Cranberry crops are expected to be lower this year according to the USDA.
The USDA predicts that crops will be down 10 percent from last year’s record-breaking crop.
Although crops are down, there is an even higher demand for the fruit than in the past. Wisconsin is the country’s largest producer of cranberries are expecting an 11 percent decrease. Reports say that bogs are still recuperating from last year’s harvest. Massachusetts is also expected a high, 20 percent, decrease in crops.
Last year 7.87 barrels were harvested, but only 7.09 are expected in 2009.
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