Getting more blueberries from the field to the grocery store, without hurting their quality, is the focus of a new nationwide research project led by a faculty member in the University of Georgia ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. MACHINES — LIKE THIS TRACTOR harvesting a blueberry barren in Columbia for ...

Ike Hubbard, 84, of Jonesport, has long sold blueberry rakes to farmers and harvesters across the country for decades. But on June 29, his small shop went up in flames and burned to the ground.

Ike Hubbard, 84, designed and made tools for working the land by hand for decades in the Hubbard Rake Co. shop at his historical family homestead.

Maine grows 99% of the wild blueberries in the United States. 2025 was one of the worst harvest seasons this decade.

One farming company has gone from harvesting just the blueberry fruit to harvesting the leaves as well, after discovering that they may be more valuable than the fruit itself.With help from ...

Peak blueberry season is underway in West Michigan but growers say this year’s harvest has been anything but typical.

Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators—particularly native southeastern blueberry bees—although growers can bring in managed honey bees to do the job, according ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida's blueberry harvest will be lighter this spring after winter freezes damaged crops. Growers are now focusing on recovery, ...

Carey: I’m standing on a hillside. All around me are short shrubs with purple stems and waxy leaves. A brisk December wind moves through the lowbush blueberry bushes. But among the plants sits an odd ...