. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRY MARKETING ORDER AMENDED Cranberry growers and proces- sors have approved an amendment to their federal marketing order program which will provide for updating the allotment bases for producers now under the program and for the entry of new producers into the program. They also authorized a public member seat on the Cranberry Marketing Committee for the first time. This committee works with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in administering the fed- eral marketing order program. Assistant Secretary of Agricul- ture
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRY MARKETING ORDER AMENDED Cranberry growers and proces- sors have approved an amendment to their federal marketing order program which will provide for updating the allotment bases for producers now under the program and for the entry of new producers into the program. They also authorized a public member seat on the Cranberry Marketing Committee for the first time. This committee works with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in administering the fed- eral marketing order program. Assistant Secretary of Agricul- ture P. R. Smith said the amend- ment, effective Aug. 15, was favored by more than 75 percent of the growers voting in a referendum. These growers accounted for 86 percent of the volume of produc- tion that was represented in the voting. In addition, processors of more than 90 percent of the processed cranberries represented in the referendum favored the amend- ment. Handlers of more than 88 per- cent of the total volume of cranber- ries handled during Sept. 1, 1977, through April 30, 1978, signed a companion amended marketing agreement. The federal cranberry marketing order program regulates the hand- ling of cranberries grown in Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti- cut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island, BLUEBERRY PRODUCTION IN NEW JERSEY The New Jersey Crop Reporting Service indicates the State's blue- berry production for 1978 at 2,262,000 flats. Each flat contains 12 pints or approximately 11 pounds. This figure is up 9 percent from last year's crop and harvested acreage is at 7,800 acres. Many growers reported serious winter damage over the past two winters. A hard freeze on May 1 caused some spotty but significant crop losses. This year's crop harvest got underway two weeks later than the normal due to the cool spring weather. WISCONSIN FIELD DAY The 1978 Summer Field Day of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Associat
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