I hope to see folks sneak away from fields to attend the Strawberry Field Day in Aurora, OR this afternoon starting at 1pm.

The mad rush to get what ripe strawberries there were off plants before the rain event is a testament to grower resilience.

Anyone else getting a slight glare from the non-agricultural public since food prices have started increasing?

Growers and field reps are reading my mind as they call asking the same question: what’s going on with Spotted Wing Drosophila this season?

We are in our second year of a Specialty Crop Block grant implementing an integrated pest management program on farms.

Hello Junuary… Nothing like starting strawberry harvest with dirty, slug infested, and now split berries. Someone turn the rain off, please!

A relatively new disease called Orange Rust has been spreading in Oregon blackberries. It is important that all blackberry growers scout for it and act if found.

How about this stall in fruit ripening due to the weather? Last week I worked from the family farm while caring for a family member…

Like the weather, insect populations have been strangethis year. Lygus bugshave been found in beneficial habitats and strawberry fields as early as April

There isn’t one Oregon grower that is anywhere near happy with their strawberry yields or fruit size of any variety other than the unnamed selection ORUS 2678-1.

Nothing like the market to push growers to attempt an early blueberry harvest. Premium prices are being thrown around for those willing…

Guest commentary by Chakradhar Mattupalli and Lisa DeVetter, WSU regarding the Liberty blueberry dieback symptoms.