PEI Periodical and Article Database
The PEIPAD database provides selective indexing of a wide range of Island newsletters, magazines, etc.
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- Opening new markets good news for Island beef industry
- "While little Island beef is likely to find its way to markets in South Korea or the Philippines, deals that give Canadian cattle more access to those markets are still good news for producers in this province.", ***unscanned
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- Opens forum
- From "From Our Past" column.
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- Opportunities abound for breeders
- The program coordinator for the Prince Edward Island Sheep Breeders' Association discusses new and upcoming opportunities for sheep breeders., ***unscanned
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- Opposition accuses government of abandoning agriculture
- Conservative opposition leader Steve Myers claims that the Ghiz government has made it harder for PEI farmers to compete regionally and nationally, by decreasing funding and support for a variety of programs in the agricultural sector of the economy. Myers holds the provincial government to task for its recent decrease in funding to the deadstock removal program and for its lack of support for pork producers during the past three to four years.
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- Opposition charges Webster abandoned hog industry
- Opposition Leader Steve Myers charges that between 2005 and 2013, the cumulative loss per hog space was $175, and he calls for a governmental funding level that reflects the 3.5 per cent of the agricultural GDP that the hog industry provides to the Island economy.