Strawberries and Caneberries

And this one is sure to make a splash. Just bought it on Amazon, and I'll set aside my current read (Plato's Gorgias) to wade into this one. It's supposed to arrive on Friday, so I can start into it already this weekend.

Some questions have been coming up concerning "what's new" in SWD management in berries, so I thought I would share this work that I've presented at some of the meetings during the winter cycle.

I had an interesting conversation a number of weeks ago with my boss, Assistant Vice Provost Mark Lagrimini, concerning how we extensionists present information in a format that successfully changes the way people think about and approach a subject.

I was holding some strawberry fruit a few weeks ago to check on a pathogen for a local grower (it's very likely anthracose, but more to come on that account), and of course this being late season had a lot of leak rot showing up.

My colleagues and I just finished our revision of the Organic Strawberry Cost of Production Study. The previous study was from 2014 and really not up to date. This new one incorporates a lot of what is going on with labor as well as updates on fertility and pest managment practices.