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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) completed its investigation related to the two 2021 detections of potato wart in Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), which also identified potato wart in four additional fields during the course of the investigation.
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Late blight has been discovered in Alliston, Ont., potato fields and is causing substantial financial losses to impacted growers. Late blight outbreaks have also been reported in Utopia and New Lowell, Ont.
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Six awards were handed out July 22 at the annual Farmer’s Banquet at the O’Leary Legion during the P.E.I. Potato Blossom Festival. The first award of the evening was the Irma Dumville Memorial Award, which went to Joey Dumville, physical education teacher at Bloomfield Elementary and former O’Leary councillor.
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For the first time in IWCA’s history, let’s come together to celebrate the achievements of women in Canada’s agricultural industry live and in-person!
Held since 2020, Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture (IWCA) and the IWCA Summit provide valuable discussions on balance, communication and leadership.
This year, join our six IWCA honourees in Hamilton on Nov. 7. Featuring our hand-selected group of honourees, as well as other prominent ag trailblazers, this event will provide a platform for invaluable mentorship and networking as our guests share their experience, life lessons and more.
Be sure to register by Sept. 30 to take advantage of our early bird rate!
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist Dr. Yefang Jiang recently completed a study on how scheduling supplemental irrigation, only when the crop needs it, impacted potato yields on several P.E.I. farms from 2019 to 2022. Jiang spent the last four years on the study as part of the recently completed Living Lab – Atlantic project.
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Organic food consumption and production continue to surge. Consumers are hungry for more organic offerings of their favourite foods. In 2020, Canadians spent $6.9 billion on organic foods, a 3.2 per cent capture of the total market sales in Canada, according to data from the Canadian Organic Trade Association. That number is also up from $5.4 billion in 2017.
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February 22, 2024 | 46 Kensington Road
Charlottetown, PEI
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