This crop doesn’t usually come from massive commercial farms, though—small cranberry-farming families still play an important role in the harvest. It’s a heralded tradition for many of these ...
“We’ve never done a harvest with all well water before,” Lee said. His farm, which sprawls across 1,800 acres, normally draws water from the Wading River to feed 130 acres of cranberry bog ...
Massachusetts cranberry farmers are experiencing a bountiful harvest this year, with projections exceeding 2 million barrels. Steve Ward, a local grower, anticipates his best yield in three years ...
In Central Wisconsin, cranberry farmers are ... This year, the farm expects to yield about 10 million pounds of cranberries. The harvest process involves specialized equipment to help gather ...
In the last four months, it has only rained about three inches at the Lee Brothers Cranberry Farm — about a foot ... is a 150-year event," Lee said. And before temperatures dip to single digits ...
But these pink super fruits have a long journey before they ever ... on an Ocean Spray farm. Allison Carr: Hi, I'm Alison Carr and I am a 6th generation cranberry farmer here in Massachusetts ...
(AP) — Weeks before Thanksgiving ... a second-generation cranberry grower, on the edge of his bog. The harvest runs from September through early November, and Ward is expected to produce ...
Overall, Maine cranberry growers had a good season, said Charles Armstrong, a cranberry expert at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension who assists farms ... way to harvest, but the ...