Strawberries & Caneberries
The strawberry and caneberry (raspberries and blackberries) program is run by Mark Bolda and serves the grower community via traditional agricultural extension, research and investigation of problems in these important crops in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties. Current areas of proposed research include enhancing yield and post harvest quality of promotion of winter strawberry production,investigations into the cost of production of caneberries, and being on the alert for issues arising from the transition from methyl bromide to alternative soil fumigants.

Anthracnose on Strawberry
Berry Links
2018 Muestra De Costos Para Producir Y Cosechar Zarzamoras De Mercado Fresco
2018 Sample Costs to Produce and Harvest Fresh Market Blackberries
Presentations from the 2019 Annual Strawberry Meeting
Presentations from the 2019 Central Coast Caneberry Meeting
2017 Costos de Muestra para Producir y Cosechar Frambuesas de Mercado Fresco
2017 Sample Costs to Produce & Harvest Primocane Bearing Raspberries
2016 MUESTRA DE COSTOS PARA PRODUCIR Y COSECHAR FRESAS
2016 Sample Costs to Produce and Harvest Strawberries
Presentations from the 2017 Annual Caneberry Meeting
Presentations from the 2017 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting
Presentations from the 2016 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting
2015 Annual Strawberry Meeting Presentations
Mineral Nutrition of Strawberry - Presentation from NASGA 2-5-2015
Presentations from the 2014 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting
Berry Mineral Nutrition Meeting Presentations
Presentations from the Farming without Fumigants Symposium
Presentations from the 2013 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting
Presentations from the 2013 Caneberry Meeting
Presentations from the 2012 Panel Discussion of Entomology in Strawberries and Caneberries
Presentations from the 2012 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting
Presentations from 2011 Panel Discussion of Entomology in Strawberries and Caneberries
LBAM - Small Farm Conference Presentation Mark Bolda 2011
Presentations from 2011 Annual Strawberry Meeting
UC IPM Website for Strawberries
UC IPM Website for Caneberries
Cost and Return Studies
Strawberry/Caneberry Staff

Title: County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries
Specialty: Strawberry and caneberry culture - horticulture, fertility, pest management practices, closed environment agriculture
Address:
Cooperative Extension Santa Cruz County
1430 Freedom Boulevard, Suite E
Watsonville, CA 95076-2796
Phone: (831) 763-8025
Fax: (831) 763-8006
Email: mpbolda@ucanr.edu
Mark Bolda's Blog
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Soils Saturated Heavily - What Now?
Along with the rising waters of the past few weeks, concerns about the status of our strawberries have risen as well. For their part strawberry roots, as you can see from paragraph #6 out of the book "Small Fruit Management” by Galleta and...
By Mark Bolda
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Announcing February 7 Annual Strawberry Production Research Meeting
I am looking forward to sponsoring together with UC ANR Event Services this year's UCCE Annual Strawberry Production Meeting on February 7. It's going to be a monster meeting, with a ton of new information for Central Coast strawberry growers -...
By Mark Bolda
Author - County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries -
2023 CA Strawberry Acreage to Hit All Time Highs
The Jan 4 edition of the weekly California Farm Bureau newspaper "Ag Alert" had a very good article written by Ching Lee about the huge amount of strawberry acres planted for 2023. 31,852 acres of strawberries are already in the ground, and...
By Mark Bolda
Author - County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries -
Thoughts on the New Year
I was asked by a newsletter to which I contribute for a few remarks on coming 2023; thought they might be worth sharing here too: Get ready for a more muscular and responsive UC Cooperative Extension. This last year we added three...
By Mark Bolda
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All Hands on Deck to Bring in the Harvest in Japan
Interesting take on resolving labor shortages in this morning's Wall Street Journal in an article written by Miho Inada. Very much like our strawberry industry, Japan has been experiencing a real worker shortage but for the time being at least...
By Mark Bolda
Author - County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries
Fresas y Moras
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Anunciando la Reunion Annual de Producción de Fresas
Los invitamos a la reunión virtual para conocer las últimas investigaciones y avances en la producción de fresas con el asesor de agrícultura Mark Bolda, y otros expertos. ¿Quién debe de...
By Mark Bolda
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UCCE Reunión de Investigaciones de Producción de Fresa en la Costa Central
Ya estamos en plena preparación de nuestra reunión de investigaciones de producción de fresa, y el evento tomará lugar en la mañana del 2 de febrero. ¡Qué no falte nadie! Mientras lastimosamente...
By Mark Bolda
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Reunión de los plásticos biodegradables - 17 de agosto
Tal como muchos de Ustedes ya saben, la extension cooperativa de la Universidad de California, la Universidad del Estado de Washington y la organizacion de Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary, están en un esfuerzo colaborativo de poner a prueba varios...
By Mark Bolda
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Reunión anual de fresas de 2021 listo para mirar
Nuestra reunión anual está lista para mirar. Esta ha sido un esfuerzo fuerte por la parte de presentadores, organizadores y gente de diestro tecnológico, pero ya estamos listos. De tal manera que ya les he informado,...
By Mark Bolda
Author - County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries -
Entrenamiento de LBAM para “Certified Scout” en el Internet este Año
De tal manera que Usted no se molestará de ir a mi oficina, compartir en un café de dudosa calidad y faltar a alguna tarea de su rancho, vamos a hacer el entrenamiento de LBAM – quiere decir la palomilla marrón de la...
By Mark Bolda
Author - County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries