An international patent dispute has broken out over berry harvesters between farm machinery manufacturers in Washington state and Serbia, which had previously cooperated on equipment sales. Blueline ...

Increased labor costs and a diminishing supply of workers — causing fierce competition for farm employees — are pushing fresh blueberry growers toward mechanized harvest. The best machines, as well as ...

Lisa Sadleir-Hart has filled her freezer with berries from her backyard in Sitka for more than 25 years. But this year, that freezer will be emptier. “The crop looks terrible,” Sadleir-Hart said. “I ...

DEBLOIS, Maine | Mary Marshall grew up living the life of a migrant farmer, spending hours under the hot summer sun picking wild blueberries with her parents and eight siblings, then ending the day ...