Cranberry growers weather the drought; prices could rise
Some cranberry growers in the state are reporting their largest yields ever, with large fruit size and weight, quelling the fears about the potential impact Maine’s ongoing drought could have had on the harvest.
Charles Armstrong, a cranberry expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service, told Maine Public that growers had to irrigate their crop to combat the drought in an effort that appears to be paying off as up to million-and-a-half pounds of cranberries are expected to be harvested this year.
This year’s harvest could also prove to be a turnaround in low price points that have afflicted cranberry growers for recent years, with Armstrong telling Maine Public that experts are hearing that prices could be on the rise once again.
In 2015, a number of Maine cranberry growers declined to harvest because of low prices.
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