Islanders step up to back local farmers at P.E.I. Easter Beef Sale [Video]

If the annual P.E.I. Easter Beef Show and Sale sets the tone for the province’s beef industry, it looks like the year ahead could be a good one. 

In the face of uncertainty around the punishing tariffs being placed on goods the United States imports from Canada, including beef, farmers say Prince Edward Islanders are stepping up to support their homegrown industry in a big way. 

“I try not to get too caught up in the tariffs, but yeah, they do… affect what we’re doing as an industry and selling our products to and from the U.S.A.,” said Ian Drake, a cattle farmer in Vernon Bridge.

“I think we’ve got to really work more together with the U.S. because they need us as much as we need them.”