Growing Produce

Grow Bigger Berries Through Better Pollination

Regardless, insect pollination remains essential for pollen movement and achieving economically viable yields of fruits with ...
Growing Produce

Tariff Relief Request Made For Maine’s Wild Blueberry Growers

A 50% tariff on steel and aluminum from Canada is putting pressure on the wild blueberry industry in Maine. One local ...
UPI

Farmers, researchers seek ways to buttress blueberry fields against climate change

BANGOR, Maine, Oct. 3 (UPI) --In the wake of another dry, hot summer, small farmers who grow wild blueberries in Maine are searching for survival strategies, and researchers at the University of Maine ...
KTVB

You Can Grow It: Bring on the berries

BOISE, Idaho — They are a summertime favorite – those deliciously sweet and juicy berries that are so popular at farmers markets and in some of our home gardens, because you can enjoy them in so many ...
Mountain Xpress

Gardening with Xpress: On blueberries and plastics

PICK AND EAT: Native to the region, blueberries are perennial, shrubby plants, meaning that they will live for several seasons. Photo courtesy of Wild Abundance Crisp autumn greetings, gardeners. Next ...
Mainebiz

After tough year, Maine's wild blueberry growers seek state tax relief

With production costs at blueberry farms skyrocketing in recent years, the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine is asking the state legislature for a one-year hiatus from the state’s wild blueberry tax ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Farmers devastated as severe weather event threatens major crop production: 'It certainly hurt us'

"I was ... getting almost nothing, to the point that I was losing money." Farmers devastated as severe weather event ...