July 2015
Blueberry promotion marks centennial
July is National Blueberry Month and marks the start of a year-long marketing program by the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council
N.C. State researchers look at mechanical blueberry harvester
It’s late in the growing season at the North Carolina State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Castle Hayne Research Station
Wild Blueberries – Get ‘Em While They’re Fresh
The Wild Blueberry season is nearly upon us. In just a few short weeks starting in late July and running
Blueberry boom in Peru: “Investment recovered with the second harvest”
The harvest will kick off in late July and the blueberry boom in Peru continues gaining momentum, driven by great
British blueberries come into their own
Blueberries are fast becoming a staple for UK consumers, but making people aware that there are UK grown blueberries may
B.C. blueberry crops on collision course
Unseasonably cold weather in the east coupled with record-breaking heat in B.C. have put Lower Mainland blueberry farmers in a
Nova Scotia blueberry farmers get $1m from Ottawa and province
Wild blueberry farmers in Nova Scotia will receive more than one-million dollars in government funding over the next three years.
New Jersey farms expecting a good blueberry harvest
Workers head out each morning to pick the plump, ripe blueberries from bushes that run in long rows, like ribbons,
Michigan blueberry harvest kicks off with ceremonial first pick
The Michigan blueberry harvest is once again about to launch into full swing, and local growers are working long hours
Austria: Container- blueberry cultivation increases production
Summertime is also cultivated-blueberry time. The sweet blueberries are in season from June until September in Mid-Europe. Markus Unger is