PEI Periodical and Article Database

: Agriculture on Prince Edward Island; Salute to Agriculture [Supplement to the The Island Farmer]. This article summarizes the facts about the agriculture sector on Prince Edward Island. The Island has a total land area of 1.4 million acres with approximately 594,000 cleared for agriculture. 3.9% of the population live on farms. The 2011 Census lists 1,500 farms primarily engaged in growing crops or raising livestock. The farms range from a few acres to 3,000 acres. Potatoes are PEI's biggest commodity. In 2013, 89,000 acres of potatoes were planted. The crop was worth $201-274 million in past five years. Grains and oilseeds are grown in rotation with potato crops and in 2013 there were 70,000 acres of wheat, oats, barley and mixed grain as well as 53,000 acres of oilseeds. The total value of the 2012 grain and oilseed crop was estimated to be $55 million. Lowbush blueberries cover 13,000 acres. There are many other fruit crops including cranberries, strawberries, apples, raspberries as well as new crops of black currants, haskap berry and grapes. There are 6,000 colonies of bees for pollination. Beef production is part of 40% of Island farms. There are about 190 dairy farms on PEI with annual milk production over 100 million liters. There are 22 hog farms with 65,000 hogs produced annually. Vegetable production are an important cash crop for Island farm families. There are 60 certified organic producers.

: Agriculture on Prince Edward Island; Agriculture Awareness 2012 [special feature]; article source : P.E.I. Department of Agriculture and Forestry

: Agriculture receipts expected to be strong in 2012; "A market study conducted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada shows Island farmers will collectively have less cash in their pockets this year compared to 2011.", ***unscanned

: Agriculture sees decline on business barometer in July; "Agriculture checked in almost four points below the average of the 13 sectors measured by the Business Barometer in July.", ***unscanned

: Agronomy Initiative winter update; Provides an overview of ongoing work being carried out by the Steering Committee and Working Groups of the Agronomy Initiative for Marketable Yield Improvement (AIM). AIM is a partnership between potato farmers who grow for Cavendish Farms, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and Cavendish farms.

: Aiming for excellence; Profiles the owner of Aileron Stables, Ruth Hanselpacker, who breeds Hanoverian horses in Belfast PEI. [Includes a photograph.]

: Air Observer Sgt. V. C. MacAusland, Tyne Valley, Island flyer overseas; Photo of subject.

: Air time, privatization is slowly making imports and exports easier and more profitable at Atlantic Canadian airports. But can government stay out of the way.

: Aircraftsman Patrick Sark, Mt. Stewart Lennox Island, with RCAF; Photo of subject.

: Airman Clarence W. Higgins, St. Avards, with Air Force; Photo of subject

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