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Alternate-year Production Is Not Profitable in Washington Floricane Red Raspberry Systems
HortTechnology (Alexandria, Va.), Vol.31(6), pp.688-691
12/01/2021
Abstract
Floricane red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) produces biennial canes that are traditionally managed by annual selective removal of previously fruited floricanes and training of primocanes that will bear fruit in the next growing season. This process of pruning and training is labor intensive and costly, and growers would benefit from more economical methods of pruning and training. This 6-year project evaluated the economic viability of alternate-year (AY) production in a commercial floricane red raspberry field in northwest Washington and compared it to traditional, every-year (EY) production to assess whether the former could save costs. Despite savings from reduced chemicals, fertilizers, labor, general farm supplies, and other variable costs, the overall benefits of AY production were not enough to offset losses in revenue resulting from reduced yields under the conditions of this experiment in northwest Washington.
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- Title
- Alternate-year Production Is Not Profitable in Washington Floricane Red Raspberry Systems
- Creators
- Lisa Wasko DeVetter - Washington State UniversitySuzette Galinato - Washington State UniversityTroy Kortus - Product Innovation and Engineering (United States, Saint James) - LLCJonathan Maberry - Product Innovation and Engineering (United States, Saint James) - LLC
- Publication Details
- HortTechnology (Alexandria, Va.), Vol.31(6), pp.688-691
- Academic Unit
- College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
- Publisher
- Amer Soc Horticultural Science
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- Washington Red Raspberry Commission
- Identifiers
- 99901180184901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article