New Equipment
If you have equipment to be added to this page please send information to extension.wildblueberries@maine.edu and include:
- A description of the item
- A business/contact name
- A contact telephone number and/or email address
- Website, if applicable
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Hand Rakes
The Hubbard Rake Company
Address: 1561 Mason Bay Road Jonesport, Maine 04649
Telephone: 207.497.5949
E-mail: hrakes@gwi.net
Machine Harvesters, Pickers, and Winnowers
J.M. Bouchard Et Fils Inc.
Address: 741 Principale St-Augustin, Quebec, Canada G0W 1K0
Telephone: 418.374.2342.
The Bouchard Rake ( 80 cm head width) has a flat rake head that must be raised to empty into a box behind it (holds 10kg). It is slower to operate than the Emerson harvester.
Doug Bragg Enterprises
Address: 96 Bragg Road Collingwood, Nova Scotia Canada B0M 1E0
Telephone: 902.686.3254
Website: Doug Bragg Enterprises (Facebook)
Doug Bragg Enterprises Ltd. Mechanical Blueberry Harvester consists of a reel-type picking head. The head is side mounted to a tractor in such a manner as to allow the picking head to follow contours of the ground. These machines have been proven to reduce the harvesting costs as much as 50% and are more efficient than hand raking for product recovery.
DH Equipment Inc. – Pictou County Berry Ltd.
DH Equipment has designed several machine models before arriving at a ride-on machine configured and optimized for wild blueberry picking.
Address: 4951 Pictou Landing Road Trenton, NS B0K 1X0, Canada
Telephone: 1.902.417.1649
Website: Pictou County Berry Ltd (Facebook)
Acadian Machine Works. Ltd.
Walk behind harvester and tractor-mounted harvester.
Contact: Acadian Machine Works Ltd.
Address: 17 Pine Tree Lane Tignish, PE, Canada C0B 2B0
Telephone: 902.882.2349
Website: Acadian Machine Works
Seasonal
Honey Bee Colonies For Rent
Minimum colonies per location is typically 20-24 colonies. Large needs are welcomed. Reasonable rates. Call or email me for questions or prices.
Contact: Matt Roy (Royal Bees and Honey)
Email: Royalhoneybees@gmail.com
Phone: 207.229.9125
Fresh Pack Lines
WECO Fresh Blueberry Sorting Equipment
WECO sorters and blowers are made in California and used primarily by the highbush industry. However, at least one Canadian and one Maine wild blueberry grower does use their optical sorter for fresh wild blueberries.
Contact: Shaun Harcourt
Email: shaun@wecotek.com
Website: WECO Blueberry Sorting
A & B Packing Equipment Inc.
A&B produces fresh blueberry packing lines. The packing equipment is an add-on to any sorter.
Website: A & B Packing Equipment Inc.
No product endorsement is implied, nor is discrimination intended against similar products. University of Maine Cooperative Extension makes no warranty or guarantee of any kind concerning these products.