LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., a Grower-Owned cooperative, announced today its latest crop estimate for the 2016 cranberry harvest. Providing conditions remain as expected, Ocean Spray predicts the global industry will produce approximately 13 million barrels of cranberries. Ocean Spray anticipates its Grower-Owners will deliver around 8 million barrels of cranberries to the Cooperative’s receiving and processing facilities this year. A barrel is the standard measure for cranberries and is equal to 100lbs or 45Kg.
“Our Cooperative of family farms and the cranberry industry as a whole continues to grow by consistently delivering a high quality crop,” shared Dan Crocker, VP of Cooperative Development and Global Ingredients. “As a cooperative, Ocean Spray is focused on selling that crop by growing demand for our Grower-Owner’s fruit through both new product innovation and continuing to introduce the cranberry to new markets, geographies, and consumers worldwide.”
Ocean Spray Grower-Owners are located throughout all cranberry growing regions including Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin, as well as British Columbia, Eastern Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia) and Chile. Regionally, Ocean Spray expects Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Quebec to experience significantly larger crops than 2015 with all other growing regions remaining steady. The Cooperative wrapped up the South American harvest in June with Ocean Spray receiving just under half a million barrels of fruit in Chile.
Regional Estimates for the 2016 North American Harvest are as follows:
Massachusetts 2.1 million barrels
New Jersey 540,000 barrels
Oregon
480,000 barrels
Washington 170,000 barrels
Wisconsin 5.8
million barrels
Total USA: 9.1 million barrels
British Columbia 1 million barrels
Eastern Canada 2.6 million
barrels
Total Canada: 3.6 million barrels
The North American cranberry harvest begins in mid-September and will run through mid-November, culminating just before Thanksgiving in the United States.
About Ocean Spray
Ocean Spray is the world’s leading producer of cranberry products, but it’s not your typical food company. Founded in 1930, we are proud to be an agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 cranberry farmers who receive the proceeds from every berry sold. Our 2,000 employees are united with these family farms in a shared purpose to ignite a passion for our cranberries around the world. For more information visit: www.oceanspray.com or www.oceanspray.coop.
