Event Title
Start Date
28-8-2017 11:15 AM
End Date
28-8-2017 11:30 AM
Description
Abstract:
New Brunswick growers produced cranberries on over 900 acres in 2016 and had a record harvest of 13,780 barrels last season. Growers are having difficulty navigating the low price concerns, and have begun to limit expenses and treatments as best they can. They are monitoring for pesticide application more than ever and have moved towards more effective use of irrigation in recent years. Weeds are beginning to be more problematic in fields, but this could also be from a mild winter. Other pest pressures have been low in 2017. One grower had extensive early leaf drop in the spring, but plants have recovered. Under a Growing Forward 2 program, the industry can access financial assistance as an incentive to plant higher yielding or earlier maturing varieties. The program will assist with the purchase of plants and associated movement costs. All other costs are not supported. Approximately 5 acres have been approved for planting. Another program helped support the purchase of the updated “Identification Guide for Weeds in Cranberries”, one for each farm in New Brunswick. Recent herbicide trial results have been inconsistent, mainly due to inadequate weed species and densities in trials from 2013-2016. Crop tolerance has been adequate for most herbicides tested, with improved safety from applications made before bud break.
Recommended Citation
Graham, Gavin, "New Brunswick Cranberry Industry Update" (2017). North American Cranberry Researcher and Extension Workers Conference. 8.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/nacrew/2017/papers/8
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New Brunswick Cranberry Industry Update
Abstract:
New Brunswick growers produced cranberries on over 900 acres in 2016 and had a record harvest of 13,780 barrels last season. Growers are having difficulty navigating the low price concerns, and have begun to limit expenses and treatments as best they can. They are monitoring for pesticide application more than ever and have moved towards more effective use of irrigation in recent years. Weeds are beginning to be more problematic in fields, but this could also be from a mild winter. Other pest pressures have been low in 2017. One grower had extensive early leaf drop in the spring, but plants have recovered. Under a Growing Forward 2 program, the industry can access financial assistance as an incentive to plant higher yielding or earlier maturing varieties. The program will assist with the purchase of plants and associated movement costs. All other costs are not supported. Approximately 5 acres have been approved for planting. Another program helped support the purchase of the updated “Identification Guide for Weeds in Cranberries”, one for each farm in New Brunswick. Recent herbicide trial results have been inconsistent, mainly due to inadequate weed species and densities in trials from 2013-2016. Crop tolerance has been adequate for most herbicides tested, with improved safety from applications made before bud break.