South American Blueberry Convention coming in 2022

The inaugural edition of the South American Blueberry Convention will take place on April 21, 2022 at the Sun Monticello Conference Center, just south of the capital Santiago.

December 06 , 2021

Ecuador promotes blueberry cultivation with sights on exports

"It is a new crop in Ecuador, so now we want to encourage new farmers to join in on producing blueberries as the fruit is in high demand," Sebastián Muñoz, coordinator of Fepexa said.

December 03 , 2021

Mexico: Blueberry production grows for fifth year in a row

Mexican blueberry exports totaled $399 million in 2020 and 96 percent of the exported volume went to the U.S. market.

December 01 , 2021

Agronometrics in Charts: High volumes of Peruvian blueberries push prices down in U.S. market

Peru has exponentially increased its blueberry shipments, closely followed by Mexico, while Chile remained stable and Argentina saw a downward trend.

November 30 , 2021

Growing blueberries in the home garden

November 29 , 2021

Peru reports another record year for blueberry exports

In 2016, only around 13 varieties of blueberry were harvested in Peru, while today, an estimated 60 different varieties are grown.

November 26 , 2021

American Consolidation & Logistics doubles avocado and citrus bagging capacity

American Consolidation & Logistics (ACL), a leading Florida-based logistics and packing company in the fresh produce industry, has announced that it has doubled its bagging capacity for avocados and citrus.

November 24 , 2021

"The discussion is now coming back to sustainability on packaging": Q&A with Origin Fruit Direct on EU grape market

The Grape Reporter recently spoke to Corne van de Klundert from Origin Fruit Direct to get his view on what the future of the industry looks like, the importance of branding and new origins that will help the category grow.

November 11 , 2021

Better blueberry trade data on the way

The last section in the USDA report covers better trade data, which will be helpful as isolating blueberry trade data from other categories that are reported within the same harmonized shipping code takes quite a bit of time.

November 09 , 2021

What's wrong with my plant? Blueberry stems and branches

Check this article out to find out what is going wrong with your blueberry plants, specifically their stems and branches.

November 08 , 2021