Upcoming Events

2025 UMaine Extension Wild Blueberry Events

2025 UMaine Wild Blueberry Conference

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025
Time: TBD
Location: Moore Community Center, 125 Main Street, Ellsworth, Maine 04605

2025 Blueberry Hill Farm Field Day

Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time: TBD
Location: Blueberry Hill Farm 1643 US-1, Jonesboro, ME 04648

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:
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