Crops - Farm and Food Care PEI

PEI Crops

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Did you ever wonder what crops were planted around PEI while out for a drive? The PEI farm tour boasts crop signs and real life farm tours!

Currently, we have 17 different varieties of crop signs with several signs printed of each. Every year more crops are added to the PEI Farm Tour to display the many varieties of crops grown on PEI. These food products are found on food plates around the world so check out the information below to learn how your food gets from farm gate to your food plate!

Alfalfa Hay

Alfalfa Hay is a forage that is mainly used for livestock feed. It is very high in protein and fib...

Apples

A total of 400 acres of orchards were grown on PEI in 2020, with 74 acres being traditional orchar...

Barley

PEI has 301 Barley producers with approximately 65,200 metric tonnes being harvested in 2020. B...

Brown Mustard

Brown Mustard is an oilseed crop that is growing increasingly popular in PEI over the past decade....

Buckwheat

Buckwheat is increasingly used as a cover crop in Prince Edward Island. It is planted in the late ...

Cabbage

It is estimated that 105 acres of cabbage were planted in 2020, with 1344 metric tonnes being prod...

Carrots

PEI carrots are one of our best sources of Vitamin A! In 2020 there were 793 acres of carrots that...

Corn

Across the island there were 124 producers of corn with 24,500 being grown in 2020. Field corn ...

Haskap Berries

Haskap berries grow on bushes that form a globe shape and can grow 5-7 feet tall over 5-7 years. ...

Hops

Hops are the green cone-shaped flowers, or “inflorescence,” of the Humulus lupulus plant. They...

Oats

In 2020, there was 7,900 acres of oats grown on PEI by 86 farmers which produced 8,800 metric tonn...

Peas

In 2020, there were 45 Pea producers on PEI that planted 4,800 acres and produced 6,000 metric ton...

Pollinator Refuge

Pollinator Refuges are recently a newer crop being planted on PEI. Pollinators are organisms that ...

Potatoes

There are about 202 potato producers on PEI. This year, more than 85,000 acres of potatoes will be...

Pumpkins

In 2020, there were 89 acres grown of pumpkins, squash and cukes on PEI. Pumpkin is an iconic p...

Rye

PEI does not grow a large volume or rye in comparison to other cereals and acreage in 2021 was abo...

Sorghum Sudangrass

Sorghum Sudangrass is a forage crop that is mainly used as a livestock feed or as a soil improving...

Soybeans

There were approximately 146 producers of soybeans on the island in 2020 with 38,000 acres planted...

Strawberries

Strawberries are a small plant of the Rosaceae (ROSE) family, all varieties of strawberries belong...

Turnip

In 2020, there were 331 acres of turnips planted which produced 3,777 metric tonnes of turnips. PE...

Wheat

PEI has 169 Wheat producers that harvest approximately 62,200 metric tonnes from approximately 46,...

Wild Blueberries

About 125 Island producers manage approximately 13,000 acres of wild blueberries and harvested abo...