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  • Wild Blueberry Production: A Five Week Course for Beginning Farmers and UMaine Students

    online/synchronous

    Fall semester: 8/30/22 to 9/29/22 (5 weeks) Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30–7:30 p.m. (online, synchronous) Cost: $50-$150 PSE 270: Wild Blueberry Production (1 credit) Instructors: Dr. Lily Calderwood, Dr. Phil Fanning, Dr. Seanna Annis, Dr. Yongiang Zhang, and guest lecturers Register Online This course is an introduction to growing wild blueberries in Maine. The course covers […]

    $50 – $150

  • Wild Blueberry Production: A Five Week Course for Beginning Farmers and UMaine Students

    online/synchronous

    Fall semester: 8/30/22 to 9/29/22 (5 weeks) Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30–7:30 p.m. (online, synchronous) Cost: $50-$150 PSE 270: Wild Blueberry Production (1 credit) Instructors: Dr. Lily Calderwood, Dr. Phil Fanning, Dr. Seanna Annis, Dr. Yongiang Zhang, and guest lecturers Register Online This course is an introduction to growing wild blueberries in Maine. The course covers […]

    $50 – $150

  • Wild Blueberry Production: A Five Week Course for Beginning Farmers and UMaine Students

    online/synchronous

    Fall semester: 8/30/22 to 9/29/22 (5 weeks) Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30–7:30 p.m. (online, synchronous) Cost: $50-$150 PSE 270: Wild Blueberry Production (1 credit) Instructors: Dr. Lily Calderwood, Dr. Phil Fanning, Dr. Seanna Annis, Dr. Yongiang Zhang, and guest lecturers Register Online This course is an introduction to growing wild blueberries in Maine. The course covers […]

    $50 – $150

  • Wild Blueberry Production: A Five Week Course for Beginning Farmers and UMaine Students

    online/synchronous

    Fall semester: 8/30/22 to 9/29/22 (5 weeks) Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30–7:30 p.m. (online, synchronous) Cost: $50-$150 PSE 270: Wild Blueberry Production (1 credit) Instructors: Dr. Lily Calderwood, Dr. Phil Fanning, Dr. Seanna Annis, Dr. Yongiang Zhang, and guest lecturers Register Online This course is an introduction to growing wild blueberries in Maine. The course covers […]

    $50 – $150

  • Wild Blueberry Production: A Five Week Course for Beginning Farmers and UMaine Students

    online/synchronous

    Fall semester: 8/30/22 to 9/29/22 (5 weeks) Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30–7:30 p.m. (online, synchronous) Cost: $50-$150 PSE 270: Wild Blueberry Production (1 credit) Instructors: Dr. Lily Calderwood, Dr. Phil Fanning, Dr. Seanna Annis, Dr. Yongiang Zhang, and guest lecturers Register Online This course is an introduction to growing wild blueberries in Maine. The course covers […]

    $50 – $150

  • Wild Blueberry Production: A Five Week Course for Beginning Farmers and UMaine Students

    online/synchronous

    Fall semester: 8/30/22 to 9/29/22 (5 weeks) Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30–7:30 p.m. (online, synchronous) Cost: $50-$150 PSE 270: Wild Blueberry Production (1 credit) Instructors: Dr. Lily Calderwood, Dr. Phil Fanning, Dr. Seanna Annis, Dr. Yongiang Zhang, and guest lecturers Register Online This course is an introduction to growing wild blueberries in Maine. The course covers […]

    $50 – $150

  • Wild Blueberry Production: A Five Week Course for Beginning Farmers and UMaine Students

    online/synchronous

    Fall semester: 8/30/22 to 9/29/22 (5 weeks) Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30–7:30 p.m. (online, synchronous) Cost: $50-$150 PSE 270: Wild Blueberry Production (1 credit) Instructors: Dr. Lily Calderwood, Dr. Phil Fanning, Dr. Seanna Annis, Dr. Yongiang Zhang, and guest lecturers Register Online This course is an introduction to growing wild blueberries in Maine. The course covers […]

    $50 – $150

  • 2023 UMaine Wild Blueberry Conference

    Cross insurance Center 515 Maine Street, Bangor, Maine, United States

    Celebrating 125 Years of UMaine Wild Blueberry Research and Extension! 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. — Conference 4:00-7:00 p.m. —Social Time (Value-Added Vendors, Bar serving wild blueberry drinks, Dinner, and Keynote Speaker: Commissioner Amanda Beal of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) Format: In-person with breakout rooms, lunch, etc. Three Pesticide Credits are available for full-day […]

    Free – $50

  • Hygienic Equipment Design for Wild Blueberry Growers

    Brodis Blueberries 87 Jones Hill Road, Hope, ME

    Guest speaker: Chris Callahan, Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering, University of Vermont Cooperative Extension. We will be working with two types of harvesters and a winnower/picking machine. Bring a clipboard if you have one. Dress for packing house temperatures of around 55°.

    Free

  • Jonesboro Spring IPM Field Meeting with PIZZA!

    Blueberry Hill Farm 1643 US-1, Jonesboro, ME, United States

    Pesticide Credits: 2 Cost: Free with donations accepted. Topics Covered: Pre and post-emergent herbicide stacking and fine leaf sheep fescue management with Josh Stubbs and Lily Calderwood, flea beetle and span worm monitoring and management with Phil fanning, and mummy berry disease management with Seanna Annis.

    Free

  • Possible Monilinia infection periods from April 24 to April 27, 2023

    I have reports of cups and pinheads around the barrens in Hancock and Washington counties including Township 24 and 25.  I expect most areas now have active cups unless the field is a later developing one.  The blueberry plants are susceptible until the cups start to dry up and finish in your field. We had […]

  • Hope Spring IPM and Fresh Pack Meeting with PIZZA! POSTPONED to May 10th

    Brodis Blueberries 87 Jones Hill Road, Hope, ME

    Pesticide Credits: 2 Cost: Free with donations accepted. This field meeting has been changed to Wed, May 10, 2023. Topics Covered: Weed ID and management with Paul Sweetland and Lily Calderwood, spring insect pests and pollinators with Phil Fanning, diseases with Seanna Annis, and WeCo fresh pack line with Ron Howard.  

    Free
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