Northwest Berry Foundation

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle film work, 6/19/2019, by Jason Myer

Week 45 Heather Fara

November 7, 2019 Northwest Berry Foundation

THIS ISSUE Just a quick note this week!

Industry News If you are attending the NCSFR Conference Dec 2-3rd and also
the WA Small Fruit Conference / Ag Show in Lynden (~30 minutes
Industry Calendar away), Northwest Berry just negotiated extending the NCSFR
blocked room rate of $109 at the Silver Reef Hotel through the
Our Sponsors week for NCSFR conference attendees. This offer expires on Nov
22nd. If you already reserved a room for the week, insure you were
offered this rate every night. Skip the hotel shuffle!

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is a 501c3 with the mission
to support a united and more
sustainable berry industry in
the Cascade Region of North
America.

* The Small Fruit Update is

produced once a week during
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 I N D U ST RY N E WS
Highbush Blueberry Pruning
November 18, 2019
Join Dr. Bernadine Strik 8:00– 11:30 AM at the
WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research & Extension
Center in Prosser, WA to learn the latest pruning
rationale. Will be followed by field demonstrations.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Click here to register for the
next FSMA Training in Oregon!
Designed for growers and handlers
Eugene, OR Nov 21-22
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Highlights
Deal to buy NORPAC Cooperative
terminated (10/25, Lewiston Tribune)
NORPAC’s assets may be split up among
any new buyers (10/29, Capital Press)
Rabobank anticipates bigger volume
to soften blueberry prices (10/23, The
Packer)
H-2A poised for change (10/30, Good Fruit
Grower)
Global consensus finds neonicotinoids not
driving honeybee health problem. Why
is Europe determined to ban them? (11/1,
GLP)
Commissions/councils
Alicia Adler is new USHBC, NABC vice
president (10/29, Fruit Grower News)
Fresh market caneberries
Mexico: Blackberry relief to come? (11/1,
Fresh Plaza)
Pest management
Georgia Farm Bureau funds plant
pathologist to study blueberry disease
(10/22, Fruit Grower News)
Technology
Compac, BBC Technologies show off high-
tech fruit sorters (10/18, Fruit Grower
News)
New skills needed for technology-driven
agriculture (11/1. Country Life in BC)
Trade
Fresh produce exports by state: California
and the rest (10/29, The Packer)
Labor
Washington justice paints bleak picture of
life for farmworkers (10/25, Capital Press)
US lawmakers strike a deal on
agricultural immigration (10/31, Fresh
Plaza)
BC: Worker shortages cost $216 million
(10/19, Country Life in BC)
 I N D U ST RY N E WS CO N T I N U E D...
REGISTER HERE
Last week for
early registration!
TWO BERRY RESEARCH ALERTS!
Danielle Lightle is hunting for someone to replace Gina at
NWREC North Willamette Research & Extension Center
in Aurora, OR. The official role is Biological Tech 3 within
the Pesticide Registration Research Program. You would
be working on GLP research, field trials, and maintaining
research plots. Read more and apply here...
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North America
Sizing up the state of the Florida
blueberry industry (10/28, Growing
Produce)
South America
Chilean blueberries off to earlier start
with organic boost (10/30, Fresh Fruit
Portal)
Columbian blueberries attract
international investors (10/26, Fresh
Fruit Portal)
Unrest in Chile no threat to exports so far
(10/31, The Packer)
Africa
Blueberries from the African bush (10/29,
Fresh Plaza)
Weather/Climate
NW snowpack at center of ongoing debate
(10/31, Capital Press)
Scary or merry? Here’s the 2020 winter
weather outlook (10/31, Growing Produce)
Man-Yeon Choi and Jana Lee, Research Entomologists at
USDA-ARS on the OSU Campus in Corvalis, are hunting for
a M.S. Student. Student will be fully funded and can start
immediately. Study is a non-toxic alternative for SWD control.
Contact man-yeon.choi@usda.gov or jana.lee@usda.gov with
your CV and letter of interest initially. More info here....
 I N D U ST RY C A L E N D A R
NOVEMBER 13
ORBC Commission Meeting 10am - 2:30pm
McMenamins Wilsonville, 30340 Southwest Boones
Ferry Rd Wilsonville, OR. More information contact
Phillip Gütt.
NOVEMBER 14
BC Blueberry Council Fall Meeting:
Markets and Opportunies Meeting Noon
- 5pm. Speakers and Networking, Newlands Country
Club, 21025 48 Ave, Langley City, BC Register with
shawna@bcblueberry.com
NOVEMBER 18
Central Washington Blueberry
Prunning Workshop 8am - 11:30am WSU Irri-
gated Ag conference room, Prosser, WA. Click here to
hold your seat.
NOVEMBER 18
WA FSMA training Course Yakima, WA. To
register call Jacqueline Gordon (509) 452-8555
NOVEMBER 21-22
OR FSMA training Course Eugene, OR.
Register online here.
DECEMBER 2-4
NCSFR Northwest Center for Small
Fruits research Conference Silver Reef Hotel
Ferndale, WA. SPECIAL NOTE: Hotel discount ends Nov
22nd! Register now.
DECEMBER 4-6
WA Small Fruit Conference & Lynden Ag
Show Click to see agenda and register.
DECEMBER 4
WRRC Washington Red Raspberry
Commission Meeting 8am-9:30am at the WA
Small Fruit Conference. See above event. Contact
Henry Bierlink.
DECEMBER 5
WBC Washington Blueberry Commission
Meeting 8am-9:30am at the WA Small Fruit Confer-
ence. See above event.
DECEMBER 10
ORBC Annual Grower's Meeting
8:30am-2:00pm. If you recieved funding you are expected
to attend and report. Wellspring Conference Center, Wood-
burn, OR. Contact Phillip Gütt.
JANUARY 6-7
79th Annual PNWIMC: Pacific Northwest
Insect Management Conference 2020
9am-4:30pm Hilton Downtown Portland, OR. To Sponsor,
attend, and present read more here.
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JANUARY 8-10
94th Annual Orchard Pest and Disease
Conference 9am-4:30pm Hilton Downtown Portland,
OR. To Sponsor, attend, and present read more here.
JANUARY 8
WRRC washington red raspberry
commission Research meeting 10am-Noon to
review research proposals. 204 Hawley St., Lynden, WA.
Contact Henry Bierlink.
JANUARY 8
OSC Oregon Strawberry Commission
Meeting Noon-3:30pm Hotel Oregon 2nd Floor
meeting room, McMinnville, OR, Portland, OR. Contact
Dana for more info.
JANUARY 19-22
NASGA 2020 Annual Meeting &
Conference Holiday Inn Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX
Register here.
JANUARY 22
WRRC Washington RED RASPBERRY
COMMISSION BOARD Meeting Noon-5pm 204
Hawley St. Lynden, WA. Contact Henry Bierlink.
JANUARY 29-30
Northwestern Vegetable & Berry
Farmers Conference Information to come.
Monarch Hotel, Clackmas OR. Register here.
JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 1
Pacific Agriculture Show - Abbotsford
Growers short course, pesticide credits, trade show, and
much more. Tradex Exhibition Centre, Abbotsford Airport,
BC. See show website.
FEBRUARY 3
OBC Oregon Blueberry Conference
Salem Convention Center, the Grand Hotel, Salem, OR.
Click here for agenda and registration.
FEBRUARY 12
OSC Oregon Strawberry Commission
Annual Meeting Save the date! OSU NWREC,
Aurora, OR.
MARCH 3-6
2020 NARBA Annual Conference Chase Park
Plaza Hotel, St Louis, MO. See conference website.

Oregon Red Raspberry
9/3/2019 by Heather Fara
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