Berries

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council recently unveiled what it calls an innovative shopper marketing and consumer campaign.

The US Highbush Blueberry Council is now taking applications for the third class of its leadership program.

Alyssa Halpy with the North American Blueberry Council, says a new farm bill is needed for the industry to grow.

We celebrate lots of "National Days" across the U.S. but one that should be important to all of us is National Farmer's Day.

The Specialty Crop Security Act is bipartisan legislation seeking to expand and enhance the current Specialty Crop Block Grant Program which provides dedicated federal assistance grants to specialty crop growers

July is blueberry month and blueberries just happen to grow across the Pacific Northwest, with great success in Oregon!

Native to the Northwest, huckleberries are mostly harvested from wild plants growing within Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana public lands.

Ask anyone in the tree fruit, berry or vegetable industries, they’ll tell you all about the high labor costs associated with their labor-intensive commodities.  A recent USDA study looked at those costs and what can be done to help producers with their bottom line.   “There...

On Wednesday, the North American Blueberry Council announced it’s board of directors, which includes new president Pat Goin of Goin’s Blueberry Lane in Indiana.  Starting in 2023, the board has been expanded from six to 15 members.   The NABC boa...

For the first time since 2017, the USDA has tracked the business of pollinators.   In 2022, paid pollinated acres increased by 5.4% for cherries, but decreased for apple (10.3%), peaches (48.3%) and pears (3.4%).  The price per acre increased 35.6% for apples ...