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Production
The Blueberry Plant, Site Selection, Cultivar Selection, Cold Hardiness, Plantation Design, Site Preparation, Propagation, Nutrition and Fertilization, Water Management, Mulching, Alternatives to Sawdust, Pruning, Pollination,
Hand Harvesting, Mechanical Harvesting, Marketing Options, Fresh Market vs.Processing, Pollination, Maintenance Calendar.
Blueberries: Organic Production. George Kueper & Steve Diver. NCAT Agriculture Specialists. June 2004. Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA).
An Overview of the British Columbia Highbush Blueberry Industry. Revised November 2003. BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Pest Management
Blueberry scorch site, provided by Whatcom County. Excellent update and pictures of the various types of scorch being observed in northwest WA and the lower river valley of the Fraser River.
Diseases, Insects, Weeds, Managing Bird Damage, Rabbit and Deer Damage, Pocket Gophers and Voles, Nematodes, Nematode Management.
Blueberry Pest Management: A Seasonal Overview, June 1997, John R. Meyer and William O. Cline, Departments of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolinia University.
Pacific Northwest Weed Management Handbook, complete on-line guide to all phases of weed control.
2006 Pest management guide for commercial small fruits. Revised December 2005, Washington State University Extension Publications, EB 1491.
Pesticide label database, Crop Data Management Systems; free listings of pesticide lables Material safety Safety Datasheets.
An Online Guide to Plant Disease Control, Oregon State University. Excellent color plates.
Marketing
US Highbush Blueberry Council, this is an organization made up of members of the highbush blueberry industry in the USA and Canada. This site is designed to inform and promote the use of blueberries in the consumer, foodservice, food industry and export markets.
Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service.
Oregon Blueberry Commission, Byran Ostlund, Commission Administrator, Salem, OR. OBC directs dollars towards in-state promotion and blueberry research.
Hurst's Berry Farm, Sheridan, Oregon. Mark Hurst is one of the largest Northwest fresh market fruit buyers. His farm and packing plant are located in North Willamette Valley.
British Columbia Blueberry Council, Abbottsford, British Columbia. Description of the industry, recipes.
Plant Breeding
Dr. Chad Finn, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Crops Research lab, Corvallis, OR.
Dr. Pat Moore, Washington State University, Western Washington Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, WA.
Harvesting
Nursery plants
Fall Creek Farms and Nursery. Dave Brazelton, Eugene, OR. One of the leading west coast nurseries.
Weeks Berry Nursery. Keizer, Oregon. 503/ 393-8112.
Aldrich Berry Farm and Nursery, 190 Aldrich Road, Mossyrock,
WA 98564, phone: 360/983-3138, Fax: 360-983-8588.
Cam's Nursery, 12383 Northeast Carl Road, Woodburn, OR 97071.
Phone: 503/ 982-1736.
Economics
Years 2002–2005 berry acreage, production, and value, January 2005, Oregon Department of Agriculture, statistics provided for both Oregon and Washington.
Blueberry Establishment Budget, Fraser Valley, Summer 2001, Mark Sweeny, Berry Crop Specialist, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries.
Blueberry Full Production – Hand Harvested: Fraser Valley. Summer 2001, Mark Sweeny, Berry Crop Specialist, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries.
Berries
and Vines: Enterprise Budgets – Planning for Profit, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food; costs of production, and potential reaturns for berry crops.
Market News Reports – Terminal Market Blueberry Fruit Report, USDA Ag Marketing Service.
Controlled atmosphere storage
Food processing
Curry & Company, Brooks, Oregon. Buys blueberries from Northwest growers, also re-packer.
Gingerich Farms, wholesale fresh and dried bleuberries.
Oregon Gourmet Foods. Trade association whoose members produce a varied assortment of gourmet foods either grown, made or caught in Oregon to be sold on local, regional, national and worldwide levels.
Columbia Empire Farms, Sherwood Oregon, many different types of of berry products.
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