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.kt-divider{border-top-width:3px;height:1px;border-top-color:#003263;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-27638_a85143-2a\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Late March 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-27638_81711c-28 .kt-block-spacer{height:6px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-27638_81711c-28 .kt-divider{border-top-width:3px;height:1px;border-top-color:#003263;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-27638_81711c-28\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Blueberry Growers, Processors, and Stakeholders,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m pleased to share that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=758d8b8bb1d6f4308a5141934&amp;id=8b9e3aa976&amp;e=dd2ab4b9e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=758d8b8bb1d6f4308a5141934&amp;id=19e4455e88&amp;e=dd2ab4b9e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025<\/a>&nbsp;UMaine Wild Blueberry Conference Recordings are now available! The Board of Pesticide Control approved an extension to our Special Local Need herbicide label of Express until 2030. Spring is certainly around the corner even if it is still snowing. We hope you can join us for a field day or six this season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2025 Field Day Schedule<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the spring field days, we will cover sprayer calibration which is a critical task that ensures you are not wasting material or applying pesticides unevenly. We will use farmer\u2019s boom sprayers in Appleton, Orland, and Jonesboro on the dates specified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pollinator and pest management field meeting dates will include discussion of the pollinators that are vital to wild blueberry production and the wild blueberry pests that can be managed both organically and conventionally. NRCS will join UMaine faculty to discuss the IPPM (Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management) NRCS program. I always learn something new when visiting someone else\u2019s farm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sprayer Calibration in Appleton<\/strong><br>When: Thursday, April 17, 2025<br>Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m.<br>Location: Appleton Station (Nash Farms), 1193 Peabody Road, Appleton, Maine 04862<br>Cost: Free<br><br><strong>April Burning Opportunities<\/strong><br>Reach out to Lily to be connected to a farmer who plans on burning a wild blueberry field in April.<br>207.812.2915<br><a href=\"mailto:Lily.calderwood@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Lily.calderwood@maine.edu<\/strong><\/a><br><br><strong>Pollinator and Pest Management in Hope<\/strong><br>When: Thursday, May 8, 2025<br>Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.<br>Location: Brodis Blueberries, 87 Jones Hill Road, Hope, Maine 04847<br>Directions: Off of Route 235; cannot come from the town of Appleton<br>Cost: Free<br><br><strong>Sprayer Calibration, Pollinators, and Pest Management in Jonesboro<\/strong><br>When: Tuesday, May 13, 2025<br>Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.<br>Location: UMaine\u2019s Blueberry Hill Farm, 1643 US-1, Jonesboro, Maine 04648<br>Cost: Free<br><br><strong>Sprayer Calibration, Pollinators, and Pest Management in Orland<\/strong><br>When: Wednesday, May 28, 2025<br>Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.<br>Location: Allen\u2019s Maine Wild Blueberries, 267 Front Ridge Road, Orland, Maine\u00a004472<br>Cost: Free<br><br><strong>Blueberry Hill Farm Field Day in Jonesboro<\/strong><br>When: Thursday, June 26, 2025<br>Time: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.<br>Location: UMaine\u2019s Blueberry Hill Farm, 1643 US-1, Jonesboro, Maine 04648<br>Cost: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Research Snapshot<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My team and I will be out in many of your wild blueberry fields this season collecting data on the following topics. Thank you to all the collaborators and funders who make this work possible!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whole Field Mulching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Granular Fertilizer Application over Mulch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Granular Nitrogen Application Rates for Fresh and Frozen Stem Types<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foliar Calcium for Fruit Firmness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Herbicide Spot Spraying via Drone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Herbicide Study Targeting Fine Leaf Sheep Fescue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tracking Plant Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biomass Sampling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Testing the Efficiency of the DH Harvester and a new Harvester Prototype<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh Pack Forced Air Cooling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NYJsI3_yfx5Q-sfRxyhXJ3oPopI6HxUOlyrIlC7uwo3HC86fu715uSOkew42zyw6SgEXBXeXqUTsoxf9lI5bQRRsEnKF4w3b3EKgCtIGooWnhnJ7xO1Tpa_g6Mo2-EhqzXaJZ5JuzgvoC9a0eyU6U4T0bgK__YD-art7Tku=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/758d8b8bb1d6f4308a5141934\/images\/67df9ccd-db4b-4da8-bbc4-a48110bfcc18.jpg\" alt=\"Lily Calderwood's signature\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lily Calderwood<br>Extension Wild Blueberry Specialist<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-27638_116842-40 .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-27638_116842-40 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-27638_116842-40\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27638_cc0bde-f1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild Blueberry Newsletter Late March 2025 Wild Blueberry Growers, Processors, and Stakeholders, I\u2019m pleased to share that the&nbsp;2024&nbsp;and&nbsp;2025&nbsp;UMaine Wild Blueberry Conference Recordings are now available! 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