2012
Blueberry Day at the EXPO Center, Portland
9:00 am – 4:30 pm, January 24, 2012
by
Wei Yang, OSU Blueberry Extension Agent, NWREC
The 2012 Blueberry Day at the NW Ag Show/Oregon Horticultural Society
meeting will be held January 24, 2012 at the Expo Center in Portland.
This workshop will feature a full day’s program covering topics
from blueberry markets, production practices, food safety and disease/pest
management. All speakers are leading scientists or experienced blueberry
industry leaders in their fields of profession. Below is the agenda
and the registration information is available at http://berrygrape.org.
Co-chairmen for this event are Wei Yang and Eric Pond.
9:00
– 9:05 am |
Opening
Remarks |
Eric
Pond, Chairman of the Oregon Blueberry Commission |
9:05
– 9:30 am |
What’s
happening in the blueberry farms around the world – bringing
the best ideas back to your farm |
Cort
Brazelton, Fall Creek Farm and Nursery |
9:30
– 9:55 am |
Blueberry
market update |
Rod
Cook, Ag-View Consulting |
9:55
– 10:25 am |
USHBC
blueberry promotion and marketing activities |
Emily
Valentine, CRT/Tanaka for USHBC |
10:25
– 10:40 am |
COFFEE
BREAK |
|
10:40
– 11:10 am |
Nitrogen
fertigation recommendations for drip-irrigated blueberries |
Oscar
Vargas and David Bryla, Graduate Student, OSU and Research Horticulturist,
USDA-ARS |
11:10
– 11:40 am |
Impact
of nitrogen fertilizer rate and sawdust use on long term yield
and fruit quality |
Bernadine
Strik, Extension Berry Crops Professor, OSU |
11:40
am –
12:05 pm |
Food
safety in blueberry operations |
Gary
Neuschwander, ODA |
12:05
– 1:15 pm |
LUNCH
(provided) |
|
1:15
– 1:45 pm |
Blueberry
pesticide update, MRLs, etc. |
Joe
DeFrancesco, Assistant Professor, NWREC, OSU |
1:45
– 2:15 pm |
Life
without Pristine -blueberry fungal disease control |
Jay
Pscheidt, Plant Pathologist, OSU |
2:15
– 2:55 pm |
Novel
insecticides delivery methods for SWD control |
Lynell
Tanigoshi and Wei Yang, Extension Entomologist, WSU and Blueberry
Extension Agent, OSU |
2:55
– 3:10 pm |
COFFEE
BREAK |
|
3:10
– 3:40 pm |
SWD
research – ARS activities |
Denny
Bruck, Entomologist, USDA and OSU |
3:40
– 4:10 pm |
SWD
research – OSU activities |
Amy
Dreves, Extension Entomologist, OSU |
4:10
– 4:30 pm |
More
SWD questions and answers |
Researchers
from OSU, WSU, USDA and Peerbolt Crop Management |
4:30
pm |
Adjourn |
|
In addition, two more blueberry events are coming your way. You
can find the registration information at http://berrygrape.org
and http://oregonstate.edu/dept/NWREC/.
December 7 from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm at NWREC
The Blueberry Nutrition Workshop will provide current information
on blueberry nutrient requirements, how to read tissue and soil
test reports and soil pH and irrigation management.
December 15 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at NWREC
A Blueberry Pruning Workshop will include a classroom discussion
of the physiology of blueberry pruning and pruning real blueberry
plants.
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Articles:
Message from the Chairman
Seasonal
In-State Promotions Keep the Spotlight on Oregon Blueberries
Market Update
USHBC
to Discuss Assessment Hike
South
Korea Gets Fresh with Oregon
GAP
Answer to Fruit Safety Concerns
Spotted
Wing Drosophila Update
Blueberry
Production Research at the NWREC Highlights
Blueberry
Tree Project
Blueberries
Dropped from Pristine and Cabrio Labels
2012
Blueberry Day at the Ag Show, January 24, 2012
NRCS
Offers Financial Assistance for Energy Audits
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