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Aug 20, 2008 8:39 am US/Eastern
Cranberry Crop Could Be Best In Years
WAREHAM (WBZ) ―
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Cranberry bog in Wareham
WBZ
Massachusetts is expecting a bumper cranberry crop this fall.
Federal agricultural officials say the crop could increase as much as 25 percent this year and yield up to 1.9 million barrels, the best year in the state since 1999.
Gary Keough, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's statistical service New England field office, told
The Standard-Times the wet weather in July and August offset concerns about a hot June.
He says there is also a cyclical nature to the cranberry harvest, and 2007 was a down year.
The forecast was presented Tuesday at the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association's annual meeting in Wareham and was based on survey responses by more than 300 Bay State growers.
Cranberry grower Peter Beaton says a good crop is "just what the industry needed."
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