Increased labor costs and a diminishing supply of workers — causing fierce competition for farm employees — are pushing fresh blueberry growers toward mechanized harvest. The best machines, as well as ...
DEBLOIS, Maine | Mary Marshall grew up living the life of a migrant farmer, spending hours under the hot summer sun picking wild blueberries with her parents and eight siblings, then ending the day ...
Getting the shake just right – not too hard and not too light – could help blueberry orchards significantly cut waste and ...
Researchers led by Jinru Chen, Ph.D., with the University of Georgia, are using an anonymous survey to better understand the current cleaning and sanitation methods used on blueberry harvest ...
The aluminum-and-steel rakes that Ike Hubbard makes at home in Jonesport have harvested the wild blueberry crop in Washington County and around the world for 35 years. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN ...
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