PEI Potato Blossom Festival Inc. is calling for nominations for the 2013 P E I Potato Ambassador. The winner will receive a $500 bursary from the Evangeline -Central Credit Union and will represent PEI Potato Board at events in 2013.

The Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory is once again offering plant disease diagnostic services for agricultural and industry representatives.Samples can be submitted directly to the PEI Analytical Laboratory or can be dropped off at most Access PEI locations.

Prince Edward Island is strikingly beautiful this time of year. The rolling hillsides are a patchwork of freshly cut forage, newly planted cereal and potato fields in blossom. Cattle graze on sunny hillsides, and sheep wander through grassy pastures. We are sure that you have admired PEI's rural landscape - now celebrate it!

On May 23, 2013 Statistics Canada released preliminary fourth quarter 2012 and first quarter 2013 Farm Cash Receipts. Farm cash receipts for PEI in 2012 totaled $466.7 million, a decrease of 2.2 per cent.

Over the next five years, $37 million in federal and provincial funding will be invested in new and traditional programs focused on innovation, increased competitiveness, and market development, with more than $100 million to support business risk management programs.