SAVE-THE-DATE FALL 2017 Meeting and Trade Show THURSDAY October 26, 2017 Dear Members, On behalf of the Florida Blueberry Growers Association, I’d like to extend a sincere thank you for your continued support of our [...]
"To all of our Florida Blueberry Growers Association members: Our harvest time is really getting kicked into high gear. While the last few months of 2016 did not give our crops as many chill hours [...]
If you would like to become a new member, please visit the About Us section for membership info. We hope that you enjoy the site, whether you are a blueberry grower, educator, or even an [...]
The professional pickers’ fingers fly through rows of bushes at Tom West Blueberries in search of indigo-colored berries among the green and violet fruit. ... [READ MORE]
Blueberries are like comedy. It's all about timing. There's a sweet spot, after Chilean imports and before the Georgia harvest, in which Florida's southern high bush berries are not just the only game in town. [...]
FBBGA Members: There are rumblings in Tallahassee that some of OUR representatives are trying to gut the Fresh From Florida program. As you know, Fresh From Florida helps promote our blueberries throughout the country and [...]
ONE OF THE GREAT PARTS of working in Florida agriculture is that every year we get to start fresh. If we learn from past successes or mistakes, then we have another opportunity to do a better job in a new season. But putting last season behind us will not be easy for some. While those fortunate few who had a good season or those who had crop or whole farm revenue insurance will be okay, many other farms are strained financially. […]
The vast majority of Florida’s 47,000 agricultural producers are small farmers. As such, they do not have the resources to individually conduct promotional and advertising campaigns to help market their products. By joining the Florida Agricultural Promotional [...]
AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, our last season was one of the most challenging ones we have ever experienced. Warmer-than-normal conditions during late fall and winter delayed the onset of dormancy and resulted in very low winter chill accumulation. The unusually warm winter, combined with an El Niño climate phase (cloudy and cool conditions during our fruit set and development phase), were major factors delaying harvest of the 2016 Florida blueberry crop. As a result, we were later than we have ever been on our harvest, which meant our fruit hit the market at an unusual time this year. […]
As you are all aware, our last season was one of the most challenging ones we have ever experienced. Warmer than normal conditions during late fall and winter delayed the onset of dormancy and resulted [...]
