Useful Resources

North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association

Offering a wealth of advice on growing in the home garden –  how to pick and store berries, a selection of fabulous recipes, a “berry farm finder” for your state, berry festival events information, plus much more. Visit http://www.raspberryblackberry.com/ to learn more about NARBA.

Production Guides

• Nourse Farms Planting Guide (excellent information for first time growers) http://issuu.com/noursefarms/docs/nourse_farms_2013_planting_guide/17?e=3905375/1292257
• Cornell Fruit http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/berry/production/brambleproduction.html
• Fruit Production for the Home Gardener http://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fphg/brambles
• The MidAtlantic Berry Guide for Commercial Growers (2013-2014) http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/AGRS097.pdf
• Canada http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub360/p360toc5.htm

Drip Irrigation suppliers

• The Drip Depot http://www.dripdepot.com/
• Drip Works.com http://www.dripworks.com/
• Trickl-EZZ Company http://www.trickl-eez.com/

University Plant Tissue, Soil and Water Testing Labs (This is not an exhaustive list. Check with your local extension agent to find a lab near you):

• Penn State http://agsci.psu.edu/aasl
• University of Connecticut http://www.soiltest.uconn.edu/index.php
• Iowa State University http://soiltesting.agron.iastate.edu/analyses/plant.html
• University of Massachusetts Amherst https://soiltest.umass.edu/services
• University of Missouri http://soilplantlab.missouri.edu/soil/
• Louisiana State University http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/departments/SPESS/ServiceLabs/soil_testing_lab/

Pest management

Diagnostic Labs (This is not an exhaustive list. Check with your local extension agent to find a lab near you):

• Michigan State University http://www.pestid.msu.edu/
• Ohio State University http://ppdc.osu.edu/
• Purdue University http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/ppdl/index.html
• Washington State University http://plantpath.wsu.edu/diagnostics/
• North Dakota State University http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pdl
• North Carolina State University http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/extension/clinic/services.html
• Iowa State University http://www.ent.iastate.edu/pidc/

Pesticide guides

• 2014 MidWest Small Fruit and Grape Spray Guide https://ag.purdue.edu/hla/Hort/Documents/ID-169.pdf
• 2014 Southeast Regional Caneberries Integrated Management Guide http://www.smallfruits.org/SmallFruitsRegGuide/Guides/2014/2014BrambleSprayGuide10_24_2013.pdf
• The MidAtlantic Berry Guide for Commercial Growers (2013-2014) http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/AGRS097.pdf

Other Publications

• Fruit Growers News http://fruitgrowersnews.com/
• New York Berry News http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/nybn/
• Berries Northwest http://www.berriesnw.com/