During the 2025 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School recently held in Mt. Vernon, a short survey was created to go along with discussion in the Small Fruit Q & A session. The survey asked participants basic questions regarding crops raised, pricing, varieties, etc. These questions spurred further discussion on related topics within the meeting and generated networking between growers.

In hopes of gaining a snapshot of the small fruit industry across the whole state of Illinois, Illinois Extension is asking small fruit growers to take a couple minutes to complete the survey. Just click on this survey link. Once responses have been collected, a report will be generated and shared in an upcoming issue of the IFVN, providing the industry snapshot to all growers. Information from this survey will also be used to help better inform Illinois Extension of programming needs across the state and how those might differ depending on region.

Thank you in advance for making time (really, just 5 minutes) to fill out this small fruit survey. The small fruit industry snapshot becomes clearer and more in focus with every survey response collected.