Grower Services - Links to Other Sites and Resources
SOME VALUABLE, COLLABORATIVE / MULTI-STATE CRANBERRY RESOURCES:
- pdf: Nitrogen for Bearing Cranberries in North America
- pdf: Phosphorus for Bearing Cranberries in North America
- The Cranberry Institute
MAINE Sites:
- How to Use and Preserve Maine Cranberries (a UMaine Extension online video)
- Maine Ag Trader (buy, sell, swap, and trade agricultural equipment)
- Maine Board of Pesticides Control
- Searchable database for Maine Registered Pesticides
- Maine BPC’s Credit Calendar
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension (home)
- UMaine Extension’s Insect and Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab
- UMaine’s Analytical Laboratory & Maine Soil Testing Service
- Interpreting Your Soil Test Results (for commercial crops) from UMaine’s Lab
- UMaine Extension site tailored to new farmers in Maine: http://extension.umaine.edu/new-farmers/
- Weather-related:
- Live Local Weather Conditions (Maine cranberry sites and/or other places of interest)
- General Maine Conditions (statewide & regional)
- Weather Information by the Maine Emergency Management Agency (using NWS information)
- UMaine’s “Maine Climate News“
MASSACHUSETTS Sites:
- UMass Cranberry Experiment Station
- Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association
- UMass Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory
- The Cranberry Institute (located in Massachusetts but serves the entire cranberry industry)
NEW JERSEY Sites:
- Rutgers University: Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension (programs in cranberry breeding, entomology, health benefits, plant pathology and plant physiology)
- American Cranberry Growers Association
- The Cranberry Festival of Chatsworth
WISCONSIN Sites:
- Wisconsin Cranberry Crop Management Library
- Fruit Pathology pages at the University of Wisconsin
- National Geographic video segment depicting a Wisconsin cranberry harvest (includes some good frost protection footage)
OREGON Sites:
- Tips, Tricks and Suggestions (for cranberry growers, from cranberry growers)
- Cranberry Recipes and some more Cranberry Recipes
- Cranberries for Kids! (fun activities–even recipes–for kids)
ELSEWHERE (Additional Sites of Interest):
- Cranberry Insect Photos (British Columbia)
- Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (USGS)
- Blueberry Insects (Univ. of Florida)
- Some great Television PR: Alton Brown of the Food Network features cranberries on his “Good Eats” program: Part 1 || Part 2
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- PRO New England.org (Pest Resources Online)
- Northeastern IPM Center
- USDA’s National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) (formerly, The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service)
- Pollination / Bees:
- Maine Department of Agriculture: Apiary Program (Division of Plant Industry)
- Maine State Beekeepers Association
- Maine Honey Bee Suppliers (scroll about halfway down the page once you are there)
- Koppert Biological Systems (a commercial bumblebee provider)
- Weather-related:
Cranberry questions? Contact Charles Armstrong, Cranberry Professional. University of Maine Cooperative Extension || Pest Management Office || 491 College Avenue || Orono, ME 04473-1295 || Tel: (207) 581-2967 [email: charles.armstrong@maine.edu]
