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Fresh produce, shellfish prices will rise as Northwest farmers hope for drought, heat wave help
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Blueberries Hit By Heat Pt 1 - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
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Anna King
Originally published on July 4, 2021 6:00 am
Record heat across the Northwest is taking a toll on agriculture both the crops and the workers who harvest them.
Central Washington farmer Alan Schreiber is worried about his fields.
“Melon, watermelon, tomatoes, eggplant, okra. What you call hot crops,” Schreiber says. “But they need a lot of water.”
Schreiber just found out his irrigation pump is only running at 30 percent capacity. It hit 117 degrees in his field Tuesday.
His new water pump won’t arrive until Friday. So now he’s having to make some hard choices.
“We have stopped watering our perennial crops, so we’re not watering our tree fruit, grapes and berry crops,” he says.
Blueberries Hit By Heat Pt 1 - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
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Roasted on the vine: Heat dome threatens NW berry harvest this summer
Blueberries from Oregon to B.C. are being baked on the bush. Raspberries too. Growers are calling the heat damage catastrophic.
Most West Coast blueberry growers were just getting ready to harvest when the heat dome hit in late June. The berries got soft, but not ripe. Some were burned from the intense sun.
The still-green berries now have brown seeds inside indicating they are sun-damaged and might fall off the bush or stop growing. Thatâs crushing news to an industry that produces more than 80% of the nation s blueberries from July through September. Growers warn it could lead to nationwide shortages later this summer.