{"id":2998,"date":"2014-07-17T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2014-07-17T15:12:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:12:14","slug":"bdn-covers-yarboroughs-blueberry-industry-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/2014\/07\/17\/bdn-covers-yarboroughs-blueberry-industry-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"BDN Covers Yarborough\u2019s Blueberry Industry Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2014\/07\/16\/news\/down-east\/fruitful-wild-blueberry-season-predicted-as-industry-shifts-marketing-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bangor Daily News<\/a> reported on a meeting at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension\u2019s Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro. About 150 growers, processors, vendors and suppliers gathered at the wild blueberry research facility to listen to David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist for UMaine Extension, discuss this year\u2019s crop and the latest research projects. \u201cAlthough we had a late start to the season, we\u2019ve had plenty of rainfall \u2014 ample rainfall, really \u2014 and wild blueberries like cool and wet conditions,\u201d Yarborough said. \u201cSo growing conditions have been fairly optimal.\u201d Yarborough said Maine\u2019s crop usually averages about 90 million pounds, and this season he expects the yield to be in the range of 90\u201395 million pounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bangor Daily News reported on a meeting at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension\u2019s Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro. 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