P.E.I. potato farmers, as well as visitors from across the country, gathered at the Charlottetown Civic Centre over the weekend for the International Potato Technology Expo.
More than a hundred booths, including everything from seed to harvesting, were on display, and a common theme among the exhibits was assisting the environment.
More than a hundred booths, including everything from seed to harvesting, were on display, and a common theme among the exhibits was assisting the environment.
At one booth, Will MacNeill, owner of Atlantic Precision Agri-Services Inc. in O’Leary, was showing how Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring -used in tractors- can help the environment:
“The most common use is when people are spraying herbicides or spreading fertilizers. It’s to eliminate any overlap and to reduce chemical use.’’
Gwen Vessey, a soil conservation specialist with the P.E.I. Department of Agriculture, recently helped to complete a two-year research project involving a hiller technology, which addressed both the runoff and moisture retention problems in the soil.
