While Florida’s blueberry season is done for this year, blueberries are in high season in the Carolinas, and moving up to the northeastern states. Prices are at their lowest, so you may be tempted to either find a U-Pick field near you, or even hit up your grocery store to take adv...
The wild blueberry is the official fruit of Maine and is often as much a symbol of Maine as the lobster. While Maine is the leader of lowbush blueberry production in the United States, Michigan is the leader in highbush production.[3] In 1998, Michigan farms produced 49 million pounds ...
Just down from the ferry were a couple of picturesque red barns. We had seen them before, and they had an unusual set of openings that Gigi realized were for drying tobacco — still a cash crop in these parts, though much less so now since the housing boom caused so many farms of all...
3.1. Pesticide Use and Honey Bee Exposure in Blueberry and Cranberry Farms 3.1.1. The Number of Different Pesticides Applied by Growers in Blueberry and Cranberry Crops Grower application records showed that blueberry growers applied significantly fewer different pesticides in the spring than cranberry...
farms. Hand and wrist problems were a significant proportion of these injuries [20]. Due to these limitations, the handheld shaker devices such as the BEI H-Model have not been widely adopted among blueberry growers. For instance, a recent survey of the blueberry industry in Oregon showed ...
The increase in the surface areas intended for blueberry cultivation in the farms has generated a need for seasonal workers, which over the years has reached 90% of the requirement in the harvesting period. Again, on the basis of the demand-driven type [41], the number of companies which ...
Freeze dried red raspberry fruit was provided by the Washington Red Raspberry Commission from HoneyVille Farms (Brigham City, UT, USA). Cranberry fruit powder was provided by Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. (Middleborough, MA, USA). Blueberry fresh fruit was purchased from a local Stop & Shop ...