Tag: berries
Researchers deploy insect ‘birth control’ to protect cranberry crop
"Insect birth control" disrupts the mating communication system keeping moths (or other insects) and protects the cranberry crop.
Ohio fruit growers brace for winter, but are hopeful for spring...
With below-zero lows through at least next week, area fruit farmers kept a positive outlook.
Blueberries profitable option in Ohio
A grower who produces 3,000 pounds of blueberries per acre (which is about average for Ohio) and earns $5 a pound can see $15,000 per acre in gross revenue.
OSU researchers working to increase blackberry and raspberry production
Researchers with Ohio State University Extension are in the midst of a multi-year project studying alternative planting methods to help Ohio growers increase the production of two small, increasingly popular fruits that many health experts hail as "superfoods."
2011 was a rough year for Pa. produce
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's vegetable farmers harvested 13,000 acres of sweet corn for fresh market in 2011 with production totaling 819,000 hundredweight or 63 hundredweight per acre.
