N.J. cranberry farmers look forward to cooler weather for ripening crops

Teegate · Oct 10, 2017

Some very interesting info in this article concerning the recent hurricanes and harvesting.

https://whyy.org/articles/n-j-cranberry-farmers-look-forward-cooler-weather-ripening-crops/

manumuskin · Oct 10, 2017

Is the water really that deep? Or is He on his knees?

dogg57 · Oct 16, 2017

Editor’s note:WHYY.ORG This story was updated to reflect that deer, in addition to tundra swans, love cranberries. Did not know that

bobpbx · Oct 16, 2017

Workers from Puerto Rico? That is surprising. I wonder what talent they bring that cannot be found here. Could it be ambition?

46er · Oct 17, 2017

bobpbx said:
I wonder what talent they bring that cannot be found here. Could it be ambition?

Probably low wages.

PINEY WARDEN · Oct 17, 2017

46er said:
Probably low wages.

Even with higher wages nobody wants to do farm work anymore. Sad but true! Employee turnover is never ending in farm life.