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Dairy and cattle farmers worry new food guide will hurt business
When Trevor Welch meets with other beef farmers across New Brunswick, they usually direct their attention to the latest weather conditions. These days they're concerned about Canada's Food Guide.
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P.E.I. company loses 12-year-old fight over rotten potatoes
The P.E.I. company Visser Potato has been ordered to pay more than $118,000 to one of its suppliers.
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Water Act regulations on the way but not for high-capacity wells
Environment Minister Richard Brown says Prince Edward Islanders will soon get their first look at some of the regulations to go with the province's Water Act.
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Job Opportunity
Winterbay Farm Inc - Position: Dairy Herdsperson
100 cows milked in a modern tie stall facility located 10 min east of Charlottetown in Bedford, PEI. Family run operation that prides itself in making quality milk from a top producing herd with strong genetics.
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Deadline For Perennial Crop Development Program applications - Friday, February 15th, 2019
The Department launched its new Perennial Crop Development Program in the spring of 2018, and in its first year the demand for the program far exceeded program funding. Through 15 projects, we were able to see significant increases in acreage and improvements in management and on-farm efficiencies in High Density Apple Orchards, Haskaps, Cranberries, Asparagus, Strawberries, and Highbush Blueberries.
The Perennial Crop Development Program is designed to increase environmental sustainability in PEI's agriculture sector. The Program supports perennial crop production and production systems. Emphasis is placed on technologies designed to improve efficiencies, reducing costs, adding value, improving production value and increasing market access. Additionally, the Program supports the establishment of new cropping systems and improvements in existing systems using technological advances and improvements in storage and production practices.
The Program is now accepting applications for the 2019/2020 fiscal year, and the deadline for application submissions is Friday, February 15th, 2019. Program guidelines and an application form are attached.
If you are interested in applying or have questions about the Program, please contact Lynda MacSwain at (902)368-4815 or Cameron Menzies at (902)314-0816.
PEI Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Gender Inclusion Survey
The PEI Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has initiated a Gender Inclusion in Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture Project. The DAF recognizes that there exists a diversity of ways in which people experience programs and policies and that unintended barriers to participation can occur. The project will involve a survey and a series of focus groups and will help the DAF to better understand barriers to increased gender inclusion in the agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture industries in PEI.
Please note: The deadline to complete this survey has been extended to January 31, 2019 at midnight.
Information gathered through this survey will support the DAF in making decisions with respect to program and policy improvement focused on reducing these barriers. The, the DAF is asking people to participate in a short (9-12 minute) online survey. The link to the survey can be found below.
Gender Inclusion in Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture survey respondents will have the opportunity to be entered to win one of three prizes of a cutting board and a $75 gift card to a farmer’s market of your choice! Your choice to participate in the prize draw will not be connected to the answers you provide in the survey.
The DAF encourages you to share this survey with your organization’s membership. The DAF will share the results of this project in 2019.
PEI Institute of Agrologists - New Member Promotion
Working in Agriculture? Have you considered joining a professional organization? For the reminder of January and February, new members are eligible to apply to join the organization for half price. Apply now – the promotion deadline is February 28, 2019!!
The PEI Institute of Agrologists is a professional organization committed to safeguarding the public through competent, qualified members who provide advice on agricultural matters.
As part of our organization, you’ll have the opportunity to network with other agriculture professional and attend our professional development and training events.
What You Need To Know About Hiring International Workers on Your Farm
Validation Meeting: February 26, 2019 2:00- 5:00 PM EST
Canadian Federation of Agriculture; Board Room, 21 Florence Street, Ottawa, ON
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Why the Liberals can't afford to ignore rural Canada
The Trudeau government created a new ministerial portfolio in Monday's federal cabinet shuffle. That suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau felt his government had a blindspot heading into October's federal election: a lack of focus on rural Canadians.
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Feds open agriculture tech competition
The federal government is offering up to $50 million in funding for agri-food automation and digital technology projects
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Canadian agricultural outlook still positive
The Chief Agricultural economist with Farm Credit Canada says, despite anticipated tighter profit margins on agricultural commodities, the outlook for Canadian agriculture in 2019 looks positive.
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Quebec moves to expand animal welfare laws to cover dozens of species
The Quebec government is moving to vastly expand the scope of its animal welfare legislation to offer increased protection to species ranging from horses and mink to ostriches and wild turkeys.
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Beyond buzzwords: Ag Excellence panel weighs in on ag export targets
Strong trade agreements, addressing labour shortages, reliable infrastructure, sound ag education and public trust are all key ingredients
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Greetings to all interested Atlantic Grain Growers and Value Chain partners
Please be advised that an
important industry meeting will be held at the Delta Hotel and Convention Center in Charlottetown from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. with lunch provided on
Friday January 18, 2019 to discuss several topics of interest to the sector. The meeting is being hosted by the Atlantic Grains Council and involves a number of presentations from the Federal Government and Cereal / Seed stakeholder partners such as breeders, regulators, and seed distributors that fall under the general topic of ”Value Creation" .
If you are interested in learning more about cereal breeding in Atlantic Canada, Intellectual Property Protection, Plant Breeders rights, the need to see greater investment in plant breeding & innovation for wheat initially but for other grain crops soon to follow
or
Contemplated regulatory changes that impact how seed royalties are paid & collected, by whom, how much, when, and to whom paid ?
or
Commercial farm level impacts of regulatory changes that may affect when or if royalties must be paid on farm saved seed or not, you may be interested in attending this meeting.
Woman in Agriculture Recognition Award
The provincial board of PEI Women's Institute is now accepting nominations for the Woman in Agriculture Recognition Award. This award, in the form of a plaque and framed photo displayed at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, is presented bi-annually to recognize an Island woman making a major contribution to the PEI agriculture industry within the last five years.
Members of the community or fellow farmers are encouraged to contact their local branches to nominate women in the agriculture industry for this award.
March 31 marks the deadline for this and other scholarships and awards. A complete list of PEIWI awards and scholarships are available at
www.peiwi.ca
or by contacting the WI Office at 902-368-4860 or
wi@gov.pe.ca
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Governor in Council appointments - Chairperson for the Farm Credit Canada Board of Directors
On February 25, 2016, the Prime Minister announced a new process for Governor in Council appointments. This new process supports an open, transparent, and merit-based selection process focused on identifying high-quality candidates who demonstrate Canada’s diversity.
This process will be used to select the new Chairperson for the Farm Credit Canada Board of Directors. I am writing to you to seek your assistance in promoting this selection process.
To ensure that Farm Credit Canada continues to effectively deliver on its mandate, we are looking for candidates with experience serving on a board of directors of a major public and/or private corporation and experience in dealing with government. Experience in the agricultural industry would be an asset.
We encourage you to inform your members of this opportunity and to invite interested candidates to apply for this position
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