PEI Periodical and Article Database
The PEIPAD database provides selective indexing of a wide range of Island newsletters, magazines, etc.
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- Sowing the seeds
- Research & Discovery suppl.
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- Soybean acreage growing in province
- Neil Campbell, harvest manager for the PEI Grain Elevator Corporation, discusses the importance of growing soybeans at two recent grains and oilseeds conferences in Summerside., ***unscanned
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- Soybean still coming off field in December
- "The ideal timetable is to have the beans harvested by Remembrance Day in the hope of keeping the moisture content to less than 18 per cent. However, with the crop about two weeks behind due to a cold spring, there was little chance this was going to be a typical year.", ***unscanned
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- Soybeans with a difference
- Column by Ian Petrie discusses a strong demand and new research support for non-GMO soybeans on PEI [Foodchain]., ***unscanned
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- Speaker offers tips on how to increase farm profit, not size
- Brent VanKoughnet, a farmer and consultant from Manitoba, delivered a speech to farmers at a recent workshop in Summerside hosted by Farm Credit Canada., ***unscanned
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- Speaker suggests crop rotation be revamped
- "The most common crop rotation used by the Island potato industry is actually an "invitation to pest problems," Phil Ferraro recently told the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Energy and the Environment.", ***unscanned
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- Spearmint being examined as potential crop
- Harrington Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada experimental crop
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- Special night planned
- "The PEI 4-H Council is inviting leaders and senior members to a "development and appreciation night" planned for November 14 at the Centre for Applied Science & Technology building on the Prince of Wales Campus of Holland College.", ***unscanned
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- Specialists fear worst for Island's bat populations
- Fred Cheverie, coordinator of the Souris & Area Branch of the PEI Wildlife Federation, reports that he has had numerous calls from residents reporting strange behaviour of bats in the areas surrounding their homes. The bats are affected by a fungus known as White-nose Syndrome that is decimating bat populations throughout the East Coast. Allysia Park, bat researcher with the Atlantic division of the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre notes that there has been a significant increase in the numbers of dead bats found in the local area. The reports of dead Island bats this winter has caused scientists to reassess their belief that most PEI bats leave the Island during winters to hibernate in the caves and mines of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Park states that although there is no way currently to tell how many bats are on PEI, it is known from other Maritimes areas with the same species of bats that there has been a 95-99 per cent population decline in recent years. She expressed concern about what such a reduction may mean to PEI's specialized ecosystems. The bats provide an important ecological service to the agricultural industry due to their consumption of huge numbers of pest insects. PEI is home to two species of bats, the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis). Scott McBurney, wildlife pathologist with the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre at the Atlantic Veterinary College says that the disease is so damaging to bat populations that the Committee for the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada has recommended to the federal government that three bat species--those most affected by the disease--be listed as endangered species. [Photograph accompanies article]
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- Spectacular lighting draws thousands
- Maritime Electric Victorian Winter Festival(1999 :Charlottetown, P.E.I.)