PEI Periodical and Article Database

: Prince Edward Islands [sic] changing forests - where do we go from here?

: Prince Nameless, by Patti Larsen; PEI Books [reviews column] Patti Larsen, author

: Private training program is a stepping stone for youth; Harmony Training Center, Souris, P.E.I.

: ProAction an excellent industry initiative; Editorial [Byline column] All 184 milk producers on Prince Edward Island have implemented The Canadian Quality Milk Program. Dairy farmers have implemented a ten-year-plan proAction which is a six pronged initiative that is industry led. The industry is challenged with implementation of the Trans-pacific Partnership and Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) due to challenges around protecting supply management and the increased importation of European cheese. The United States and New Zealand that they want to eliminate supply management in Canada. Crop insurance payments have increased on Prince Edward island over the past two years due to wireworm crop damage. PEI has one of the highest percentages of acreages covered by crop insurance.

: Processing committee update; Howatt provides his perspective on current factors influencing the pricing of the frozen potato market; he cautions North American potato producers to pay attention to marketplace factors that could result in downward pricing pressure for raw potatoes

: Processing committee update; Grower Matrix system; review and possible amendment of growers' cost of production study for raw potatoes

: Processing plant offers year-round employment in rural PEI; Profile of Atlantic Aqua Farms (Orwell Cove), a year-round production plant that grows, processes, and markets mussels

: Producer raises concerns about deadstock fee plan; A beef producer in Village Green is raising concerns about the fee that the PEI Cattle Producers is imposing on producers for deadstock removal

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