Wisconsin cranberry production totaled 4.84 million million barrels in 2022, compared to 4.17 million barrels in 2021, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The state’s cranberry growers harvested 20,300 acres, down 300 acres from last year. Average yield per acre, at 238.2 barrels, was up 18 percent from last year’s 202.2 barrels. The price of cranberries was down 3 percent from 2021 to $38.70 per barrel. The total value of utilized production was $187 million dollars.
Processed cranberries accounted for 96 percent of the state’s utilized cranberry production. Wisconsin maintained its No. 1 ranking in total cranberry production with 60 percent of the nation’s total. Wisconsin total production was more than twice that of the next highest producing state, Massachusetts.
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