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Joint bid to get bees busy will boost blueberry businesses
- . October 10, 2016
A $355,000 public-private partnership is aiming to strengthen honey bee populations — and boost blueberry growers — across Atlantic Canada.

BBC Technologies unveils new blueberry system
- . October 6, 2016
New Zealand-based BBC Technologies has unveiled Kato 260, a new sorting and grading machine for blueberries, at Fruit Attraction in

IBO Summit 2016: Volume growth, social and and the rise of new growing regions were key discussion points
- . September 28, 2016
Last year’s IBO Summit in Coffs Harbour, Australia had more than 300 participants, but this year’s event in Concordia, Argentina

IBO announces new president
- . September 28, 2016
The world’s leading blueberry industry body has made changes to its board, ushering in a new era of development and

Moroccan berries on UK mission
- . September 27, 2016
Morocco’s export control body, the EACCE, this week organised a trade mission for soft fruit exporters to the UK, held

Peru’s president helps kick off new Superfoods from Peru brand
- . September 19, 2016
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the newly elected president of Peru, made an appearance at the Peru to the World Expo Sept. 18
Argentina: Blueberry production is expected to increase by 17%
- . September 16, 2016
Argentina has had a very good winter this year, and the temperatures were adequate for the correct development of the

Canada: BC blueberries prove up to the task for China-bound seafreight
- . September 13, 2016
Results may have been mixed for the first full season of Chinese market access for British Columbia blueberries, but exporters

Growing consumer demand supports increasing berry imports
- . September 13, 2016
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council, based in Folsom, CA, reports that consumers who crave the taste of fresh blueberries in

Hortifrut profits rise 26% in H1
- . September 9, 2016
Several factors including delayed harvests and improved pricing helped push up profits at Chile-based berry company Hortifrut in the first