Blueberries
Growers scramble to rebuild in hurricanes’ wake
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have sent specialty crop growers in Florida, Texas and the Gulf Coast scrambling to rebuild their operations. It’s been almost a week since Irma dissipated Sept. 15 off the coast of... more »
Don’t neglect late-season irrigation of blueberries
It is natural to slow down and relax after blueberry harvest. However, blueberry bushes are producing the flower buds for next year right now. Many shoots have one or two flower buds visible at the... more »
Florida system launch planned by Bee Vectoring Technologies
Mississauga, Ontario-based Bee Vectoring Technologies (BVT) has provided details on its launch plan for the BVT System for the Florida market. The launch plan was developed together with Guardian Soil Solutions (Guardian), BVT’s new distributor... more »
West central Michigan small fruit production mixed
The blueberry harvest is coming to an end at southwest Michigan’s blueberry fields but a limited amount of hand and machine harvesting still continues at counties in west central Michigan. As of Sept. 5, west... more »
True Blue Farms recovers from 2016 tornado damage
A year after a tornado ripped through True Blue Farms, facilities have been rebuilt and the farm has had a good crop. On Aug. 20, 2016, co-owner Shelly Hartmann and workers were working in the... more »
Institute forms European Blueberry Breeding Consortium
A Blueberry Breeding Consortium including members from three European countries held its inaugural meeting at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee, Scotland, Aug. 8. According to information provided by the institute, the new consortium will... more »
Wild blueberry growers in Maine face smaller crop
Like so many of Maine’s seasonal industries, the wild blueberry business flourishes or flounders with the weather. And this year, Prof. David E. Yarborough, wild blueberry specialist with the UMaine Cooperative Extension and professor of... more »
Vertrees promoted to new position at Naturipe Farms
Naturipe Farms has promoted Brian Vertrees to Director of Business Development-West. In this new role, Vertrees will focus on providing additional leadership, guidance and direction for Naturipe’s West Coast blueberries and all organic berry programs.... more »
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