Insights and Stories on P.E.I.

Feds put up funds toward managing P.E.I. potato surplus

Dec. 20, 2021 at 9:50 pm CST

Prince Edward Island potatoes locked out of the U.S. export market will go either to food banks or “environmentally-sound” disposal with new federal funding. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced $28 million “to support the diversion of surplus potatoes, including help to redirect surplus potatoes to organizations addressing […]

End date sought for P.E.I. potato export ban

Nov. 25, 2021 at 12:29 am CST

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. seed potato growers backed for lost sales, costs

Nov. 11, 2020 at 1:50 am CST

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. plans AgriStability top-up, AgriInsurance discount

Apr. 26, 2020 at 1:53 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. to manage deadstock removal

Jun. 26, 2019 at 1:43 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Senior P.E.I. ag official to fill deputy minister post

Jun. 15, 2019 at 3:50 am CDT

The post of top bureaucrat in Prince Edward Island’s agriculture department now has its third occupant in as many months. Premier Dennis King on June 7 named Brian Matheson, previously director of policy and agriculture resources at the agriculture and land department, as its acting deputy minister, replacing Laurie Loane. […]

By GFM Staff

P.E.I. dairyman named provincial ag and land minister

May. 9, 2019 at 2:20 pm CDT

A Prince Edward Island dairy farmer who unseated the province’s incumbent premier on election night is the new provincial minister for agriculture and land, and for justice and public safety. Bloyce Thompson, the new Progressive Conservative MLA for the district of Stanhope-Marshfield, was sworn in Thursday as a member of […]

By GFM Staff

P.E.I.’s incumbent ag critic, minister returned in election

Apr. 26, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s incumbent agriculture minister and lead opposition critic both held onto their seats in Tuesday’s election but will return to a much different legislative assembly. Dennis King’s opposition Progressive Conservatives captured 12 of 26 available districts to win a minority government. Peter Bevan-Baker’s Greens move up into official […]

By GFM Staff

CFA elects new chief

Mar. 3, 2019 at 4:04 pm CST

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has elected its first-ever female president in a changing of the guard at its latest annual meeting. Mary Robinson, past-president of the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture, was elected president Wednesday at the CFA’s AGM in Ottawa. She replaces Ron Bonnett, the organization’s president […]

By GFM Staff

P.E.I. potato chip plant revived for pulse processing

Mar. 8, 2017 at 7:11 pm CST

A Prairie grain and pulse processing firm plans to get Prince Edward Island farmers growing field peas this year to supply a new pulse processing plant. New Leaf Essentials East, a new arm of Innisfail, Alta.-based W.A. Grain and Pulse Solutions, announced Wednesday it has bought the former Humpty Dumpty […]

By Staff

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