Yarborough remarks on blueberry surplus in BDN
University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension specialist David Yarborough was quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine asking the federal government to buy 30 million pounds of frozen blueberries to help stabilize falling prices.
Last year, wild blueberry production was up in Maine and Canada, according to the article.
“With a larger volume of berries on the market, there’s more opportunities for new product development and new markets,” Yarborough said.
He also was quoted in an Ellsworth American article on the large blueberry crop.