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Article: Cranberry crop looks bountiful
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2008
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Wisconsin's cranberry harvest will be the second-largest in
history this year if U.S. Department of Agriculture projections are
correct.
The department predicts that the state will yield 3.85 million
barrels of cranberries during the fall harvest, a 4% increase over
the 3.71 million barrels last year. The snowy and cold winter helped
the yield by putting a coat of ice on the vines, which protected
them from winter conditions.
The Wisconsin cranberry industry has a yearly economic impact of
$350 million and supports 7,200 jobs in the state ...