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Wisconsin was the top cranberry producer in the United States in 2023, at about 5.01 million barrels, followed by Massachusetts with 1.97 million barrels of cranberries in that year.
The leading cranberry-producing states are Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Oregon. Wisconsin is the top cranberry producer in the country, accounting for more than half of the nation's total output.
In Wisconsin, the largest growing State, production was 5.01 million barrels, up 4% from last year. Production in Massachusetts, at 1.97 million barrels, is down 13% from last year. Oregon producers harvested 550 thousand barrels, up from 417 thousand barrels in 2022.
Cranberry production, as measured by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), comes from four States: Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. In Wisconsin, the largest growing State, production is forecast at 4.3 million barrels, up 3 percent from last year.
The following 5 states account for a majority of the US cranberry crop yield: Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. Only Oregon posted growth from a production output standpoint year vs 2017. All other states saw a small dip as overall U.S. production fell by 3.13%
The 2023 U.S. cranberry crop is forecast to be 7.62 million barrels, down 5.4 percent from the previous year, but equal to the 2020–22 average. The top-producing State, Wisconsin, typically harvests around 60 percent of the annual U.S. cranberry crop.
Total production was 6.97 million barrels harvested or approximately 697 million pounds. Wisconsin is the leading producer of cranberries, producing 59 percent of the U.S. crop in 2021. Other leading cranberry producing states include Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Oregon.
The state's cranberry growers harvested 20,300 acres, down 300 acres from last year. Average yield per acre, at 238.2 barrels, was up 18 percent from last year's 202.2 barrels. The price of cranberries was down 3 percent from 2021 to $38.70 per barrel. The total value of utilized production was $187 million dollars. Processed cranberries
Total U.S. production of cranberries in 2021 is forecast for 7.9 million barrels, up less than 1 percent from last year. In three of the four top cranberry-producing States—Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Oregon—output is expected to increase slightly from last year.
Wisconsin cranberry acreage has leveled off at about 20,000 acres in 18 counties. The top cranberry-producing county is Wood County, which produces 1 in 9 cranberries grown in the world. The other top counties are Monroe, Jackson, Juneau and Adams, with about two-thirds of the state’s cranberries grown in the central part of the state.