Earliblue blueberry growing in Oregon’s Willamette Valley in 2011. The blueberry crop is booming in Oregon and Washington, which together make up nearly 40 percent of the U.S. market. (Courtesy Lynn Ketchum/Oregon State University) In a surprise comeback, Oregon regained the top spot among the nation’s blueberry producers in 2018, with a record-setting increase of 23.3 million pounds over the state’s 2017 production. Bryan Ostlund, chair of the Oregon Blueberry Commission, said Oregon’s 2018 crop totaled134.1 million pounds, with about 55 percent going to processing and about 45 percent to the fresh market. Washington’s 2018 crop was estimated to be […]