Blueberries

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 »

Caneberries Rule for Oregon Couple

Like the huge 207-year-old Douglas fir lying at the entrance to their Boring, Ore., farm, caneberry growers Tony and Julie Schedeen have had their farming ups and downs. But unlike the lifeless log felled by... more »

Go-getter Family Builds Farm Market

For Bill and Michelle Bakan of Maize Valley Farm Market in Hartville, Ohio, just being big farmers wasn’t going to save the farm. They needed to sell something that made more money than corn and... more »

Grower Finds Success At Supermarkets

From mid-May until the end of June, blueberries fly out of the packing plant at Sweet Berry Farms. In those six weeks, three million pounds of blueberries will be sold, bringing in the whole year’s... more »