HORTICULTURE

Michigan has almost 250 acres of cranberries. There are several small farms in the Upper Peninsula and one large new planting in Cheboygan County in the Northeastern Lower Peninsula. All the rest of the recent cranberry plantings have been in the 5 counties on the Southern Lake Michigan Shore. Cranberries are members of the heath family and are related to Blueberries and have similar site requirements. While there is interest in new cranberry plantings the high cost of site preparation has kept most ventures in Michigan small.

Michigan Cranberry Harvest

Cranberry Web Sites

With the recent fall in cranberry prices, cranberry farming is a stressful lifestyle. Check out the Cranberry Stressline for a reality check on fruit farming in general and cranberries specifically. 

The University of Wisconsin has posted a page of Cranberry links. This is a complete listing of all the resources on the World Wide Web.  Wisconsin also has fruit pathology materials for cranberries.   It also has Wisconsin Cranberries with a posted newsletter, a listing of pictures and links to the Wisconsin cranberry industry.

Massachusetts is the home of the cultivated cranberry.   See the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association page.

Cranberries Magazine, the publication of the Cranberry industry.

Oregon State University's Grape & Berry Infonet has cranberry information.

Maine has an excellent page on Maine Cranberries. 

Washington State has posted their Cranberry Spray recommendations.

Ocean Spray represents most American cranberry growers. This cooperative controls the most of the cranberry market.

Northland Cranberry is a new corporation formed by several Wisconsin cranberry growers.

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Last modified: June 2004