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The moderators of Berries & Grapes have created this blog to give you an in-depth look at the many aspects of berry and grape farming. You’ll find postings with advice, news and the latest products. Enjoy!

  • Researchers today are transforming weed control with new precision tools and application techniques that can keep herbicides precisely where they belong.

    As a result, farmers are able to optimize...

    • Category: Technology
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  • A new freezing and frost protection technology prototype has been installed recently at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (VRIC), located near Vineland, Ont.

    The system uses low-level...

    • Category: Technology
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  • Fresh Ontario berries are very popular with consumers but also very perishable. Now, new research by the Ontario Berry Growers’ Association (OBGA) shows that a different on-farm storage method can...

    • Category: Technology
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  • Strawberry growers are now able to take advantage of the benefits of Admire® insecticide for ALL their plants. Bayer CropScience recently received registration through the User Requested Minor Use...

    • Category: Crop Protection
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  • Vineandtreefruitinnovations.com now provides grape growers and tender fruit producers with all of the data previously found at weatherinnovations.com. Weather INnovations (WIN) Incorporated has...

    • Category: Technology
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  • Every day, Kevin Panagapka diligently works at a winery that doesn't exist. The 31-year-old Beamsville man has no grape crush pad or retail bar to call his own. Instead, the one-man show behind...

    • Category: Technology
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  • Leading berry speakers are set to discuss the challenges facing the industry at the Global Berry Congress on May 12, 2010 in London, England.

    For the full story, go to:

    • Category: Events
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  • Robots in the Vineyard

    Growers are increasingly interested in ways to mechanize vineyard tasks like leaf pulling and shoot thinning.

    For the full story, go to:

    • Category: Technology
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  • Black root rot of strawberries is a very complex and serious disease that has been reported in strawberry fields around the world. Several pathogenic organisms have been associated with the disease;...

    • Category: Pest Identification
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  • It is 14 degrees above zero as a group of wine lovers converges in a vineyard on the Niagara Peninsula. Frosty bundles of Riesling grapes hang on rows of vines in the pale, gathering daylight. A...

    • Category: FAQ
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