Information for the berry industry

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.
Cornell Small Fruit Resources: Excellent base source for small fruit information.
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
Cold Storage Figures updated monthly. Tracks demand/supply.
Commissions and Councils
British Columbia Blueberry Council
Oregon Blueberry Commission
Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission
Oregon Strawberry Commission
Raspberry Industry Development Council (BC)
Washington Blueberry Commission
Washington Red Raspberry Commission
Washington Strawberry Commission
Degree Day/ Weather Sites
Agrimet: overall water use data and irrigation planning in the Northwest.
IPM Models: Up to date degree-day information for the northwest.
PAWS: This is the WSU ag weather station network.
Departments of Agriculture
Canadian Ministry of Agriculture
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Extension
North Willamette Research and Extension Center
Oregon State University Extension
Washington State University Extension
Washington State University Mt Vernon
Washington State University Puyallup
Washington State University Whatcom County
Foood Safety
Oregon Dept. of Ag good agriculture-handling practices certification program
Primus Labs safety logo information
Cornell University good agriculture practices information
EUREPGAP - fruit and vegetable certification
University of California good agricultural practices information
Foreign Industry Sites
Joonas Berry harvesters
Nevada Export
Vitalberry

IPM Websites
Berry IPM Web Resources: A listing of a lot of berry resources on the web.
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.
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 (Internet and email)
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: Monthly, Cornell University. Covers statewide production of berry crops.
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.
- Small Fruit Update: Weekly during the season. Crop information, industry news for the PNW.
- UMass Berry Notes: Weekly through the season. Some very good IPM articles.
Cornell Berry Doc: Well done disease symptoms guide for diagnosising problems.
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
Blueberry Pest Management Strategic Plan, 2004
Caneberry Pest Management Strategic Plan, 2008
Strawberry Crop Profile for Oregon, 2002
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
Driscoll’s
Global Berry Farms
Milne
Northwest Food Processors Assn.
Oregon Berry Packing
Rainsweet
Sabroso
Sakuma Brothers
Scenic Fruit Company
Propagators
Fall Creek Nursery: Blueberries and other vaccinium species.
Lassen Canyon: Strawberries
Nourse Farms: Raspberries and strawberries major crops plus others small fruits.
Nursery Guide: Cornell listing of major US small fruit nurseries.
Nursery list: Extensive list of 2002 North American small fruit nurseries.
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 Farming Resource List : A lot of links for organic farming activists.
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.
Weeds All of the following links have series of weed pictures. They can be very useful if you’re not sure of the name of the weed you’re looking at.
PNW Pictorial Weed I.D.
PNW Weed Manual
Rutgers Weed Thumbnail Image Index

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