The cranberry harvest at Hartley Family Farm begins in October and continues into mid-November. Cold nights are crucial for ripening the berries. "If it’s cold, the berries will become redder ...

John Darlington’s family was growing cranberries in South Jersey even before ... cranberry-producing county in the United States," according to the county's website. The cranberry farm founded ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

You see, cranberry farms have been moving towards more organic farming methods which preclude the use of pesticides and so to keep the insect population down, the farmers encourage wolf spiders to ...

Cranberries will take center stage during the holiday season. Wisconsin is a top producer of fruit, thanks to a legacy of farmers. Rooted in Red, a family-owned northern Wisconsin cranberry farm, is ...

“It’s not dire, but it’s making farming more challenging,” Wick said. Some of the largest cranberry farms have sold off land to housing developers, or gotten into the real estate business ...