Upcoming Events
2024 Extension Wild Blueberry Field Days
Spring is here! This year the UMaine Extension wild blueberry field meetings focus on sprayer calibration and burning safety. The burning safety workshops will be hosted by the Maine Forest Service with UMaine Extension present. Integrated pest management and crop management will be interspersed throughout all field meetings. Pizza will be available at all meetings. Join us!
Sprayer Calibration and Wild Blueberry IPM
Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Location: Nash Farms Inc. 1193 Peabody Rd, Appleton, ME 04862
Pesticide Credits: 2
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Sprayer Calibration and Wild Blueberry IPM – New Date due to rain
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Location: Allen’s Wild 267 Front Ridge Rd, Orland, ME 04472
Pesticide Credits: 2
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Maine Forest Service: Burning Wild Blueberry Fields Safely
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Location: Blueberry Hill Farm, 1643 US-1, Jonesboro, ME 04648
Pesticide Credits: 1
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Maine Forest Service: Burning Wild Blueberry Fields Safely
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Location: Ewing Fruit Company, 91 Tolman Road, Warren, ME 04864
Pesticide Credits: 1
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Sprayer Calibration and Wild Blueberry IPM POSTPONED
The tractor is having a new harvester installed. A rescheduled date for this meeting will be posted once the tractor returns to the farm.
Date: TBD
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Location: Blueberry Hill Farm 1643 US-1, Jonesboro, ME 04648
Pesticide Credits: 2
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Blueberry Hill Farm Field Day
Date: Thursday, June 27
Time: 9:00 am -3:00 pm
Location: Blueberry Hill Farm 1643 US-1, Jonesboro, ME 04648
Pesticide Credits: 2
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Morning Session Agenda
9:00 Welcome
9:10 – 9:30 Fine Leaf Sheep Fescue Control Herbicide Demonstration
Dr. Lily Calderwood and Jordan Parks
9:30 – 10:00 Drone Spraying Demonstration and Research Update
Patrice Sison, Active Intelligence, Dr. Lily Calderwood
10:00 – 10:45 Harvester and Bin Cleaning Demonstration
Lindsay Werner DACF and Logan Brewer
Helena/BioSafe
10:45 – 11:30 Fresh Pack Lines
Ron Howard of Brodis Blueberries, Tim Clower of AMVT Line, and Travis Carini of Michigan Blueberry Equipment Sales
11:30 – 11:45 Shade Over Wild Blueberry and Crop Year Results
Dr. Lily Calderwood, Abby Cadorette
11:45 – 12:00 Transition to Organic Program
Chris Grigsby, MOFGA
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch Agenda Food Provided by Angie’s Comfort Kitchen
12:30 – 12:40 Wild Blueberry Heritage Center Hall of Honor Awards
Kaysie Logan
12:40 – 1:10 Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine Update
Eric Venturini
1:10 – 1:15 Recognizing Judy Collins!
Afternoon IPM Session Agenda
1:00 – 1:45 Harvester Efficiency Project Update
UMaine Mechanical Engineering and Advance Manufacturing Center
1:45 – 2:05 Insect Management
Dr. Phil Fanning
2:05 – 2:25 Disease Management
Dr. Seanna Annis
2:25 – 2:45 Climate and Plant Physiology
Dr. Yongjiang Zhang
2:45 – 3:05 Climate Change Risk Planning
Dr. Rachel Schattman
Downeast Agriculture and Forestry Conference
Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: University of Maine at Machias, Science Building, 116 Obrien Avenue, Machias, Maine 04654
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2024 Wild Blueberry Conference
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Location: Moore Community Center, 125 State Street, Ellsworth, Maine
Past Events: 2023
April to July 2023:
(Click the link for more information and to register)
- Wild Blueberry Field Meetings
- Jonesboro Spring IPM Field Meeting
- Hope Spring IPM and Fresh Pack Meeting
- Dresden Organic and Value-Added Meeting
- Orland Land Improvement Field Meeting
- Jonesport Fine Leaf Sheep Fescue Management and Rakes! Field Meeting
- Rockport Solar, IPM, and Organic with Paul Sweetland and Cary Nash
- Blueberry Hill Farm Field Day (Jonesboro)
- Blue Hill Fresh Pack Meeting