Insights and Stories on P.E.I.

P.E.I. potato growers, CFIA to draft plan for ‘pest-free places’

Sep. 9, 2023 at 5:10 am CDT

A system of “pest-free places of production” (PFPP) is now on the drawing board for Prince Edward Island’s potato sector, following a meeting between federal and industry officials. Federal Agriculture Minister and P.E.I. MP Lawrence MacAulay on Friday reported meeting with staff and representatives of the P.E.I. Potato Board, to […]

P.E.I. names new deputy ag minister

Aug. 18, 2023 at 4:54 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Ag leaders welcome MacAulay’s appointment as AAFC Minister

Jul. 28, 2023 at 2:01 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Thompson returns as P.E.I. ag minister

Apr. 24, 2023 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. ag minister, ag critics re-elected

Apr. 4, 2023 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

Apr. 2, 2022 at 12:40 am CDT

Exports of Prince Edward Island table stock potatoes are again officially allowed to enter the mainland United States, after new U.S. entry rules regarding potato wart were published Friday. Canada’s federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Twitter that officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are now preparing […]

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. testing finds potato wart in another field

Mar. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CST

Soil samples taken on Prince Edward Island following detections of potato wart last fall have turned up another field with the fungus that causes the disease. The P.E.I. Potato Board on Tuesday said the field in question is near to, and is “directly associated” with, a field where the soil-borne […]

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. potato exports cleared for Puerto Rico

Feb. 8, 2022 at 8:29 pm CST

A U.S. territory with an appetite for Canadian potatoes and no commercial potato production to speak of will be able to resume imports of table stock potatoes from Prince Edward Island starting Wednesday. The resumption of exports to Puerto Rico, announced Tuesday, is a spot of good news for the […]

By Dave Bedard

Canada hopeful for P.E.I. table potato trade in weeks to Puerto Rico, U.S. mainland

Jan. 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm CST

Reuters — Canada is hopeful of resuming shipments of table potatoes from the province of Prince Edward Island to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in two weeks, and to the U.S. mainland in the weeks following that, partially resolving a trade dispute, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said. Bibeau met […]

By Rod Nickel

‘Expedited’ potato wart survey helps make case for P.E.I., CFIA says

Dec. 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm CST

A national survey finding no potato wart in any “unregulated” Canadian fields should offer the reassurance on Prince Edward Island potatoes that trading partners such as the U.S. are now looking for, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. CFIA on Thursday reported it has completed this fall’s national survey for […]

By Dave Bedard

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Insights and Stories on P.E.I.

P.E.I. potato growers, CFIA to draft plan for ‘pest-free places’

P.E.I. names new deputy ag minister

Ag leaders welcome MacAulay’s appointment as AAFC Minister

Thompson returns as P.E.I. ag minister

P.E.I. ag minister, ag critics re-elected

P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

P.E.I. testing finds potato wart in another field

P.E.I. potato exports cleared for Puerto Rico

Canada hopeful for P.E.I. table potato trade in weeks to Puerto Rico, U.S. mainland

‘Expedited’ potato wart survey helps make case for P.E.I., CFIA says

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