Winter 2009 blueberry crop - price report from Frog Holler, Chilean blueberry marketing

From the Frog Blog: Cold weather leads to price hikes (1/9/2009)

Blueberries--now for some good news. Blueberry prices hit rock bottom this weekend. I can't imagine they could get this cheap in the winter. Prices could be as low as $15 per case.

I'll be following the twitter stream of EuroFruit to get more details as well; country of origin might be Chile?

Chilean blueberry campaign expands

Steven Maxwell | 08 January 2009 | Print | Download | Comment | Share

The Chilean Fresh Fruit Association is to expand its blueberry marketing campaign to Germany, Austria and Italy for the first time

For the third year running, the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association is set to promote its fresh blueberries during January and February in the UK, focusing on increasing market penetration and providing support for British blueberry retailers and importers.

more on blueberry pricing from Bellingham (Whatcom County) WA, 12/14/08:

Prices for one of Ehlers other crops, blueberries, was headed in the other direction. The blueberry has been gaining in popularity, and farmers all over the world have been planting more of the crop. The price for blueberries was around $1.50 a couple of years ago, falling to about 75 cents this year.

"There was a bit of a blueberry rush, so there is much more supply now," Ehlers said.

(presumably that's a wholesale price)