25 May Changing Blueberry Market
Posted at 16:39h
in Business Planning and Management, Fruits, Horticultural Crops, Insect Management, Marketing, Business & Risk Management, Pest Management, Podcasts
In this episode, Rich Myers of the National Center for Appropriate Technology talks with Austin Harley, a second-generation blueberry farmer near Covert, Michigan. Harley talks about changing market strategies as producers in more states choose blueberries as a crop; the labor market, and the challenges of dealing with plant-specific insect pests.