PEI Periodical and Article Database

: Exploring willows as a commercial crop; Salute to Agriculture [special supplement] The PEI Soil and Crop Improvement Association obtained funding from the PEI ADAPT Council to conduct trial studies at several provincial farms in order to assess the potential for shrub willows as a biomass energy cash crop. Association manager Tyler Wright notes that one tonne of willows is equivalent in energy output to 400 litres of heating fuel. Wright cautions that growing willows on a commercial scale for sale to biomass energy clients may not be economically viable at this time, but he encourages local farmers to consider joining together to grow willows as a way to reduce their energy costs in operating their farms. He suggests that if two or three farmers bought and shared the needed equipment, they would be able to significantly reduce their energy costs. {Article was supplied by the PEI ADAPT Council]

: Exporting, opportunities beyond the Confederation Bridge; ID: 20521; ID: 5554

: Exquisite, exuberant, entertaining; Young readers: review [special reviews section]

: Extreme heritage management; Books PEI [reviews column] :Title work features ten case studies that describe practices and policies for effective heritage management; Chapter One, by Karen E. Lips, a Charlottetown-based landscape architect, cites PEI examples in a discussion of innovative approaches to the preservation of heritage farms and landscapes, while allowing for co-existence with new development

: Eyes for your ears; http://islandpines.roblib.upei.ca/opac/en-US/skin/roblib/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&l=4&d=2&f=&av=&ol=4&t=buzz

: F.C.C. reports modest rise in P.E.I. farmland values; P.E.I. farmland values

: FCC forum planned in conjunction with farm mech show; The annual FCC forum will be taking place during the Atlantic Farm Mechanization Show on March 6, 2015 and features David Chilton, Adam Kreek, and Patrick Leroux as speakers [Atlantic Farm Mechanization Show special insert]., ***unscanned

: FCC official to speak at conference workshop; Faith Matchett of Farm Credit Canada to discuss future trends facing the agriculture industry during a half-day conference at the International Potato Technology Expo in Charlottetown.

: FCC reports rise in PEI farmland values; The average value of farmland in PEI increased by 4.4 % in 2013 and is part of a rising trend in farmland values that has been noted since 2010. PEI farmland values increased by 9.0% in 2012 and by 1.5% in 2011.

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