***Deadline –July 1st!!!
PEIFA / Island Lime / PEI Agromart Scholarship
$2000 Scholarship to be awarded – Application Deadline is July 1st. DETAILS and APPLICATION
Golf Tournament
Thursday, August 11th – Countryview Golf Course. 9:00 shotgun start. 9 Holes, cart and bbq steak dinner – $50.00 per person. Contact Cliff at 902-368-7289 or clifft@peifa.ca to register. MUST PRE-REGISTER by August 5th.
PEIFA Today Returns Monday, July 4th
Due to an extended long weekend, the PEIFA Today newsletter will not be circulated on June 30th and July 1st. Circulation will return on Monday. Thanks and Happy Canada Day!
Local, Regional, Canadian News
Scouting Meeting
Growers, crop scouts and industry people are invited to a scouting meeting on Tuesday, July 12th at 7:30 am at the PEI Potato Board office. This meeting is a good chance to meet and update each other on any current issues with the 2016 potato crop. There will be a guest speaker at the meeting Dr. Solke DeBoer. He will give a short presentation and overview on Dickeya and some of the research he completed over the last few years. For more information contact Brian Beaton at 902-314-1607 or bwbeaton@gov.pe.ca
PEI Potato Blossom Festival
The PEI Potato Blossom Festival is calling for nominations for the 2016 PEI Potato Ambassador as well as the 2016 Erma Dunville Memorial Award, 2016 Potato Producer of the Year, 2016 Kent Phillips Memorial Young Farmer of the Future Award and the 2016 Hired Hand Award. View the details and the nomination process HERE
Farm environment officers drop their guns
Officers no longer carrying guns after pilot project last year MORE
Major supermarket chain in Taiwan opens store in Charlottetown
A major supermarket chain in Taiwan has opened a grocery store in Charlottetown. Leezen operates 120 stores in Taiwan but it is beginning to branch out internationally, opening its first location in P.E.I. It is the only store operating outside Taiwan. MORE
Canada lifts Mexican visa requirements as of Dec. 1
Justin Trudeau and Enrique Pena Nieto also announce full reopening of Mexican beef market MORE
CETA on track for ratification before U.K. leaves EU, minister says
Chrystia Freeland says there is not even a ‘whisper’ from Europe suggesting that the EU wants a redraft MORE
Livestock
Mexican Markets Reopen to Canadian Beef
The Canadian meat industry has welcomed the resumption of fully normalised trade in beef products with Mexico. MORE
Canada’s beef industry welcomes Mexico lifting import ban on older cattle
Mexico’s lifting of a more than decade-long ban on some cattle imports will mean a big boost to Canadian exports, said the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. MORE
CME: Beef in Cold Storage Decline Neutral for Market
Much of our discussion in yesterday’s report focused on the feedlot inventory numbers and hog supplies, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
CME: Pork Inventories Decline
Much of our discussion in Monday’s report focused on the feedlot inventory numbers and hog supplies, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
Chilean Pork Industry has Grown 800% in Last 30 Years
Per capita pork consumption in Chile has tripled in the last 30 years, from 5 kg to 16 kg, making pork the third most popular meat after chicken and beef. In an interview with ElSitio Porcino editor, Nuria Martínez Herráez, Rodrigo Castañón of the Chilean Pork Producers’ Association, ASPROCER, explains that this growth is largely down to the health status of the country’s pigs, product safety and an increase in the selection of cuts now available. MORE
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Monday, June 27 HERE
Potatoes
Scouting Meeting
Growers, crop scouts and industry people are invited to a scouting meeting on Tuesday, July 12th at 7:30 am at the PEI Potato Board office. This meeting is a good chance to meet and update each other on any current issues with the 2016 potato crop. There will be a guest speaker at the meeting Dr. Solke DeBoer. He will give a short presentation and overview on Dickeya and some of the research he completed over the last few years. For more information contact Brian Beaton at 902-314-1607 or bwbeaton@gov.pe.ca
World Potato Congress Board changes: Who is in? Who is out?
David Thompson, President and CEO of World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) announced today the retirement of Albert Wada, after an eight year term, as an active member the Board of Directors. MORE
Manitoba potato report: June 24 HERE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Oversold canola ends up, but off highs
ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were up on Tuesday, as oversold price sentiment had prices correcting off of their nearby lows for the second straight day. However, prices were well off their session highs by the close. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Tuesday: Canola futures prices higher, barley unchanged MORE
AM markets: cotton, wheat gain – but palm hits six-month low HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Canadian farm equipment sales forecast higher in 2017
Equipment sales and farm cash receipts are directly connected says Farm Credit Canada in a report released this week MORE
Antibiotics manure risk requires a rethink
Manitoba researchers say previous studies ignore the interplay of animals’ digestive systems on the drugs MORE
Regular Updates
StatsCan – Poultry and egg statistics, April 2016 HERE
PEIDAF Agriculture Marketing Report – June 24 HERE
Info – Bio – June Newsletter HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Tuesday, June 28 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
PEIFA / Island Lime / PEI Agromart Scholarship
$2000 Scholarship to be awarded – Application Deadline is July 1st. DETAILS and APPLICATION
Scouting Meeting
Growers, crop scouts and industry people are invited to a scouting meeting on Tuesday, July 12th at 7:30 am at the PEI Potato Board office. This meeting is a good chance to meet and update each other on any current issues with the 2016 potato crop. There will be a guest speaker at the meeting Dr. Solke DeBoer. He will give a short presentation and overview on Dickeya and some of the research he completed over the last few years. For more information contact Brian Beaton at 902-314-1607 or bwbeaton@gov.pe.ca
Combine Clinic – East
Jul 13 – Montague
The PEI Department of Agriculture & Fisheries will be hosting two Combine Clinics featuring combine specialist John Aubin. MORE
Combine Clinic – West
Jul 14 – Summerside MORE
PEI Potato Blossom Festival – July 18th – 24th
Farmers Banquet – July 22nd – Community Sports Centre – O’Leary
Catered by The Sizzler – tickets $25.00 – Option of chicken or pork.
Purchase ticket at festival office in the Future Tech Building or phone 902-726-3300
East Coast Style 2016 – Dairy Sale & Show
Aug 11 – 13 – Eastside Holsteins, Frenchfort MORE
