Some fields are close to golf courses, so an errant tee shot could mean golf balls sometimes make their way to where potatoes ...

The Canadian government suspended exports from Prince Edward Island to the United States at the behest of Washington after potato wart was detected in two fields.

Potatoes are a billion-dollar industry in PEI, which grows about 2.5 billion pounds each year. As American buyers look elsewhere for a more reliable supply, farmers say the ripples of the export ...

OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 5, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched a final public consultation on a proposed National Potato Wart Response Plan (Response Plan). This Response ...

OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato industry continue to make significant progress to help contain, control, and ...

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE, Febr. 11, 2022 /CNW/ - "This is a devastating week for potato farmers in Prince Edward Island. The worst-case scenario for any farmer is happening across the province – the ...

Senators’ letter USDA should do more to keep potato wart from entering the country via imports from Prince Edward Island, Canada, 18 U.S. senators said in a letter to Agriculture […] ...

The brimming bins of potatoes on Dan Hendricken's PEI farm have an uncertain future. In other years, trucks would be roaring in and out the red mud of his farmyard, hauling some of the Island's ...

Summerside-based Linkletter Farms planted crimson clover as a cover crop, to hold potato field soil in place over the winter.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has completed its investigation of two detections of potato wart in 2021, in Prince Edward Island. Loads of PEI potatoes wait to be loaded and shipped ...

OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato industry continue to make significant progress to help contain, control, and ...