Renewed funding for two aquaculture programs emphasizes government’s commitment to growing our Island’s primary industries, says Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Alan McIsaac. “The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is committed to supporting our primary food production...
Today, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Honourable Bloyce Thompson, Minister of Agriculture for Prince Edward Island, announced an investment of over $46 million into Prince Edward Island’s local agriculture industry under...
The Agriculture Awareness Sub-Program is designed to raise the profile of PEI agriculture among youth and the general public in PEI through agriculture promotional activities and events. The program will develop and improve leadership, farm business and technical skills and...
The purpose of the Prince Edward Island (PEI) Livestock Strategy is to serve as a guiding document to support the development of PEI’s livestock sectors.
Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) agriculture ministers met in Ottawa yesterday to help Canadian farmers and food processors grow their businesses. Ministers discussed next steps toward developing the forthcoming agricultural policy framework, and they will...
The provincial government has created a special million-dollar fund to assist Island farmers in sectors that incurred extraordinary costs due to post-tropical storm Dorian. The Post -Tropical Storm Dorian Response Program will be available for farmers who can demonstrate...
This document was developed by the PEI Department of Agriculture for the purpose of outlining various crops and livestock that are produced on PEI.
This program assists farmers and landowners to identify and incorporate beneficial management practices in their farming activities by developing a practical plan for operating their farm in a way that is environmentally sustainable, socially acceptable, and economically viable...
This report is the results from the PEI Animal Welfare Survey that was developed by the PEI Department of Agriculture and Land in in 2021 to understand public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards animal welfare and identify gaps in the animal welfare laws and polici
This document outlines a poultry disease emergency response plan that could be enacted immediately following identification of a suspected Foreign Animal Disease (FAD).