4 research outputs found
B823: Transporting Fresh Blueberries from Maine to the Boston Market: A Look at the Economic Alternatives
A study was initiated at the University of Maine to investigate various transportation alternatives available to marketers of fresh blueberries and similar fresh-market enterprises to determine economies of size in shipping. Several methods of economic analysis, including partial budgeting and break-even analysis, were used to assess the feasibility of several transportation alternatives. The alternatives analyzed were (1) contract shipping services, while using various percentages of truck capacity, (2) purchase of a truck and large trailer (20,000 Ibs capacity), and (3) purchase of a truck and smaller trailer (10,000 Ibs capacity).https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_bulletin/1054/thumbnail.jp
Blueberry Advisory Committee Research Report
The 1985 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Control of secondary blueberry pest insects
2. Effect of pruning practices on blueberry insect abundance
3. Effect of hexazinone on species distribution in lowbush blueberry fields
4. Dichlobenil for control of bunchberry
5. Evaluation of postemergence herbicides for grass control
6. Hand-wiper applications of herbicides on woody weeds
7. Evaluation of steam as a pruning practice for lowbush blueberry fields
8. Evaluation of glyphosate and 2,4-D applied with a commercial weed roller to control woody weeds
9. Hand-wiping and cutting treatments for dogbane
9. Evaluation of airblast-sprayer application of asulam for bracken fern control
10. Spot treatment of woody weeds with 2,4-D in oil
11. Chemical control of Botrytis blossom blight
12. Evaluation of preliminary steam treatments (1984) at Blueberry Hill Farm
13. Long term effects of N and NPK fertilizer on plant growth and yield
14. Nutritional survey of selected lowbush blueberry fields
15. Interaction of fertility and pruning practices on soil characteristics and lowbush blueberry growth and yield
16. Frequency of fertility application for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
17. Slow release vs. liquid fertilizer for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
18. The effect of several mulches on frost heaving, soil moisture, soil temperature and rhizome development
19. Blueberry product development: raisin-type blueberries
20. Blueberry product development: blueberry puree
21. Addendum: 1985 Report from Moody Trevet
Blueberry Advisory Committee Research Report
The 1984 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Control, biology, and ecology of insects affecting lowbush blueberries .
2. Chemical control of mummyberry disease (Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi)
3. New Fungicides for control of Botrytis blossom blight
4. Nutritional survey of selected lowbush blueberry fields
5. Interaction of fertility and pruning practices on soil characteristics and lowbush blueberry growth and yield
6. Long term effects of N and NPK fertilizer on plant growth and yield
7. The effect of N fertilization on clonal spread
8. Nutritional responses of the lowbush blueberry in new plantings as related to early establishment
9. The effect of several mulches on frost heaving, soil moisture, soil temperature and rhizome development
10. Effectiveness of mulches and planted lowbush blueberry seedlings for stabilizing soils and increasing plant cover
11. Effect of surface mulches on stabilizing lowbush blueberry soil in barren areas
12. Frequency of fertility application for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
13. Slow release vs liquid fertilizer for establishment of lowbush blueberry seedlings
14. Comparison of rooted cuttings and tissue culture propagated lowbush blueberry plants
15. The effect of growth regulator formulations on growth and rhizome production of the lowbush blueberry
16. Unburned, mowed fields
17. Blueberry concentrate
18. Blueberry product development
19. Dehydrated blueberries
20. Low-calorie blueberry jellies
21. Hexazinone and terbacil mixture for weed control
22. Hexazinone and atrazine mixture for weed control
23. Effect of hexazinone and nitrogen or nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizer on lowbush blueberry plants
24. Hand-wiper applications of herbicides on birch, maple and willow
25. Glyphosate applied after leaf drop for bunchberry control
26. Napropamide for seedling weed control
27. PP333 plant growth regulator
28. Dichlobenil for bunchberry control
29. Effect of hexazinone on weed and blueberry populations
30. Fluazifop-butyl for grass control
31. Hand-wiping and cutting treatments for dogbane
32. Evaluation of airblast sprayer application of asulam for bracken fern control
33. Evaluation of spot treatment of woody weeds with 2,4-D in oil
34. Steam heat as a control of mummyberry diseas
QUALITY CHANGES AND LIMITED MARKETING SEASON EFFECTS ON THE DEMAND FOR FRESH BLUEBERRIES
This study examines the notion that fresh-fruit prices follow a time trend separate from the effect of seasonal supply changes over the marketing season. In particular, quality changes and a limited marketing season are hypothesized to contribute to the seasonal changes in demand. The empirical results support these hypotheses for the Boston fresh-blueberry market