2025 Crop Forecast
At its 138th Annual Summer Meeting & Tradeshow in August, the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association (CCCGA) announced the 2025 cranberry crop forecast, according to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) crop production report. NASS estimates a 1.75 million barrel crop for Massachusetts, down slightly from the Commonwealth’s 2024 harvest. The NASS forecast—an early-season estimate based on voluntary grower surveys— predicts the national crop to be 8.13 million barrels, a decrease of 9% from their previous crop figure. One cranberry barrel is equivalent to 100 pounds.
“We are hopeful that favorable weather over the remainder of the growing season, including getting some much-needed rain, will help improve on this NASS crop estimate,” said CCCGA Executive Director Brian Wick. “However, Massachusetts did experience a fair amount of cranberry winter damage, a type of injury to vines caused by severe winter weather. The scattered winter injury coupled with last year’s late-season drought, caused some vines to come out of spring dormancy in less-than-ideal conditions. But the resiliency of the native berry, plus the resourcefulness of our growers, has helped to regain some of the lost vitality of the cranberry plants.”