Information for the berry industry

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Berry Information Sites

BC Berry Production Guide: On line practical Berry Production Guide.
Canadian resource list for berry growers Good site for BC information. This has a link to the InfoBasket.
Michigan State Blueberry Facts: Good information and easy to navigate.
National Berry Report: daily movement and shipping point price information.
Northwest Berry and Grape Infonet: Online source for berry production information in the Northwest.
Ohio State Fruit Factsheets: Some excellent caneberry and strawberry factsheets.
Penn State Small Fruit Resources: Some good small fruit disease fact sheets.
The Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium a lot of information.

Cold Storage

Commissions and Councils

Degree Day/ Weather Sites

Agrimet: overall water use data and irrigation planning in the Northwest.
Pest & Plant Disease Models & Forecasting: Over 70 degree-day and 14 hourly weather-driven models.
PAWS: This is the WSU ag weather station network.

Departments of Agriculture

Extension

Foood Safety

IPM Websites

Cornell Biocontrol guide: Pictures and descriptions of biocontrol agents.
Listing of Northwest IPM websites: List of IPM resources on the web.
Bramble production and IPM news: North American Bramble Growers Assoc. & Virginia Tech.
Natural Enemies Gallery—UCIPM: Terrific beneficial insect pictures and information.
OSU Integrated Plant Protection Center: Most complete resource for IPM information.
Pest Management Guide: Details and pictures of insects and diseases that target northwest berries.
UCIPM Program: The home page for probably the country’s best university IPM site
Washington State Pest Management Resource Service: WSU’s IPM programs.

National Grower Organizations

California Strawberry Commission: Useful site with health, research and export information.
Michigan Blueberry Growers Assn: Health information plus history of the association.
National Berry Crops Initiative: A strategic plan for the sustainability of berry crop production in the United States.
North American Blueberry Council: Represents U.S. and Canadian blueberry growers marketers.
North American Bramble Growers Assn: information for consumers and media, growers and researchers.
North American Strawberry Growers Assn: information for consumers and media, growers and researchers.
North Carolina Strawberry Assn: All that's wonderful about strawberries.
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable: Stays on top of national food and agricultural issues.
U. S. Highbush Blueberry Council

Newsletters

Fruit Times from Penn State
Florida Berry Times: Monthly, University of Florida. Information on the Florida strawberry and blueberry industries.
Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News: Monthly, University of Illinois Extension grower news.
MSU Fruit Crop Alerts: Seasonal monthly. Keeps on top of Michigan small fruit crops conditions.
New Jersey Blueberry Bulletin: Weekly through the season. Excellent blueberry information.
New York Berry News: Look in the left column for link.
Small Fruit Update: Weekly during the season. Crop information, industry news for the PNW.

On Line Pest Manuals

Ontario Berry News: Monthly, Detailed crop information.
Purdue University-‘Facts for Fancy Fruit': Seasonal monthly. Advice for Midwest small fruit growers.
PCM Pest Management Guide: Details and pictures of berry pest insects and diseases.
UMass Berry Notes: Weekly through the season. Some very good IPM articles.
Cornell Pest Management Guide: Useful IPM guidelines for berries.
OSU Insect Pest Manual: A good source for northwest insect pest information.
OSU Plant Disease Manual: The most thorough northwest disease manual available.
OSU Weed Manual: An excellent source.
Whatcom Raspberry IPM: Useful resource for information for Northern WA growers.
WSU, Hortsense: Targeted toward the home gardener, Hortsense still has a lot of very useful factsheets.

Pest Management Strategic Plans/ Crop Profiles

Pesticide Label Guides

CDMS: A pesticide label database. Search by brand name.
Greenbook: A pesticide label database. Search by brand name or active ingredient.
PICOL: WSU’s pesticide label database.

Processors/Industry

Propagators

Fall Creek Nursery: Blueberries and other vaccinium species.
Lassen Canyon: Strawberries
Nourse Farms: Raspberries and strawberries major crops plus others small fruits.
Oregon Blueberry Farm and Nursery: Blueberries
Sakuma Brothers: Raspberries, Blackberries, Strawberries
Spooner Farms: Raspberries

Sustainable/Organic

ATTRA—Sustainable Ag Network : A national clearinghouse for Sustainable Agriculture.
WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
Food Alliance: Eco-label that encourages sustainable practices by certifying growers.
National Organic Program: The USDA site with all you’d ever want to know on the national program.
Organic Small Fruit Disease Management: From Ohio State.
Organic Trade Assn.: Advocates for the organic industry and stays on top of the hot issues.
Oregon Tilth: Organic certification organization.
Sustainable Ag Research and Education: SARE: Encourages sustainable farming through a number of grant programs.
Washington Tilth: Organic certification organization.
WSDA Organic Food Program: The Washington State Organic site.

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