Title

TB198: Economic Analysis of Organic Pest Management Strategies for Lowbush Blueberries Using Enterprise Budgeting

Authors

Andrew C. Files
David Yarborough
Frank Drummond

Files

Description

Enterprise budgets were developed for the 12 different pest management treatments of a large-plot organic blueberry transitions project in Maine, covering two prune/harvest cycles (2004–2005 and 2006–2007). Regression analysis of the plot-level yield results for the aggregate of the two prune/harvest cycles indicated that burning fields as compared to mow­ing fields significantly increased blueberry yields over the aggregate of two prune/harvest cycles. Similarly, adding 1,000 lbs of sulfur before the first prune/harvest cycle significantly increased blueberry yields over the aggregate of two prune/harvest cycles as compared to no addition of sulfur. The addition of fertilizer had no significant impact on blueberry yields.

Document Type

Article

ISSN

1070-1524

Rights and Access Note

Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher. No known restrictions on publication.

Volume

198

Publication Date

10-1-2008

Publisher

Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

City

Orono

Keywords

blueberries, blueberry diseases, blueberry pests, organic blueberry production

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Plant Sciences

Recommended Citation

Files, A.C., D. Yarborough, and F. Drummond. 2008. Economic analysis of organic pest management strategies for lowbush blueberries using enterprise budgeting. Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 198.