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Oregon Blackberry

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Overall blackberry production in Oregon was down about 10 million pounds in 2014 due to a harsh winter freeze, but Marion berry was hit the hardest. Most of the Marion acreage consists of older plantings which are more susceptible to extreme weather. Acreage as a whole has only increased slightly over the past 3 years, but most […]

Pacific Northwest Blueberry

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Blueberry production in the Pacific Northwest has nearly doubled in the last 5 years. The biggest growth has been in Washington state where production has more than doubled from 42 million pounds in 2010 to 90 million in 2014. Oregon and British Columbia have seen big increases as well, but at a slower rate than […]

California Strawberry Processing Totals in 2014

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The end of year numbers published by the Processing Strawberry Advisory Board of California show that freezer and juice stock volumes continued to increase throughout the fall of 2014. More fruit came in to processors in the months of November and December than would normally be the case. End of year totals for 2014 were […]

First Bloom 

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The first stone fruit varieties to bloom in the greater Fresno area are currently out. The bloom this year is mostly uniform block by block, but some blocks are out sooner or later by a few days than they were last year. Low chill hours don’t seem to have had an impact on the uniformity […]

Dry and Warm Weather in California

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California is experiencing another very dry year. Reservoir levels, as reported by the California Department of Water Resources, are currently less than 50% capacity. The wet weather in December yielded to a warm and dry pattern for most of January. Chill hours needed for deciduous tree fruit production in the San Joaquin Valley are the […]