms of reduced tillage, compaction mitigation, improving soil health, and much more. Should be...