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Blueberry Economics: The Costs of Establishing and Producing Conventional Blueberries in the Willamette Valley
Newly revised for 2020: Oregon Agricultural Enterprise budgets
Blueberry Economics: The Costs of Establishing and Producing Organic Blueberries in the Willamette Valley
Updated for 2020: Oregon Agricultural Enterprise budgets
Online course shows how to prune and train your raspberries
This course will provide small farmers and home gardeners with information needed to prune and train red, yellow, and black raspberries growing in either a hill system or hedgerow. It's online and you can start anytime. Learn more and register.
2020 Pest Management Guide for Wine Grapes in Oregon
This publication reviews the growth stages of grapes. For each growth stage (or group of growth stages), the document lists the more effective pesticides used to control insects, weeds, and disease; their rates; and application ...
How to cane prune grapevines
This video provides instructions on how to cane prune a grapevine.
How to spur prune grapevines
This video provides instructions on how to prune cordon-trained vines with spur pruning during winter.
Host Range and Characteristics Affecting Fruit Susceptibility to Spotted-wing Drosophila
Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) can develop on a wide range of cultivated and wild, soft-skinned fruits. This complicates pest management because SWD populations can move among several hosts with different ripening times throughout the year, allowing them to survive and reproduce in many environments.
How Seasons Affect Population Structure, Behavior and Risk on Spotted-wing Drosophila
Temperatures do affect how quickly SWD reproduce, see how temperatures affect their life cycle.
Noncrop Host Plants of Spotted Wing Drosophila in North America
Landscapes surrounding fruit production fields often include hedgerows, adjacent field margins, and woody or riparian areas with ornamentals, unmanaged shrubs, vines, or other plants that also produce fruits. Noncrop habitats can meet ...
Standards for Bird Control in Vineyards
Birds can feed on ripening grape berries near harvest. Learn how to protect your grapes in a safe and legal manner. Provided by the Oregon Wine Growers Association and Willamette Valley Wineries.