Curry County Reporter
Oregon cranberrys are OK'd for China 102214
Curry County Reporter
Oregon cranberries are OK'd for China By Sean Hall Thanks to a re-working of federal policy, frozen cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, and cherries can now be shipped to China. Until recently, fresh products could be shipped to China, but in order ...

Reports detail strengths, challenges in local food systems
Coos Bay World
Alternative markets for cranberries – Oregon cranberries are in large supply but nationally there is a glut of product. Growers say their product is sweeter. A feasibility study could help determine if Oregon cranberries have the potential to be a ...

PORTLAND – Just over a year ago three participants in the AmeriCorps Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program began intensive projects to detail the food issues and assets in …

Let’s be clear about something... When making stuffing, it’s always better to slice and dry your own bread cubes. Hands down, the taste and texture are better.

Cheer: Berries for everyone

If you live in one of our urban communities, you may think what goes on at the county doesn’t matter. It does, and it does a lot. County government is our voice to state and federal officials …

Apparently we don’t. Personally. I was just cleaning out my desk and found our Estimated Allotment Certificate for our own personal crop for 2014. Our allotment was virtually the same as the crop we delivered! I’m assuming a lot of Wisconsin growers are in the same boat.  Mother Nature delivered where the USDA Secretary would not.  Of course I hate it for WI, but everyone will benefit from this smaller crop.   As the final berries get counted, we are all waiting and wondering just where the crop will end up (or down..)   Congrats to those growers who had a great crop.

Whatever the result, we will have less concentrate and less dried cranberries in the marketplace.

Area growers now allowed to ship frozen berries to China
Coos Bay World
Cranberries just harvested from a bog at the Tobiska Family Farm near Bandon are loaded into the back of a truck Monday morning. The annual harvest is in full swing along the South Coast. 2014-10-28T10:33:00Z 2014-10-28T16:40:06Z Area growers now ...

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COOS BAY — Thanks to a collaborative effort between a Curry County cranberry harvester and government officials at the county, state and national levels, farmers of cranberries, blueberries an…

Dec. 16, 1953 - September 2014

Capital Press
Cranberry farmers struggle with high supply, low prices
Capital Press
LONG BEACH, Wash. — Cranberry farmers, growers of the only commercial ground crop in the southwest corner of the state, perpetually battle the cool climate and limited acreage. Now, they have an even bigger problem — a global glut of cranberries so ...

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From Food Network magazine!
We will still produce a lot…but maybe not 60% !

http://pact.oceanspray.com

Interesting.

http://www.bevnet.com/news/2014/ocean-spray-freshbev-collaborate-on-new-cold-pressed-juices

Interesting bottle and name…can’t wait to see the ingredient/nutrition panel. Will they actually put cranberry in the bottle or something else? Calories? added sugar? So many options, such a tart berry we grow. Interesting that Spray is partnering rat

Remember all the way back to August and the crop estimates at the CMC? The OSpray WI members all predicted 5mm barrels for Wi, the independents all predicted 5.6,5.8 leading to a 5.3, 5.4mm barrel projection for WI. It looks like OSpray might actually be correct with their 20% decrease.  Many growers are coming in short according to the the receiving stations. Wisconsin may well be down 1,000,000 barrels from last year.

how does your crop look?

We always get great photos during harvest!!

No more dinners at the Station

Bandon Feeds the Hungry is Saturday

Sept. 12

BANDON — Debbie Shanks of Bandon won a quilt during the Cranberry Festival quilt show annual raffle last month. Shanks, pictured behind the quilt, and Bobby Everest, left, of Langlois proudly …