Blueberries
Blueberry Production on the Rise
If pancakes and muffins are all there is to your blueberry experience, the best of Florida's current harvest could be passing you by. Orlando Sentinel more »
Farming, Building Come Together
The Florida blueberry season is now in full swing. 13 - Central Florida News more »
Washington County Leaders Leave Blueberry Patch Question Unanswered
The Washington County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to take another week to try to answer the question of whether blueberry patches qualify as farming. OregonLive.com more »
Developers Seek Blueberry Plots, Sliced to Order
The Washington County Board of Commissioners has been asked to ponder a prickly question: Does tending a blueberry patch count as farming? The Oregonian more »
Growers: Blueberries seem to be surviving weather fluctuations
The local blueberry crop may have handled the seemingly endless winter season better than area warm-blooded residents. Grand Haven Tribune more »
Is New Pesticide Less Than Bee-nign?
Dave Hackenberg, a Pennsylvania commercial beekeeper whose bees have pollinated wild Maine blueberry crops for decades, was the first in the nation to report the mysterious disappearance of millions of honeybees this winter. The Ellsworth... more »
It Will Be Difficult to Find A Blueberry
In spite of growers' best efforts, a weekend freeze devastated much of this year's blueberry crop. Florida Times-Union more »
Frozen Easter Spoils Fruit Crops Across Eastern U.S.
A wave of Arctic cold swept over the eastern United States a few days before Easter, doing extensive damage to fruit over a wide area. “Now you know why they call it the Corn Belt... more »
Many of State’s Crops Hit With Heavy Losses from Freeze
Preliminary reports from around the state show most of the apple, peach, and blueberry crops were damaged in the below freezing temperatures that covered most of the state this past weekend, says Georgia Agriculture Commissioner... more »
Blueberry Growers Prepared to Pay More for Honeybee Pollinators
Maine blueberry growers expect to pay higher prices for honeybees to pollinate their fields this spring following a die-off of bees across the country. Boston.com more »
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