2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is Now Available! In collaboration with David Lockwood at the University of Tennessee, Elena Garcia at the University of Arkansas and Gina Fernandez, NC State University/NC Cooperative Extension Service (NCCES), and the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium, we are pleased to announce that the 2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is now available. We have it available in 3 formats: 1. An online version that includes links to videos http://content.ces.ncsu.edu/southeast-regional-caneberry-production-guide. This is the first NCCES numbered publication to include videos! There is also a PDF version in 2 formats. Both are 44 pages long and includes all the text, color images and figures that the online version has but no videos. 2. The PDF version that is a smaller file size (3.2 MB) is available at end of the link above (lower quality but really not bad). 3. A high quality PDF version (12 MB) is available on request.
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2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is Now Available! In collaboration with David Lockwood at the University of Tennessee, Elena Garcia at the University of Arkansas and Gina Fernandez, NC State University/NC Cooperative Extension Service (NCCES), and the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium, we are pleased to announce that the 2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is now available. We have it available in 3 formats: 1. An online version that includes links to videos http://content.ces.ncsu.edu/southeast-regional-caneberry-production-guide. This is the first NCCES numbered publication to include videos! There is also a PDF version in 2 formats. Both are 44 pages long and includes all the text, color images and figures that the online version has but no videos. 2. The PDF version that is a smaller file size (3.2 MB) is available at end of the link above (lower quality but really not bad). 3. A high quality PDF version (12 MB) is available on request.
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Hannah Burrack has prepared SWD factsheets for all berries including caneberries (blackberries and raspberries). Click on this link to get a PDF file you can download. http://strawberries.ces.ncsu.edu/2013/04/spotted-wing-drosophila-fact-sheets/
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2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is Now Available! In collaboration with David Lockwood at the University of Tennessee, Elena Garcia at the University of Arkansas and Gina Fernandez, NC State University/NC Cooperative Extension Service (NCCES), and the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium, we are pleased to announce that the 2016 Southeast Regional Caneberry Production Guide is now available. We have it available in 3 formats: 1. An online version that includes links to videos http://content.ces.ncsu.edu/southeast-regional-caneberry-production-guide. This is the first NCCES numbered publication to include videos! There is also a PDF version in 2 formats. Both are 44 pages long and includes all the text, color images and figures that the online version has but no videos. 2. The PDF version that is a smaller file size (3.2 MB) is available at end of the link above (lower quality but really not bad). 3. A high quality PDF version (12 MB) is available on request.
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N.C. State University has developed and compiled sample operating budgets to guide N.C. blackberry growers in tracking, maintaining and managing their business costs. Growers can plug their own numbers into these interactive budgets to get the estimated costs associated with production, harvest and marketing for commercial blackberry operations.
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The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association (NARBA) promotes the production and marketing of raspberries and blackberries in North America through communication, education and research. Members include growers, researchers, Extension professionals, nurseries, suppliers, marketers and others associated with the raspberry and blackberry industry. http://www.raspberryblackberry.com/
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This is the final spotted wing drosophila (SWD) monitoring report for 2016. Looking back over the course of the season, we can make several about our trapping methods. Aside from a couple of times towards the MORE » – from 
Entomology
We have now counted blackberry trap captures through August 8th. We have observed a decline in Lincoln 1 trap captures over the last couple weeks. This is likely a combination of the increased MORE » – from Entomology
Conditions are favorable for white drupelets occurring on blackberry and raspberry fruit this week. I have already gotten calls this morning and expect more as the day goes on. Here is a great explanation of White MORE »
Blackberry On-Farm Field Day From: Daniel Shires, Area Ag. Extension Agent When: Friday October 10, 2014 Time: 1:00 PM to 3:30PM Location: Killdeer Farms Owned by Ervin and Debby Lineberger 300 Goforth Road MORE »
Cane damage to blackberries in some locations of MORE »
Please see a link to a webinar “Organic Blackberry Production: Tips Learned from an Ongoing Research Project” that will be presented by researchers at Oregon State University and USDA-ARS in Corvallis. Keep in MORE »
In early January, at the SE Vegetable and Fruit Expo in Savannah, GA, we set up a microscope and a magnifying glass (the kind you get in a craft store) to look at MORE »
