Berries
Proper fertility management revolves around maintaining ideal soil pH as well as rates and timing of nutrients.
Microscopic worms have a taste for some of the fruit’s nastiest pests.
Brittany Lee of the Florida Blueberry Growers Association says the industry must organize to address competition, market volatility, and grow consumption.
New task force will tackle competition and drive consumption. We asked North American Blueberry Council President Kasey Cronquist all about it.
Producers and researchers left to regroup and strategize in the wake of extreme weather event.
Survey says: Get an inside look at how trade and technology are impacting growers in the Sunshine State.
Holger Brandt announced as the new leader of its Sekoya platform.
At 167 pages (at no charge), there is plenty to offer from International Blueberry Organization.
Growers have several ways to stop feathered foes from damaging berry plants, some more costly than others.
Proper management of crops on rotatable cross arm trellis will pay big dividends next year.
North Carolina-based company focuses on seedlessness, plant architecture, everbearing, and thornlessness.
Learn more about what might have some growers buzzing for joy and what could be for others just a sting a tail.
To gain access to the China market, the U.S. government and the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council worked together with China’s customs authorities for years to develop export phytosanitary protocols for fresh blueberries.
Unique crop protection method put to the test again by researchers looking for ways to gain more ground for growers.
University of Maine researchers cite increased need for predictive tools because of warming, drought, freezing, and pathogens.
Shelly Hartmann of True Blue Farms succeeds Chris Barnhill as organization’s chair.
The more inviting to bee colonies, the better chance berry fields have at proper pollination.
Rare coastal heatwave also hammers berry crops; early estimates of blueberry crop loss run 30% to 40%.
The heat has been so intense that it melted streetcar wires in the cities, and it seems to be damaging crops like raspberries as well.