Agriculture in Kinkora / L’agriculture à Kinkora

English: , The first settlers in Kinkora were farmers. The community that developed has depended upon agriculture ever since. After the Dominion Government launched a dairy initiative in 1891, Kinkora responded and in 1900 opened a cheese factory under the Kinkora Dairying Association. By 1903 it ranked 13th in production among 42 dairies across the province. From the beginning it was a community enterprise but it became a formal cooperative in 1953. For 70 years the dairy brought economic activity to the region around Kinkora, providing work and a source of community pride. It closed in 1971 as a result of dairy amalgamation., Kinkora was not without agricultural innovators. About 1900, Ambrose Monaghan and his son John started building threshing machines that were widely used on Prince Edward Island and in western Canada into the 1950s. McCardle Brothers Seeds is another agricultural business thriving in Kinkora in the last quarter century. The company located beside the rail line like many producers in small communities. McCardle Brothers produces seed for cereal crops, forage and turf. Using state-of-the-art equipment, products are cleaned of weeds and foreign matter, and bagged for shipping. Kinkora has been able to adapt within a changing industry., With over 400 km of paths, Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Trail is a wonderful way to explore our beautiful Island. ,