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What is a Soil Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)? A Soil Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) is a new advisory service (since 2022) developed to help farmers assess their current soil health status and set actions to support soil health. The service is delivered by the Soil Health...
The Sustainable Agriculture section has developed a Manure Nutrient Availability Calculator to help estimate the amount of nutrients that will become available to the crop after manure application.
A tour of Island farms shows that growers are working to improve the health of PEI soil and reduce the environmental impact of agriculture. Agriculture and Land Minister Bloyce Thompson along with agricultural specialists from the department recently visited more than 15 farms...
The Plant Disease Diagnostic Service provides farmers, agri-business and agricultural extension staff with a disease identification and control advisory service. Diagnoses are based on visual examination of symptoms, microscopic observation and explicit laboratory techniques...
The primary goal of nutrient management planning is to ensure adequate nutrients are supplied to a crop with the least amount of impact on the surrounding natural resources. Prince Edward Island derives all of its drinking water from ground water sources and therefore is very...
The PEI Analytical Laboratories (PEIAL) plant diagnostic section has re-opened for the 2018 season and is currently accepting samples. The PEIAL serves all commodity farmers, agricultural representatives and greenhouse producers. Crop types accepted include potatoes, cereals...
The PEI Department of Agriculture has created an Agroforestry Fact Sheet Series about common agroforestry practices for farmers and landowners on PEI. What is Agroforestry? Agroforestry mixes trees with other agricultural land-use, such as fields crops and livestock. These...
What is yellow nutsedge? Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) is a highly invasive perennial plant that can act as a weed in agricultural fields. There is currently one confirmed sighting of yellow nutsedge on PEI. It was originally found on a residential property, where it...