The Small Fruit Update is a weekly resource for the Pacific Northwest berry industry. It features regional crop reports, industry news, pest management, research and industry events.


Small Fruit Update Week 31, 2023
The heatwave predicted this week has tapered off slightly in the Willamette Valley but those temperatures will still affect insects like SWD, not to mention fruit quality.

Small Fruit Update Week 30, 2023
Insect dynamics/pressures adjust each year. For example, thus far I’ve been hearing mostly positive things about SWD pressure this season

Small Fruit Update Week 29, 2023
You may or may not have seen the ISHS Rubus and Ribes Symposium touring around NW Washington and Oregon Willamette Valley over the last couple days.

Small Fruit Update Week 28, 2023
My youngest daughter tagged along for a quick farm visit last week because holiday childcare was inconsistent.
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