Blueberries
Poor Weather Has Cut Size of Most U.S. Fruit Crops
By Dick Lehnert Managing EditorCrummy spring weather coast to coast has reduced the production for most fruit crops. The word “record” was used only once – for blueberries – during the 53rd annual Fruit Crop... more »
Georgia Blueberries: Outlook Optimistic for June’s Crop
After last year's lowly, weather-affected harvest, conditions are right for an excellent crop of the small round fruit ? and for peaches and apples come summer and fall. ajc.com more »
Blueberry Production Is Skyrocketing Worldwide
Is the world ready for 800 million pounds of blueberries? That’s the number Cort Brazelton estimates the world will produce annually in about five years. Compare that to about 500 million pounds produced in 2007,... more »
Orchard Controls Surrounding Space
According to his son, Art Jacobson came up with a brilliant way to check the urban development that was encroaching on his orchard: He bought the surrounding land and developed it himself. As Bill Jacobson... more »
Southeast Drought Adds to the Woes of Fruit Growers There
The prolonged drought in the southeastern United States has had only a moderate impact on vegetable growers, who normally rely on irrigation to water their crops, but is hurting fruit growers. Not only will continued... more »
House Votes to Create State Blueberry Commission
Move over pecans, peaches and peanuts ?the Georgia blueberry may get its own state agency too. The Atlanta Journal Constitution more »
Irrigation Water Can Provide Freeze Protection – Sometimes
Locking the barn after the horse has gone is futile, everyone agrees – unless you recover the horse and can expect the same behavior in the future. That’s the way it is with making the... more »
Blueberry Fields Forever
In his retirement years, Col. Leland Thomas found a new calling in the blueberry business. Jackson County Floridan more »
Extension Losing Its Personal Touch in Pennsylvania
This is the seventh and final story in a series about the future of Extension. The image of the county Extension agent riding in a pickup all day, visiting local farmers and doling out general... more »
A Berry Good Year
Every year, Blueberry Meadows owner Kevin Thompson sees more families head into his fields off Highway 20 to pick the sapphire-shaded treats. Gazette-Times more »
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