The Small Fruit Update
pest management tips, and more!
What is the Small Fruit Update?
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. View the latest edition or access our archive for data on our previous releases before 2024
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Small Fruit Update Week 3, 2024
How about this weather?! I’ve been holding on to my cold/wind/snow/freezing rain weather report when talking to my Central Canadian family, because I just can’t compete with the freezing temps happening there.
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Small Fruit Update Week 1, 2024
Caneberry and strawberry plant sale numbers are out! I’ve recently been asked by a new industry member why there are no blueberry plant sale numbers
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Small Fruit Update Week 51, 2023
We’ve decided to look back on the last year and give you a glimpse of different ways we’ve contributed to the Pacific Northwest Berry community with your help.
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Small Fruit Update Week 49, 2023
Calling all berry breeders! There are two breeding positions available and ready for a couple people to make the Pacific Northwest home.
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Small Fruit Update Week 47, 2023
My dual citizen self loves the Thanksgiving holidays. I say this plural because the October holiday in Canada followed by the American version this week leaves me with double the perspective of thanks and giving.
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Small Fruit Update Week 45, 2023
It’s official! Raspberry breeding efforts are moving forward in Washington. Here is a statement from the Washington Red Raspberry Commission releasing the news of the endowment dedicated breeder funding
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Small Fruit Update Week 43, 2023
There are lots of meetings being scheduled right now, including u extension and food safety trainings.. Some of the larger conferences have registration open like the Washington Small Fruit Conference in Lynden, Washington and the Northwest Center for Small Fruits Conference in Corvallis, Oregon, both happening next month.
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Small Fruit Update Week 41, 2023
Fall is upon us with lots of nice colors showing up in the fields. Had a brief last gasp of summer with record temperatures showing up across the Willamette Valley.
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Small Fruit Update Week 39, 2023
This is the final Small Fruit Update before the “off season” biweekly cycle begins. At the end of every field season it feels like we climbed a mountain but this season happens to also be the first field season in the books for the Northwest Berry Foundation (NBF) since the restructuring.
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Small Fruit Update Week 38, 2023
Transition month here in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of juggling meetings in fields to fit everything in. It’s been tricky to get…
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Small Fruit Update Week 37, 2023
Lots of talk about options for the upcoming season planting and I imagine nurseries are starting to get an uptick in conversations about plant needs now.
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Small Fruit Update Week 36, 2023
A series of presentations were part of a WSU 2022 Weather School designed for the agriculture industry. There was a focus on understanding general climate trends as well as best practices and data quality in weather stations.
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