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Supplies Inc. +Complete line of cranberryherbicides, 4 Pheromone traps and baits. fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, + Custom harvesting-wet & dry. i1 7) miticides. + East Coast Furford Distributor. ;,' -1 + Best applicationand safety equipment + Burlap picking Bags -Best for your money. for your needs. + Purchaseand sale of cranberryvines. + Quality aerialapplications. + IPM products. + Provenfrost warning equipment. + Bog Boom. John C. Decas · Paul Alexander * Parker Mauck 461 Mary's Pond Rd., Rochester, MA 02770 Office: (508) 295-2731 · Fax: (508) 291-0196 1-800-88 BERRY II~~~:::: r: : ........ Serving New::Z EngIand Cr:abr Growers You Pro itsl bi~~ ~~~ 1. viii Md \\ 4ei ii infi_\oi di in Vimont)i· :i Edor&PuliserJuly 1998 Vol. 62, No. 6 CORPORATE 6 Northland in Agreement to Acquire Juice Bottler Expansion of private label juice market part of plans. h~ttp://web.hoflintcom/ranberries 19 Ocean Spray Forms Strategic Market Unit New division charged with staying close to customers. CONSU.TA....PROFESSIONAL 8 Plant Scientists Join Cranberry Industry OREGON 10 Mating Disruption of Blackheaded Fireworm Mnoths Cranberry ResearcCenterpChrtsao by Patricia Carroll Researchers are working on ways to reduce sprays in Pcontrolling this pest. ...... ~~ ~ ~ ............~~hig .................. ~~ .. EREGULATORY D P Au14Old Pesticide Adversaries Stake Out Positions ovr Nort.. .ot of thec bodrNwcrnerybdswt ldn vaitesaea.fra.heeecn.e.Desayn cogniz ths.ie? ( ra be resp ot. CoastalWashingtonResearc&........ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ Pesticide industry/grower groups want formal~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ rabrre.. .98pg rulemakingl Ex::~.::-:i~ten.a:Ision,·~:··~·;Long Beachfor the way EPA assesses tolerances for pesticides. HONOR ROLL 16 Ocean Spray Honored at Earth Day The cranberry cooperative was one of a select few companies recognized by USDA for environmental initiatives. 17 Angleys Praised for Fresh Fruit; Korpinens Win in Processed cept a combinedDec/JisuebyClWISCON SINR RochesterMAPost Officeand additional20 Cranberries and Technology: A winning combination for high production A pest management software reflects advances in ocranberry research. Cr$anberries, P.O.Box~190Cover: North or south of the border?New cranberrybeds with Rohester, MA Does anyone 0270-00 high yielding varietiesare as far as the eye can see. recognize this site? (Cranberriesphoto.) Cranberries July 1998 page 5 Northland in Agreement to Acquire Juice Bottler Proposed acquisition to fuel private label and product line expansion. Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. -Northland Cranberries, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bridgeton, N.J.-based Minot Food Packers, Inc. for $35.6 million in cash and $2 million in Northland Class A Common Stock. Minot produces and sells primarily private label consumer cranberry and other fruit-based products, including cranberry juice cocktail, cranberry juice blends and cranberry sauce. The com- pany also co-packs a variety of juice blends and other beverages for other dis- tributors. It posted revenues of $41.4 million for its last fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. The closing of the acquisition, ex- pected to occur in late June or early July, is subject to certain conditions, includ- ing expiration or early termination of the applicable federal antitrust waiting pe- riod. From the proceeds of the sale, the owner of Minot will repay certain bank and other indebtedness of Minot. In the deal, Northland will acquire substantially all of Minot's assets. "Our strategic acquisition of Minot will allow us to significantly and imme- diately expand our current limited pres- ence in the private label juice market and expand our product line," said John Swendrowski, Northland's chairman and chief executive officer. "Developing a substantial level of private label sales has been one of our primary goals in further- ing our 'marsh to market' strategy. Al- page 6 July 1998 Cranberries though we expect the acquisition to be dilutive to fiscal 1998 earnings, we cer- tainly anticipate an accretive effect on earnings in fiscal 1999." "In addition to gaining immediate presence in the private label market, the acquisition of Minot supports the devel- opment of the Northland brand through increased operational efficiencies, while significantly expanding our presence and importance from a category management standpoint," said Jerry Kaminski, Northland's president and chief operat- ing officer. Morello to remain president Under a three-year employment agreement with Northland, Michael A. Morello, president and owner of Minot, will remain as president of Minot after the acquisition. He will be responsible for Northland's private label marketing and sales efforts. "This transaction is great news for our loyal employees and custom- ers. Our partnership with Northland should allow us to increase our process- ing and manufacturing activities in Bridgeton. By combining our long his- tory of providing customers with high quality private label products with Northland's large supply of lower-cost internally grown fruit and its rapidly growing branded product line, our cus- tomers will be offered an even wider va- riety of very competitively priced branded and private label cranberry prod- ucts." Previous considerations Last year, Northland considered two other acquisitions. In April 1998, Northland was close to signing a definitive purchase agreement with a private- label juice bottler and distributor when it was terminated by the seller for undisclosed reasons. In July, Northland and Atoka Cranberries, Inc. of Quebec, Canada made a mutual determination to end negotions regarding a proposed acquisition. Swendrowski noted that neither of the deals have any bearing on the pending Minot transaction. Funding To fund the cash purchase price of the Minot acquisition, Northland will utilize a portion of the net proceeds from the company's proposed firm commitment underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 newly-issued shares of its Class A Common Stock (not including 750,000 shares subject to the underwriters' over-allotment option) subject to a registration statement filed today by Northland with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering will be underwritten by BT Alex Brown, Inc., NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC and Piper Jaffray, Inc. The net proceeds raised in the stock offering in excess of the cash purchase price for the Minot acquisition are intended to be used to support increased (Please turn to page 24.) Cranberry Crop Insurance Program 1999 Program All cranberry multi-peril crop insurance policies including "Cat" (Catastrophic)must be serviced by a Qualified Crop Agent. By selectingour agency, you will be secure in the knowledge: 1. We were in the crop programfrom its development. 2. We have always supported the cranberry industry. 3. We will continue to do our very best for you. 4. Crop Insuranceis our only business. A. Give yourselfandyour family peace of mind. B. Protectyour crop investment. C. Premium not due until harvest. D. Sign up now for your 1999 crop. Al Hall Home Office Charlton City, MA 01508 RFD 2, Box 764 (508) 248-7943 Limerick, ME 04048 Plant Scientists Join Cranberry Industry Bruce Lampinen University of Massachusetts Cranberry ExperimentStation T wo exceptionally talented plant physiologists joining the cranberry industry this season are Bruce Lampinen, * at the University of Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station in East Wareham, Mass. and Rodney Serres, at page8 July 1998 Cranderries Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Both come to cranberries with extensive experience and a fresh perspective, Lampinen earned his bachelor's, masters and doctorate degrees at the University of California, Davis. For his Ph.D. in plant biology from the the Department of Pomology, he investigated the effects of regulated deficit irrigation in prune Rodney Serres Agricultural, Food & Quality Sciences Dept. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. tree physiology and productivity. As a postdoctoral researcher, he studied means of minimizing and eliminating late, or rat tail, bloom in pear trees using growth regulators. Rat tail bloom is the major source of fire blight infection, a problem with pear orchards in California. He also looked at mechanisms involved in the advancing, enhancing, and compression of bud-break in sweet cherry by use of nitrate sprays during the dormate season. Another project he was involved with investigated the relationship between chilling and resulting vegetative growth in strawberry. page 8 July1998 Cranberries He has numerous publications in scientific journals, ex- tension and industry reports and scientific meetings. For his first season in the cranberry industry he is cur- rently working on several projects. "The first involves evalu- ating the feasiblity of using plant water potential based mea- surements to assess cranberry water status on the bog," Lampinen said. "A second line of inquiry involves investigat- ing the relationship between fruit load, fruit sizing and veg- etative growth in cranberry. I am also conducting a small project to look at physiological effects of sanding. Futher plans include work on dormancy and winter hardiness." "I was really pleased the way the search turned out. We got a really good person to fill the position," said Carolyn DeMoranville, chairman of the search committee that selected Lampinen. She added that with the growing season well un- derway, she is even more confident in what he has to offer the industry. Lampinen lives in Sandwich, Mass. with his wife, Gail and son, Andrew. Serres may be remembered to readers of Cranberriesfrom articles in 1990 and 1992 when he was a graduate student under Bruce McCown at the University of Wisconsin-Madi- son. ("Cranberry Growing in the 21st Century", Sept. 1990, and "Cosmic Cranberries", Feb. 1992.) Prior to joining Ocean Spray, Serres worked as a visiting scientist at the University of Bergen, Norway, with research projects on plant propagation and climatic effects on plants. Rod earned his Ph.D. in horticulture and botany from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with thesis work on genetic transformation and in vitro culture of cranberry. He was also a research associate and senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin. He has published several peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, and holds a patent related to genetic transformation of woody plants. Serres received a M.S. in horticulture from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in plant pathology from Iowa State University. He was a Fulbright Research Fellow in 1986-87. "We're very pleased that Rod Serres has joined our team at Ocean Spray," said Joe Speroni, director of Agricultural Food and Quality Sciences. "Rod will be responsible for research and development of horticultural and physiologic advances to improve cranberry crop quantity and quality, and to discover new plant-related business opportunities for the cooperative." "My research efforts will be directed toward improving our understanding of how cranberry plants respond to non- biological factors in the environment (temperature, moisture, irradiation, etc.) and how these factors affect plant develop ment," Serres said. As an Ocean Spray professional, he will be visiting all the production areas this season. Serre's wife, Margrethe (Gretta) and their two children, Nora and Olav, who are currently living in Gretta's hometown of Bergen, will be joining him in Massachusetts shortly. For all your growing needs. R.E.Morse & Son, Inc.. . supplying agricultural chemicals, fertilizer and power equipment | ( SO. )I (508)( 095-1 53 Cranberries July 1998 page 9 Mating Disruption of Blackheaded Fireworm Moths by Patricia Carroll s an integrated pest man- agement strategy for blackheaded fireworm control, mating disruption htionis proving a success. Shelia Fitzpatrick, entomologist witheromoe Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre in Agassiz, British Columbia, explained the strategy at the annual Oregon Cranberryi Growers Association meeting in Bandon. "The mating disruption technique uses a synthetic pheromone, sprayed into the field by a helicopter or through the chemigation system, to confuse the males so they can't find the females," she said. "The microscopic capsules containing pheromone stick to leaves and the trash layer, and release pheromone gradually....... into the air. The cloud of synthetic pheromone effectively prevents most males Blackheaded fireworm larvae and moth. Researchers are working on ways to from finding females." reduce reliance on sprays for control of this pest. (Cranberriesphoto by Walter Current research Research is ongoing to determine the efficacy of this mating disruption technique. In field trials, virgin female moths spray we would put caged females out into to whole field trials. were put into tiny cages and placed in the treated fields and control fields, and "At that point it was too much work pheromone-treated fields or in control look at percentage that mated. to raise enough females for large trials, fields with no pheromone. If mating dis-"On June 12, 1996 we applied mi-so instead we used pheromone traps ruption works, the females in pheromone-croencapsulated pheromone and put baited with a small amount of pherotreated fields remain unmated, whereas caged females out from 10 to 30 days af-mone. We measured the number of males those in control fields attract males and ter application. Thirty-three percent of who came into the decoy trap instead of mate. females in the control field came back the number of females that mated." "We started out doing small trials in mated while only 4 percent in On commercial operations, pesticides 1995 and 1996," said Fitzpatrick. "We pheromone-treated fields were mated. It were also being used so Fitzpatrick and applied the sprayable, microencapsulated was the same after a second and third her research team asked the growers to pheromone using a backpack sprayer on spray. That was our first encouraging set manage the pheromone-treated fields small plots. At intervals following the of data. Based on that, we decided to go (Continued on page 26.) page 10 July 1998 Cranberries IRRIGATION / SNOWMAKING Irrigation Equipment Designed Especially for the Cranberry Industry LARCHMONT is the New England Distributor for PACO Irrigation Pumps. These pumps, in most cases, are more efficient than most other brands. Pumps are available in electric, close coupled, or long coupled with SAE housing for engine mount. Larchmont will mount to engines of your choice. 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Participants at the first Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (TRAC) hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on May 28-29 in Arlington, Va., spent much of the two days of the meeting rehashing old arguments and trotting out old rhetoric that has been heard in other forums (Food Safety Advisory Committee meetings, FIFRA, Science Advisory Panel meetings, pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meetings). Stakeholders' at the meeting raised the perennial issues of the risks of organophosphates and carbamates vs. growers' need for these pesticides, in the context of pesticide toler- ance setting, and cast aspersions on each other's and the EPA's science and public relations campaigns. The 52 members of the group split along their usual special interest battle lines, with conventional growers, pesticide companies, chemical trade groups, toxicologists and Republican congressional staffers on one side that is opposed to any changes in existing pesticide regulatory risk assessments. Environmental groups, consumer interest groups, organic farmers, epidemiologists and Democratic congressional staffers took up the flag for the other side, calling for increased scrutiny of pesticide risks, using the new provisions of the Food uality Protection Act. provisions o th Fo.*oQultPreciThe TRAC group was convened after agricultural chemical industry and farmer groups kept nagging Congress to "do something" about EPA's vigorous implementation of a law the industry was partially responsible for writing back in 1996 -i.e., the FQPA. 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Box 957, Wrentham, MA 02093-0957 Ocean Spray Honored at Earth Day Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. was one of just seven cor- panies nationwide honored by USDA for environmental ini- tiatives and stewardship as part of "Agriculture and the Envi- ronment: A Growing Partnership," a new program launched on Earth Day, April 22, 1998, with a public event at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. "Our growers work hard to produce the best quality and safest crops they can," said John Henry, senior vice president of Grower Relations and chief financial officer of Ocean Spray. "Their commitment to the environment is demonstrated through the many programs, policies and initiatives that have been developed and implemented by the Board of Directors and corporate management." Ocean Spray was recognized by USDA for: developing the nation's first on-site environmental audit program for grow- ers, promoting the use of integrated pest management, pio- neering development of a geographic information system (GIS) that tracks acreage and helps growers understand the envi ronmental sensitivity of their operations within a watershed, and participating in several external environmental initiatives including the Wildlife Habitat Council certification program and the Taunton River Watershed Connections Project. Bill Frantz, manager of environmental affairs and chairman of National Council of Farmer Cooperatives' (NCFC) Environmental Committee, represented the cooperative at USDA's Earth Day event in Washington, D.C. "Ocean Spray growers always have been industry leaders when it comes to environment," Frantz said. "The commit- ment to their heritage and family farms naturally compels them to preserve what they have for future generations." He added, "It's great to see our growers publicly recognized." The Earth Day event featured remarks by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, Richard Rominger, deputy secretary, USDA; U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH); Pearlie S. Reed, chief, USDA Natural Resources Conserva- tion Service; David Graves, president, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Dean Kleckner, president, American Farm Bureau Federation and an Iowa farmer; and Amber Miller, Southern Region vice president, Future Farmers of America. Ocean Spray was also featured in an NCFC exhibit that was on display during the public event. Other organizations honored were: Citrus World, National Conservation Buffer Initiative, Skaneatles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program, Lundberg Family Farms, Rolling Stone Ranch and Robert E. 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From left er Ocean MaSaAdvisoryoand Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass. mTwo family farms were Korpinen, Ocean Spray 1997 "Processed Fruit named 1997 "Massachusetts Grower of the Year" by a Grower of the Year". (Ocean Spray Inc. photo.) committee of fellow grower-owners of the Ocean Spray cooperative. Jack and Dot Angley were named "Massachusetts Fresh Fruit Grower of the Year" and Edward and Mary Korpinen were named "Massachusetts Processed Fruit Jack and Dot Angley have been members of the Ocean Grower of the Year." Spray cooperative since they began growing cranberries in 1967. They farm 35 acres in Carver, all devoted to fresh The awards, presented annually by th e fruit. For several years during the 1990s, Jack and Dot were Massachusetts Ocean Spray grower-owners, recognize outstanding achieve-featured on the Ocean spray label. ment in several areas including: quality of fruit, environmental diligence, number of continuous years of participation in Ed and Mary Korpinen are second generation Ocean the Ocean Spray cooperative, and overall growing and bog Spray growers whose family have been members of the management practices. cooperative for more than 50 years. Hard work and pride produced a record 1997 crop on their farm in Carver. "Massachusetts growers share a particular pride because Carrying on the tradition, a third generation of Korpinens this is the place where the cranberry industry began," said own and operate a 40-acre farm in Middleboro, Mass. Jim Jenkins, a West Barnstable grower and chairman of the Grower of the Year committee. "Honoring growers like the The Angleys and Korpinens received a special com- Angleys and the Korpinens is a way for us to continue to memorative citation, and a "Massachusetts Grower of the recognize and promote the high standards and commitment Year" sign to display at their farms. Their names will be of ocean Spray growers everywhere, while celebrating our added to a permanent plaque at the cooperative's corporate fine Massachusetts tradition." headquarters in Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass. Cranberries July 1998 page 17 Emergency CACAPEWIA Y BEARING & MACHINE, INC. BEARING & DRIVELINE SPECIALISTS Response Kits --MACHINE SHOP SERVICE 508 -747-2800 FAX 508 -747-3034 Don't get caught without BEARINGS HYDRAULICS your emergency response BOAT &TRAILER COMMERCIAL PUMPS &COMPONENTS BOWER-BOA GRESEN C/R DISTRIBUTOR HYDRAULIC HOSE AG/ WEATHERHEAD spill kit this season! 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Middleboro, MA 02346-0720 Sparta, Wl 54656 "The Smart Choice" (508) 946-4455 1-800-236-3148 (617) 826-8818 Ocean Spray Forms Strategic Market Unit Cooperative reunites with Pepsi. Lakeville-Middleboro, MA-The In- gredient Technology Group, a new divi- sion of Ocean Spray combining the company's former Ingredients Division and its wholly owned subsidiary, Milne Fruit Products of Prosser, Washington, recently announced the formation of its sales organization. As General Sales Manager, Domes- tic and International, Richard O'Brien, leads the sales force in seeking the best opportunities worldwide for the Ingredi- ent Technology Group whose mission is to apply technology to create innovative fruit ingredients for their customers. He reports directly to Graham West, Man- aging Director of the division. Reporting to O'Brien are two Na- tional Sales Managers. Thomas Jones fo- cuses on Value-Added Fruit Products such as sweetened dried cranberries and naturally flavored fruit pieces. Ryan Callaway is with Speciality Fruit Con- centrates and Purees, including the Milne line of products and Ocean Spray cran- berry concentrate. Jones and Callaway manage a regional sales staff including Jamie Polliard, West- ern Regional sales Representative and Jason Taylor, newly appointed Central Regional Manager. In addition, the com- pany will maintain its network of brokers. "Our strategy is to stay close to the customer," said O'Brien, a 15 year vet- eran of Ocean Spray. "This structure al- lows us to be there with the sales and technical support our customers need throughout the critical product develop- ment process." "Our broker network will remain an integral part of our operation," noted O'Brien. "Their role is key to maintain- ing our strategy." Innovation success An example of success with the cooperative's Ingredient Technology Group is the development of Sara Lee's new cranberry-orange bagel. Since its in- troduction last fall, this product has leaped to the number-two position of the six different bagels Sara Lee sells in its Bagel Shop line. Made with Ocean Spray sweetened dried cranberries, the product was first introduced to five markets: Phoenix, Chi- cago, California, Texas and Oklahoma, and now is available throughout the west- ern part of the country. "This success is very important," said John Nickerson, Ocean Spray business development manager-Ingredient Tech- nology Group. "Other manufacturers will want to capitalize on consumer interest in the cranberry bagel by introducing their own versions. It will increase vol- ume of ITG's Ocean Spray sweetened dried cranberries and establish it as a popular ingredient in the growing bagel category." "It's quite successful already," said Randy Rosenthal, vice president with Dadant, Ocean Spray's ITG broker who helped develop the new product. "It ap- peals to young and old, and it is seen as a healthier alternative for breakfasts or snacking." The Bagel Shop cranberry-orange bagel is sold in 16-ounce four-packs in the bread section of supermarkets in the Midwest, Southwest and West. Sara Lee is considering a national rollout later this year. Together again In other business, the cooperative and Pepsi have extended their agreement covering distribution of single-serve Ocean Spray fruit juices and juice drinks in the U.S. Under the terms of the agreement, Pepsi Cola Bottling Company and individual independent Pepsi franchise bottlers will continue to distribute Ocean Spray single-serve beverages to supermarkets, convenience stores, vending machines, and other retail outlets for at least three more years. Last year, Pepsi announced plans to end the six-year agreement in May 1998, but then extended the arrangement to the end of 1998. This new extension sets the stage for what both companies hope will be a more lasting relationship. "During the past six years, Ocean Spray and Pepsi have been a very effective team," said David Murphy, vice president of Ocean Spray. "We've moved up from the sixth biggest player in single- serve juices and drinks to number two. The extension of our relationship means we can continue to have that same kind of success in the future." "Fruit juices and drinks are an important plank in our total beverage platform," says Dawn Hudson, senior vice president of New Products for Pepsi-Cola Company. "The Ocean Spray trademark has been a valuable asset, and we're delighted to be extending our future together." The Ocean Spray/Pepsi alliance be gan in 1992 and now sells more than $350 billion of product in North America, including $200 million of Ocean Spray drinks. I Cranberries July 1998 page 19 Cranberries and Technology: A winning combination for high production by Suzen Ziegahn entomology professor at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, cranberry growers have a computer software that can predict various aspects of production with scientific accuracy. Cranberry Crop Manager (CCM) released in 1997, provide pests andphenology predictive models for blackh eadefireworm, Sparganothis fruitworm, cranberry d tipworm, cranbUerrsy ots. girdler, doddW, cotton.ball ad fruit With daily inputs of minimumand maximum emperatures t along with pestscouting data, the software provides eco-xten nomic threshold recommendations pest management based But CCM doesn't stop t here, Mahr says. It has an encyclopedia of insect, weed, and diseas h nr led information hecal "Plant Pest Profiles". The profiles include about 125 color photo graphsvariousofstages and symptoms of lems. The software can data man- also help in pest agement. For example, i c keep label t an of information , EPA report ing requirement s, and applicator information. It also stores data on pest activity on a bed-by- b ed as net samplp and pheromoneese basis, such swee ping. It tracks weather and irrigation data. A reporting function summarizes and prints the data.ch Develop ment The seeds the development of CCM were sown a for number ofagyears o. In the early 80s, 19 when on-farm uses for computer technology were very limited the University of Wisconsin received a grant from the Kellogg Foundation to explore the potential of computer application in day-to-day farm operations. An outcome of that grant was the forma- tion of the North Central Computer Institute, for which Mahr helped coordinate a workshop on computer applica- tions for the production of horticultural crops. This experi- ence lead Mahr to consider developing pest management software for the cranberry industry, page20 July 1998 Cranberries pest probcontrol track pesticide Dr. Dan Mahr of the University of Wisconsin, and his research associate Kathleen Chapman, check results of researchtrap-projectato develop a trappingment.G rowers cranberry tipworm. (Photo by Wolfgang Hoffmann, control, to pest with four year exten- sionpply project to develop anintegratedpest management program for Wisconsin cranberries. The philosophy of IPM embraces the integration of biological, cultural and chemical control practices to manage pest problems. With Rose Kachadoorian as field coordinator, IPM scouts were hired to work directly with growers to track pest activity on their property. The pilot IPM program revealed when pests were present in sufficient numbers to warrant treatment. Growers began adopting this ecological approach to pest control, based on biological knowledge and principals rather than applying pesticides as a general preventative measures. The In 1985, Mahrb ecame involved a overall result was growers reduced pesticide use and control of certain pests actually improved with more precise timing. Inviting private sector involvement As the university's pilot project concluded, the private sector picked up the program. Ocean Spray developed its own IPM program for Wisconsin growers and private pest management consultants also provided services, As successes were experienced with this program, the question of improvement continued to fuel research efforts. The existing program was based primarily on pest scouting, but a better research base on basic pest biology was needed. Some insects varied their activity in the spring, based on weather variables. For example, blackheaded fireworm, one of Wisconsin's serious cranberry pests, varies in its hatch of overwintering eggs by as much as three to four weeks from year to year, depending on the spring weather. Therefore, growers and IPM scouts would have to scout the entire period to be sure to detect when egg hatches occurred. Mahr discussed research needs with Ocean Spray pest management personnel and the conclusion was made that better knowledge of insect phenology would be useful in improving IPM practices. Ocean Spray funded a five year cranberry insect phenology study lead by Mahr to fill in the gaps of knowledge. Primary researcher, Dr. Steve Cockfield, was responsible for determining the relationships between temperature and stages of insect development, and then converting these to mathematical models that would predict the stage of an insect based on the temperatures the insect had experienced. The models were then validated with field studies for accuracy. Although some of the models were based on very simple equations, others were much more complex. It became obvious to Mahr and Cockfield that computer technology would be necessary for growers or IPM personnel to be able to use this information. By now, the justification was strong for developing cranberry pest management software. A full spectrum package The operational software for CCM was derived from similar software developed by the University of Wisconsin for the potato and vegetable industry. Again, using federal extension dollars for IPM programs, technology experts at the university developed a software package initially to predict potato diseases. It eventually evolved into a full spectrum package with insects and weed pests. CCM was developed on the same foundation that potato growers have used successfully. Thanks again to extension grants, augmented with funding from Ocean Spray and the Wisconsin Cranberry Board, programmer Paul Kaarakka directed the development of the CCM software, with considerable input from Cockfield, Mahr and other university scientists. Cranberry Crop Manager was released in 1997, as the second in the WISDOM series of the University of Wisconsin pest management software, some 14 years from the time Professor Mahr first conceived the idea of cranberry pest management software. The university has a distribution agreement with Gempler's, a Wisconsin mail order company specializing in farm safety and IPM equipment. Part of the ~~~~~~CRANBERRY ~revenue generated from sales is returned to support future ESTATE SALES ~~~~REAL REAL ESTATE & APPRAISALS, LLC P.O. 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First, relatively little cranberry research involves developing pest phenology modes. "Second," he says, "we're not Microsoft. We don't have hundreds of programmers. In the US Extension IPM program we basically have two people who are developing WISDOM software, and CCM is only part of their responsibilities." But for now CCM is a reality; 14 years after the initial idea was formulated, cranberry growers now can enlist this technology. * Cranberries July 1998 page 21 * FQPA _ (Continuedfrom page 14.) The intense lobbying efforts on both sides caught the attention of the White House, and Vice President Al Gore finally intervened in the fracas and FQPA PR war that has been waged by industry and environmental groups over the past six months. Gore asked EPA to "provide more openness" in the tolerance setting process. Formation of the TRAC group is the result. Formal rulemaking, additional toxicity tests sought New points, issues and proposals that came out of the meeting were as follows: 1. The pesticide industry/grower groups want formal rulemaking for way EPA assesses tolerances for pesticides. EPA is reluctant to write regulations, a tedious undertaking they say is likely to slow up and interfere with the toler- ance setting process. 2. Environmental groups and some scientists want EPA to start routinely using behavioral neurotoxicity tests to assess pesticide risks, in addition to the battery of tests that the agency already asks pesticide companies to submit with their tolerance applications. 3. Nobody -including EPA -has a clue yet as to how the cumulative risks of classes of pesticides, a key provision of FQPA, will be assessed. The lack of certainty about this is making pesticide companies very, very nervous. l 4. The big 52-member TRAC group will split into two working groups to start work before the next TRAC meeting June 22-23. One will focus on risk assessments, the other on "a future agenda" # (Reprinted with permission from Darcey Publications Pesticide Report, Vol 2, No. 1.) 1 Stakeholder is a buzzword, used often at EPA, for someone who has financial or public interest in the outcome of legislation. page22 July 1998 Cranberries av d N e Talented Foreman David Charles (Buster) Nye of 75 Federal Furnace Rd., Plymouth, MA died unexpectedly Thursday, May 21, 1998. He was the husband of Christine (Lodi) Nye and father of Erin Nye and Megan Nye. David was the son of the Late Rev. Harrison T. Nye and the borther of the late Harrison T. Nye, Jr. He is survived by his mother, Shirley Nye, four broth- ers -Lindsey Nye, Frank Nye, Marvin Nye, and Richard Nye; and four sisters Janet Carr, Roberta Borger, Elizabeth Nye and Joanne Nye, who all reside in the Sanford, Maine area. Raised in Carver, Mass., he attended Carver schools and graduated from Ply- mouth-Carver High School in 1969. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. You toiled so hard for those you loved, You said good-bye to none. Your spiritflew before we knew Your work on earth was done. I We miss you now, our hearts are sore, As time goes by we miss you more. Your loving smile, your gentle face, No one can fill your vacant place. i Your life was love and labor, Your love for your family true, You did the best for all of us, We will always remember you. The Lord be with you, David now and for evermore. Amen During his high school years he worked summers and weekends for Eino and Wilho Harju. He then moved to Sanford, Maine after his discharge from the Marine Corps and worked for Genest Concrete Co. From 1976 until the present he was foreman for Harju Brothers Cranberries, Inc. of Middleboro, Mass. He also helped several growers in the area (Peter Meier, Robert Powell, Kevin Commeau) get their bogs established and assisted them with horticultural expertise. 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IE MGINC.l phone: (604) 278-6271 "We're Best on Earth." fax: (604) 278-6370 D4LGP · Lazer Equipped * 225 Excavator Land Clearing * Pond & Canal Construction 0R Cranberry Bog Construction SANDY UJHAZY 20 years experience phone: (604) 465-3555 fax: (604) 465-8311 Peter K. Meier , President 63 South Street, Halifax, MA 02338 Cranberries July 1998 page 23 * Northland (Continuedfrom page 6.) nationwide promotions to further ac- celerate the growth and expansion of the celerate the and of the company's branded 100% juice cranberry pny broand 1 jui oraney blend products and to support the .. si.i l e, company's anticipated significantly en- hanced presence in the private label juice hanced presence in the private label juice market following the Minot acquisition, as welas to fund potential future acqui- sitions of other brand name and/or pri sitions of other brand name and/o i- vate label juice and beverage manufac- atelael juice and beerage manufac turers. Pending specific application, turers. applation, Northland intends to use the net proceeds to reduce its existing $75 million bank revolving credit facility, which will thereafter remain available for additional future borrowings by the company. Northland has 13,233,498 Class A shares outstanding. Northland is the only publicly- owned, regularly-traded cranberry company in the United States. It is a vertically integrated grower, handler, proces- sor and marketer of cranberries and value-added branded and private label cranberry products. Its products include 100% juice cranberry blends, private label cranberry juice, fresh cranberries and other products through retail supermar- kets, and, to a lesser extent, certain other distribution channels. The company also sells cranberry juice concentrate to in- 1 Handler responds to article .. Cranberries wishes to correct an ar- ticle that appeared in the June 1997 is- sue, page 25. The article, titled "Han- dler Seeks Payment for 1997 Crop", in- d P. correctly stated in the last sentence that the U.S. District Court had ruled that Hiller Cranberry products could not hold Koplovsky Foods, Clermont or Edward 1 * i 1'r i A M. Koplovsky liable for $4.4 million owed to Hiller under the Perishable Ag- sd_. ( Cranberr VinesSe For Sale S Pilgrimn s Stevens · ln 1 o ^· ricultural Commodities Act. Cranberrieshas learned that the First Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered all of the assets of Mr. Koplovsky and his companies be frozen in order to assure that monies will be available to pay damages under PACA if Hiller proves its case. Robert Hiller III, president of Hiller Cranberry Products, Inc., commented that "we are delighted that the Federal Court agreed that our case is strong enough to warrant the freezing of Koplovsky's and Clermont's assets." 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WITH FRIENDLY SERVICE! 2. ... page 24 |.(508.) l .......................ii iiiiii'-iI*....i. . . . ...iiii July 1998 Cranberries For all your growing needs ~~~~~~~I(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~IA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o PVC Pipe Schedule 40 / 80 SDR 21 /26 .: ......... Plain / Bell / Gasket ends B~t~l~ o Polyethylene High density pipe I Corrugated pipe Coil pipe o Welding Sales / rentals Equipment stick -but -extrusion o Fittings PVC / HDPE Saddles -Barb inserts II (Photo by June Potter.) oTanks Storage /I Photo Contest announced NORTHEAST.I.... i.....N.NIN o Valves Ball -Check II To promote Wisconsin's rich agricultural history and cel- Butterfly -Knife Gate ebrate the state's sesquicentennial, the Cranberry Expo Ltd. is sponsoring a photo contest. "Today cranberries are Wisconsin's number one fruit crop but they have been an important part - .', -** -the area's economy even before statehood," says Peggy ~~i j~j~~~iiiiiii.~~~~~~~~jj~X$.i.....~~~~~of ..-.. . ,~~* **;,.. ~ Anderson, executive director, Cranberry Expo Ltd. i~~~........i:,~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ·-~~~;.. :,,,,, ~~~~~~~~~-~~t~~ .. em' e ~~~~For me * contest rules, contact Cranberry Expo, Ltd., 28388 Cty. EW, Warrens, WI 54666, tel. (680) 378-4·878. -w ~ ~ -.-. .i .......... .... S S * S ~~~~~.* S I The museum is open 10-4· daily through October. Growers, especially, are welcome. Q SRIEIC.. Jl 19 pg2 . .. rre L-ooKir'g ror i~~~lzn in th deig, mleena Qvaiity Bog Saxd tB1?~c, i.DQ. YOU HAVE ENOU.G.......S.AY.ED FOR ~~i~~i~~~i~~ii'OURRETREMNT iii onsultationand Propoals F-1are CAPE COD AGGREGATESReuieNCmten CallZ Lee for price 7WLSAEU 508-775-3716NWTN A 25 rTELi (·617) 96~4-885 FA (617) 964 360 Pit locations Falmouth * Hyannis * Bourne * Sandwich "Srin h cranberryiin1i:E~·.s ysnce193 ... .Cabri July 1998 page 25 * BLACKHEADED FIREWORM (Continuedfrom page 10.) and control fields just the same to try and measure the effect of pheromone over and above the effect of pesticide. The longevity of sprayable, micro- encapsulated pheromone is variable since the amount of pheromone released from microcapsules is tempera- ture dependent, said Fitzpatrick. In cooler climates it lasts longer. Currently Fitzpatrick and her colleagues are trying to decrease the amount used with each application to . . 9 make it an affordable option for growers. "We started out using 180 ml per acre and have come down to 90 ml -E-= --- per acre. This year we will reduce the- rate even more." For more information call or write: TRUCK CAPS UNLIMITED Making use of the technique Here is how Fitzpatrick would like Rt. 58, North Carver, Mass. Rt. 58, West Wareham, Mass. to see mating disruption used on (508) 866-4546 (508) 295-3727 cranberry farms on the West Coast: In the spring, growers would use an 1-800-642-7121 insecticide spray for control of larvae hatching out of eggs. They would put up monitoring traps and catch the first Valuing Cranberries Since 1976 Valuing Cranberries Since 1976 moth. Then they would get the sprayable, microencapsulated phero- mone on as soon as possible. Next they Arthur E. Clapp ARA put up the decoy female traps, one at A A AA the beginning of the sprinkler line CLAP JLRAISALA (where sprayable pheromone will be delivered first) and one near the end of APPRAISALS * CONSULTING the line. The decoy female traps will tell them if mating disruption is occurring. Mating disruption would be Post Office Box 116 * Tolland, Connecticut 06084 used again for second flight. Telephone: (860) 872-2373 · Fax: (860) 872-3480 An insecticide spray for summer larvae may be necessary during the first year of mating disruption, but should be ATLANTIC IRRIGATON unnecessary after that. "In the first year, we are asking growers to leave WE COVER IT ALL insecticide in place and add pheromone over the top. The second year, they *· IrrigationSystem Design could see what sprays could be reduced. Service and Installation Fitzpatrick emphasizes that it is a Supplies W very environmentally-friendly non-*Fusion Machines From 2-12 inch toxic product. It is also compatible with honey bees and safe for workers. 1Atlantic e. Ag Commercial Golf ^South Den MA 02660 PLEASE CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE John Sennott Owner 508-385-7403 or 508-430-7493 FAX: 508-432-4601 page26 July 1998 Cranberries Ratio of Sales to Supply Dropping Inventory up by a million barrels over lastyear. C" ranberry sales are on track with what they normally ketplace to move flat sales. Some 47 percent of the 1997 crop are this time of year, at close to 3 million barrels. How and barrels on hand had been sold by the end of April. This is ever, an increase in inventory of over a million barrels some 3.346 million barrels sold from the 5.950 million barrel at the end of April this year compared to the last couple years harvest added to the 1.230 million barrel carry over. Sales from means sales are out of line with increasing production. Ac-the 1996 crop moved 55 percent of the supply by the same cording to the Cranberry Marketing Committee's "Cranberry time last year or 3.319 million barrels of a total of a 6.016 Position Report", for September 1997 through April 1998, there million barrels (a 5.114 million barrel harvest plus a .901 mil- are 3.858 million barrels in inventory, up from 2.825 million lion barrel carry over). Figures from the 1994 harvest show 54 barrels at the same time last year. If this does not signify an percent of available cranberries had been sold (3.501 million impending surplus some industry leaders predicted in the early barrels sold from a 6.431 million barrel supply) by the April 1990s, there certainly are more cranberries available now than 30, 1995 CMC reporting date. ever before. Overall, the ratio of sales to supply is dropping. For CMC Record production fueled by new acres with high yield-statistical purposes, by September whatever is not sold from ing varieties means more demand must be created in the mar-the 1997 crop will be added as "carry over" to the 1998 crop. Fig. 1.Cranberry Marketing Committee Report: Cranberry Position and Stocks, 1997 -1991, 2nd Reporting Cycles. 2nd cycle: 2/1 -4/30 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Sales & Shrinkage Fresh fruit 205,295 213,542 216,558 230,850 210,090 204,648 173,861 Processed & sold by handler 2,301,060 2,090,907 2,378,589 2,498,369 2,207,738 2,084,768 2,365,912 Sold to Processors 424,551 490,753 317,149 351,623 70,441 228,554 516,826 Sold to government 26,585 27,010 28,636 29,431 27,472 28,898 30,013 Total Domestic Sales 2,957,491 2,822,212 2,940,932 3,110,273 2,515,741 2,546,868 3,086,612 Foreign Fresh Sales 22,835 19,726 22,557 18,474 19,126 34,199 66,434 Foreign Sales -Processed 329,338 317,399 247,072 219,523 149,837 106,216 77,670 Total Sales 3,309,664 3,159,337 3,210,561 3,348,270 2,684,704 2,687,283 3,230,716 Shrinkage 34,915 159,309 173,064 153,018 105,224 106,627 118,527 Total Sales & Shrinkage 3,345,579 3,318,646 3,383,625 3,501,288 2,789,928 2,793,910 3,349,243 Ending Inventory Barrels in Freezers 2,483,532 1,720,530 1,586,046 1,935,355 1,554,226 1,611,961 1,659,310 Barrels in Processed form 1,374,209 1,104,132 1,003,384 996,350 1,339,602 1,308,180 851,077 Barrels Reported in Inventory 3,857,741 2,824,662 2,589,430 2,931,705 2,893,828 2,920,141 2,510,387 For latest statisticalinformation on the cranberry industry, refer to "Stats & Facts", a bulletin of the Cranberry MarketingCommittee prepared by David Farrimond, general manager. Cranberries July 1998 page 27 Secure Container System is Returnable and Refillable ix to eight years ago, small, agricultural chemical con- tainers were for the most part disposable. And since it takes hundreds or even thousands of years for the plastic to biodegrade, the containers were causing not only a land- fill buildup problem, but also an environ- mental one because chemical residues often remained. One crop protection company, Valent USA Corporation, de- cided to tackle the problem. "The primary problem was the dis- posal of one and two gallon plastic con- tainers in which most farm chemicals were sold," explained Jeff Cole, business development and alliance manager. "They were being sent to a landfill, a chipper, or to be recycled. In any case, handling the containers and chemical residues is expensive and time consuming." Valent USA Corp., headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, centers its business efforts on the discovery, devel- opment, and marketing of crop protec- tion products. To do this, the company involves a network of distributors who sell the products to farm retailers or di- rectly to growers within the U.S. In addition to the problem of dispos- able containers, there was the issue of safety for workers who were handling older, less durable chemical containers. These workers included farmers who were using the chemicals, landfill and recy- cling workers who were disposing the containers, truck drivers who were trans- porting the chemicals, and factory work- ers who were handling the drums at the page 28 July 1998 Cranberries chemical plant. "Workers were taking extra care to avoid overexposure because closed sys- tems were not readily available," Cole said. Approximately four years ago, Valent began making a contribution toward re- ducing the quantity of throw-away con- tainers, a move that is substantially al- tering the way chemicals are now used in the country. The company began us- ing containers that were not only return- able and refillable, but were an environ- mentally safe, closed-system to distrib- ute pesticides. With the unique system, chemical ex- posure to workers, spillage during trans- port, and the buildup of containers on farms or at landfills was greatly reduced. "Since we began using reusable con- tainers, worker exposure to the chemi- cals has been greatly reduced or elimi- nated altogether," Cole said. "Very im- portantly, through the use of the closed- system with a special drum valve assem- bly, fewer containers are now going into landfills." The use of refillable containers has initiated a distribution process that has revolutionized the way agricultural chemicals are handled. The chemicals can be purchased in 15 gallon stainless steel kegs or 110 gallon plastic contain- ers, which are standards in the U.S. agchem business. Once the farmer fin- ishes using the product, the returnable containers are transported to Valent's refilling station in Eldora, Iowa, where they are cleaned and refilled. All the farmer needs to begin spraying is a dispensing pump which hooks directly to the valve assembly. Every container or keg supplied by Valent comes equipped with the Micro Matic Drum Valve System. Micro Matic, located in Northridge, California, is a worldwide manufacturer of stainless steel valves that provide protection against worker exposure during the dispensing, rinsing and refilling process. The Micro Matic proprietary drum valve system consists of a tamper-evident, stainless steel valve and coupling assembly, which remains securely closed when the containers are in transit. The durable valve is a one-way, dry-break system that allows for a fast, easy connection to dispensing pumps without human contact with the chemicals. "Since most of our retailers and growers have pumps that are compatible with the Micro Matic valve assembly, we decided to offer their drum valve system so farmers could use a dispensing system they had on hand," Cole explained. "This way we don't have to incorporate the cost of a pump with the unit, and it's a valve system that's very reliable and easy to use. One thing we especially like about their valves is the high level of reliability, so we feel confident about their performance in our highly regulated industry," he added. According to Cole, the closed containers are initially more expensive to distribute, but with repeated use the additional cost is justified. "With the products we offer in return able containers, compared to disposable containers, I estimate we've seen a 15 to 20 percent reduction in the use of the disposable containers," Cole said. "We're only in the interim stages of this program, but I think the percentage will increase as time goes on. This is good news for everyone, because we've already seen a reduction in the number of containers thrown away in landfills or other dump sites. It's a system to which farmers and applicators can easily adapt, and it re- duces the energy expended to manufac- tuire andl then destroy disnn~lposable ture and then destroy disposable pack- aging. It is a responsible way to steward in industry.", C, ' products il~ our il-ldustry," ~i~ CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY II Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals. DOUGLAS R. BEATON I E. SANDWICH, Mass. 02537 E.SANDWICH, Mass. 02537 W Quantities of 10,000 yards and up in Southeastern Massachusetts Complete site work bog construction and finish contouring of surrounding upland plus the best price for your material! i f Paclesse30 times theirsize when wet hold 300to and and...300to c an h400us times their weight inwater For use un uscontne or construction or when rebuilding. ' S __ ~4eil¥t®Seapllntk rPPONT Avolcanic clay powderthat swels andseals when wettoformanimpervious barrier insoils for pondconstruction. For use under sand and new bog t o m construction. Allows bog and reservoir construction J atany elevation. *AvaleatRASP,Carver,MA _~ ' inn^^~~~~~~ )^g^ew~~~Reduce ,- C4IS ° ....>$*Available fUT u'sl PDTB1 MEN* Ahighdensitypoly ethene geotextile custom made on site, madwet any size. 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Zip/Code Diesel Engine: The Duxbury Recreation The other source can include guaranteed Department is curently accepting proposfinancing with FSA providing the com-Published since 1936. 11 issues per als for the sale and removal of a diesel enmercial lender with a 95% guarantee. th excet acombined DeJan ine at North Hill Country Club. This engine "We're very pleased to have USDA ise) Toordersendcheckormonewas previously utilized to pump waer for Farm Service Agency's financial re-check or money order the former irrigation system. For specifica- Farm tions, please call the Recreation Department sources and their linkages with commer-Cranberries at (781) 934-7034. cial lenders as a new partner in our Michi-P.O. Box 190 gan cranberry industry development ef-Rochester, MA 02770-0190 Farm for Sale forts," said Dan Wyant, director of the Cranberry farm, Washington Coast, Michigan Department of Agriculture. 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Title | Cranberries - The National Cranberry Magazine, 1998-07 |
Subject | Cranberries - The Magazine; |
Type | Text |
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Identifier | 9807CRAN.pdf |
Rights | 2008 Wetherby Cranberry Library; |
Submitting Institution | Wetherby Cranberry Library; |
Date Digitized | 2000-11-16 |
Coverage-Spatial | Massachusetts; New Jersey; Wisconsin; Oregon; Washington; Canada |
Coverage-Temporal | 1990-1999; |
Creator | Bob Taylor; Carolyn Gilmore; Carolyn Laban; Irving Demoranville; Phillip E. Marucci; Elizabeth G. Carpenter; I. V. Hall; Arthur Poole; Azmi Y. Shawa, Tod D. Planer; Dan Brockman; Joan E. Humphrey |
Date | 1998-07 |
Date Last Updated | 2008-11-10 |
Language | English |
Relation | Cranberries - The National Cranberry Magazine |
Description | The magazine entitled, “Cranberries – The National Cranberry Magazine,” describes grower information, regional news, and developments in the cranberry industry in the United States and Canada. |
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Publisher | Carolyn Gilmore |
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CONSU.TA....PROFESSIONAL 8 Plant Scientists Join Cranberry Industry OREGON 10 Mating Disruption of Blackheaded Fireworm Mnoths Cranberry ResearcCenterpChrtsao by Patricia Carroll Researchers are working on ways to reduce sprays in Pcontrolling this pest. ...... ~~ ~ ~ ............~~hig .................. ~~ .. EREGULATORY D P Au14Old Pesticide Adversaries Stake Out Positions ovr Nort.. .ot of thec bodrNwcrnerybdswt ldn vaitesaea.fra.heeecn.e.Desayn cogniz ths.ie? ( ra be resp ot. CoastalWashingtonResearc&........ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ Pesticide industry/grower groups want formal~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ rabrre.. .98pg rulemakingl Ex::~.::-:i~ten.a:Ision,·~:··~·;Long Beachfor the way EPA assesses tolerances for pesticides. HONOR ROLL 16 Ocean Spray Honored at Earth Day The cranberry cooperative was one of a select few companies recognized by USDA for environmental initiatives. 17 Angleys Praised for Fresh Fruit; Korpinens Win in Processed cept a combinedDec/JisuebyClWISCON SINR RochesterMAPost Officeand additional20 Cranberries and Technology: A winning combination for high production A pest management software reflects advances in ocranberry research. Cr$anberries, P.O.Box~190Cover: North or south of the border?New cranberrybeds with Rohester, MA Does anyone 0270-00 high yielding varietiesare as far as the eye can see. recognize this site? (Cranberriesphoto.) Cranberries July 1998 page 5 Northland in Agreement to Acquire Juice Bottler Proposed acquisition to fuel private label and product line expansion. Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. -Northland Cranberries, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bridgeton, N.J.-based Minot Food Packers, Inc. for $35.6 million in cash and $2 million in Northland Class A Common Stock. Minot produces and sells primarily private label consumer cranberry and other fruit-based products, including cranberry juice cocktail, cranberry juice blends and cranberry sauce. The com- pany also co-packs a variety of juice blends and other beverages for other dis- tributors. It posted revenues of $41.4 million for its last fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. The closing of the acquisition, ex- pected to occur in late June or early July, is subject to certain conditions, includ- ing expiration or early termination of the applicable federal antitrust waiting pe- riod. From the proceeds of the sale, the owner of Minot will repay certain bank and other indebtedness of Minot. In the deal, Northland will acquire substantially all of Minot's assets. "Our strategic acquisition of Minot will allow us to significantly and imme- diately expand our current limited pres- ence in the private label juice market and expand our product line" said John Swendrowski, Northland's chairman and chief executive officer. "Developing a substantial level of private label sales has been one of our primary goals in further- ing our 'marsh to market' strategy. Al- page 6 July 1998 Cranberries though we expect the acquisition to be dilutive to fiscal 1998 earnings, we cer- tainly anticipate an accretive effect on earnings in fiscal 1999." "In addition to gaining immediate presence in the private label market, the acquisition of Minot supports the devel- opment of the Northland brand through increased operational efficiencies, while significantly expanding our presence and importance from a category management standpoint" said Jerry Kaminski, Northland's president and chief operat- ing officer. Morello to remain president Under a three-year employment agreement with Northland, Michael A. Morello, president and owner of Minot, will remain as president of Minot after the acquisition. He will be responsible for Northland's private label marketing and sales efforts. "This transaction is great news for our loyal employees and custom- ers. Our partnership with Northland should allow us to increase our process- ing and manufacturing activities in Bridgeton. By combining our long his- tory of providing customers with high quality private label products with Northland's large supply of lower-cost internally grown fruit and its rapidly growing branded product line, our cus- tomers will be offered an even wider va- riety of very competitively priced branded and private label cranberry prod- ucts." Previous considerations Last year, Northland considered two other acquisitions. In April 1998, Northland was close to signing a definitive purchase agreement with a private- label juice bottler and distributor when it was terminated by the seller for undisclosed reasons. In July, Northland and Atoka Cranberries, Inc. of Quebec, Canada made a mutual determination to end negotions regarding a proposed acquisition. Swendrowski noted that neither of the deals have any bearing on the pending Minot transaction. Funding To fund the cash purchase price of the Minot acquisition, Northland will utilize a portion of the net proceeds from the company's proposed firm commitment underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 newly-issued shares of its Class A Common Stock (not including 750,000 shares subject to the underwriters' over-allotment option) subject to a registration statement filed today by Northland with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering will be underwritten by BT Alex Brown, Inc., NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC and Piper Jaffray, Inc. The net proceeds raised in the stock offering in excess of the cash purchase price for the Minot acquisition are intended to be used to support increased (Please turn to page 24.) Cranberry Crop Insurance Program 1999 Program All cranberry multi-peril crop insurance policies including "Cat" (Catastrophic)must be serviced by a Qualified Crop Agent. By selectingour agency, you will be secure in the knowledge: 1. We were in the crop programfrom its development. 2. We have always supported the cranberry industry. 3. We will continue to do our very best for you. 4. Crop Insuranceis our only business. A. Give yourselfandyour family peace of mind. B. Protectyour crop investment. C. Premium not due until harvest. D. Sign up now for your 1999 crop. Al Hall Home Office Charlton City, MA 01508 RFD 2, Box 764 (508) 248-7943 Limerick, ME 04048 Plant Scientists Join Cranberry Industry Bruce Lampinen University of Massachusetts Cranberry ExperimentStation T wo exceptionally talented plant physiologists joining the cranberry industry this season are Bruce Lampinen, * at the University of Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station in East Wareham, Mass. and Rodney Serres, at page8 July 1998 Cranderries Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Both come to cranberries with extensive experience and a fresh perspective, Lampinen earned his bachelor's, masters and doctorate degrees at the University of California, Davis. For his Ph.D. in plant biology from the the Department of Pomology, he investigated the effects of regulated deficit irrigation in prune Rodney Serres Agricultural, Food & Quality Sciences Dept. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. tree physiology and productivity. As a postdoctoral researcher, he studied means of minimizing and eliminating late, or rat tail, bloom in pear trees using growth regulators. Rat tail bloom is the major source of fire blight infection, a problem with pear orchards in California. He also looked at mechanisms involved in the advancing, enhancing, and compression of bud-break in sweet cherry by use of nitrate sprays during the dormate season. Another project he was involved with investigated the relationship between chilling and resulting vegetative growth in strawberry. page 8 July1998 Cranberries He has numerous publications in scientific journals, ex- tension and industry reports and scientific meetings. For his first season in the cranberry industry he is cur- rently working on several projects. "The first involves evalu- ating the feasiblity of using plant water potential based mea- surements to assess cranberry water status on the bog" Lampinen said. "A second line of inquiry involves investigat- ing the relationship between fruit load, fruit sizing and veg- etative growth in cranberry. I am also conducting a small project to look at physiological effects of sanding. Futher plans include work on dormancy and winter hardiness." "I was really pleased the way the search turned out. We got a really good person to fill the position" said Carolyn DeMoranville, chairman of the search committee that selected Lampinen. She added that with the growing season well un- derway, she is even more confident in what he has to offer the industry. Lampinen lives in Sandwich, Mass. with his wife, Gail and son, Andrew. Serres may be remembered to readers of Cranberriesfrom articles in 1990 and 1992 when he was a graduate student under Bruce McCown at the University of Wisconsin-Madi- son. ("Cranberry Growing in the 21st Century", Sept. 1990, and "Cosmic Cranberries", Feb. 1992.) Prior to joining Ocean Spray, Serres worked as a visiting scientist at the University of Bergen, Norway, with research projects on plant propagation and climatic effects on plants. Rod earned his Ph.D. in horticulture and botany from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with thesis work on genetic transformation and in vitro culture of cranberry. He was also a research associate and senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin. He has published several peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, and holds a patent related to genetic transformation of woody plants. Serres received a M.S. in horticulture from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in plant pathology from Iowa State University. He was a Fulbright Research Fellow in 1986-87. "We're very pleased that Rod Serres has joined our team at Ocean Spray" said Joe Speroni, director of Agricultural Food and Quality Sciences. "Rod will be responsible for research and development of horticultural and physiologic advances to improve cranberry crop quantity and quality, and to discover new plant-related business opportunities for the cooperative." "My research efforts will be directed toward improving our understanding of how cranberry plants respond to non- biological factors in the environment (temperature, moisture, irradiation, etc.) and how these factors affect plant develop ment" Serres said. As an Ocean Spray professional, he will be visiting all the production areas this season. Serre's wife, Margrethe (Gretta) and their two children, Nora and Olav, who are currently living in Gretta's hometown of Bergen, will be joining him in Massachusetts shortly. For all your growing needs. R.E.Morse & Son, Inc.. . supplying agricultural chemicals, fertilizer and power equipment | ( SO. )I (508)( 095-1 53 Cranberries July 1998 page 9 Mating Disruption of Blackheaded Fireworm Moths by Patricia Carroll s an integrated pest man- agement strategy for blackheaded fireworm control, mating disruption htionis proving a success. Shelia Fitzpatrick, entomologist witheromoe Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre in Agassiz, British Columbia, explained the strategy at the annual Oregon Cranberryi Growers Association meeting in Bandon. "The mating disruption technique uses a synthetic pheromone, sprayed into the field by a helicopter or through the chemigation system, to confuse the males so they can't find the females" she said. "The microscopic capsules containing pheromone stick to leaves and the trash layer, and release pheromone gradually....... into the air. The cloud of synthetic pheromone effectively prevents most males Blackheaded fireworm larvae and moth. Researchers are working on ways to from finding females." reduce reliance on sprays for control of this pest. (Cranberriesphoto by Walter Current research Research is ongoing to determine the efficacy of this mating disruption technique. In field trials, virgin female moths spray we would put caged females out into to whole field trials. were put into tiny cages and placed in the treated fields and control fields, and "At that point it was too much work pheromone-treated fields or in control look at percentage that mated. to raise enough females for large trials, fields with no pheromone. If mating dis-"On June 12, 1996 we applied mi-so instead we used pheromone traps ruption works, the females in pheromone-croencapsulated pheromone and put baited with a small amount of pherotreated fields remain unmated, whereas caged females out from 10 to 30 days af-mone. We measured the number of males those in control fields attract males and ter application. Thirty-three percent of who came into the decoy trap instead of mate. females in the control field came back the number of females that mated." "We started out doing small trials in mated while only 4 percent in On commercial operations, pesticides 1995 and 1996" said Fitzpatrick. "We pheromone-treated fields were mated. It were also being used so Fitzpatrick and applied the sprayable, microencapsulated was the same after a second and third her research team asked the growers to pheromone using a backpack sprayer on spray. That was our first encouraging set manage the pheromone-treated fields small plots. At intervals following the of data. Based on that, we decided to go (Continued on page 26.) page 10 July 1998 Cranberries IRRIGATION / SNOWMAKING Irrigation Equipment Designed Especially for the Cranberry Industry LARCHMONT is the New England Distributor for PACO Irrigation Pumps. These pumps, in most cases, are more efficient than most other brands. Pumps are available in electric, close coupled, or long coupled with SAE housing for engine mount. Larchmont will mount to engines of your choice. 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Participants at the first Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (TRAC) hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on May 28-29 in Arlington, Va., spent much of the two days of the meeting rehashing old arguments and trotting out old rhetoric that has been heard in other forums (Food Safety Advisory Committee meetings, FIFRA, Science Advisory Panel meetings, pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meetings). Stakeholders' at the meeting raised the perennial issues of the risks of organophosphates and carbamates vs. growers' need for these pesticides, in the context of pesticide toler- ance setting, and cast aspersions on each other's and the EPA's science and public relations campaigns. The 52 members of the group split along their usual special interest battle lines, with conventional growers, pesticide companies, chemical trade groups, toxicologists and Republican congressional staffers on one side that is opposed to any changes in existing pesticide regulatory risk assessments. Environmental groups, consumer interest groups, organic farmers, epidemiologists and Democratic congressional staffers took up the flag for the other side, calling for increased scrutiny of pesticide risks, using the new provisions of the Food uality Protection Act. provisions o th Fo.*oQultPreciThe TRAC group was convened after agricultural chemical industry and farmer groups kept nagging Congress to "do something" about EPA's vigorous implementation of a law the industry was partially responsible for writing back in 1996 -i.e., the FQPA. Pesticide companies and farmers are particularly upset about the new tolerance setting provisions of FQPA, because the provisions may be used to ban many organophosphates that they are accustomed to using on crops. Environmental groups, for their part, want FQPA provisions to be used to limit organophosphate exposures, and in some cases, prohibit these pesticides. (Please turn to page 22.) page 14 July 1998 Cranberries A MARRIAGE MADE IN PLYMOUTH Berkeley Pump to a Ford Engine .. Custom-engineeredandassembledpump andmotoror enginecombinationsfrom 100 to 3500GPM at any ecombi sfm 0 to 3500 GPratany PUMPS ENGINES Berkeley Ford Gorman-Rupp Chevrolet Hale Crysler Monarch Hercules Wemco John Deere Myers Kubota Sta-Rite Kohler Birggs & Stratton ELECTRIC * GASOLINE DIESEL * LP or NATURAL GAS MOST IRRIGATION SUPPLIES ARE IN STOCK, INCLUDING: PPVC Pipe 1/2" -12" * Pump Suction Equipment * Poly Pipe 1/2" -12" * Sure-Flo Foot Valves P.E. 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Box 957, Wrentham, MA 02093-0957 Ocean Spray Honored at Earth Day Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. was one of just seven cor- panies nationwide honored by USDA for environmental ini- tiatives and stewardship as part of "Agriculture and the Envi- ronment: A Growing Partnership" a new program launched on Earth Day, April 22, 1998, with a public event at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. "Our growers work hard to produce the best quality and safest crops they can" said John Henry, senior vice president of Grower Relations and chief financial officer of Ocean Spray. "Their commitment to the environment is demonstrated through the many programs, policies and initiatives that have been developed and implemented by the Board of Directors and corporate management." Ocean Spray was recognized by USDA for: developing the nation's first on-site environmental audit program for grow- ers, promoting the use of integrated pest management, pio- neering development of a geographic information system (GIS) that tracks acreage and helps growers understand the envi ronmental sensitivity of their operations within a watershed, and participating in several external environmental initiatives including the Wildlife Habitat Council certification program and the Taunton River Watershed Connections Project. Bill Frantz, manager of environmental affairs and chairman of National Council of Farmer Cooperatives' (NCFC) Environmental Committee, represented the cooperative at USDA's Earth Day event in Washington, D.C. "Ocean Spray growers always have been industry leaders when it comes to environment" Frantz said. "The commit- ment to their heritage and family farms naturally compels them to preserve what they have for future generations." He added, "It's great to see our growers publicly recognized." The Earth Day event featured remarks by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, Richard Rominger, deputy secretary, USDA; U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH); Pearlie S. Reed, chief, USDA Natural Resources Conserva- tion Service; David Graves, president, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Dean Kleckner, president, American Farm Bureau Federation and an Iowa farmer; and Amber Miller, Southern Region vice president, Future Farmers of America. Ocean Spray was also featured in an NCFC exhibit that was on display during the public event. Other organizations honored were: Citrus World, National Conservation Buffer Initiative, Skaneatles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program, Lundberg Family Farms, Rolling Stone Ranch and Robert E. 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IRRIGATION Hayden Lift Pumps (2,000, 8,000 &20,000 GPM) Maw Pumps &assessoies assessories JUST A FEW OF THE BRANDS WE CARRY: ADS Asahi Bll Dixon Drisco Fafnir Flo-Control Hunter IACO Legend Love Joy Matco-Norca Milwaukee Murphy PT-Cam lock Protek Rainbird Rainbow Spears Superwinch Sure-Flo Travis Weatherhead Weather-te H i r rir Ad Hayden Quick Coupler Sprinkler Adapters (forier pluin E POLYETHYLENE PIPE(1r 2") Machine Work &Varioustypesof welding (includes poly welding) Raymond St. Jacques, Sales · David St. Jacques, Office Phone (508) 295-0497 * Toll free 1-(800)-294-0497 Fax (508) 291-2577 VISA & MASTERCARD accepted 50 Carver Road, West Wareham, MA 02576 Angleys Praised for Fresh Fruit; Korpinens Win in Processed .laelMsccfiaberr goo(de ess, abd iha bold, 'nithso Labeled Dotk andJackAngley who graced Ocean cean Top farm Pet Steas Spray grower andpresident of the Massachusetts LakOcevilleaiddlboro Committeer, Mary A. Edward N. cooperative growers. (O Spray Inc.label.) From left er Ocean MaSaAdvisoryoand Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass. mTwo family farms were Korpinen, Ocean Spray 1997 "Processed Fruit named 1997 "Massachusetts Grower of the Year" by a Grower of the Year". (Ocean Spray Inc. photo.) committee of fellow grower-owners of the Ocean Spray cooperative. Jack and Dot Angley were named "Massachusetts Fresh Fruit Grower of the Year" and Edward and Mary Korpinen were named "Massachusetts Processed Fruit Jack and Dot Angley have been members of the Ocean Grower of the Year." Spray cooperative since they began growing cranberries in 1967. They farm 35 acres in Carver, all devoted to fresh The awards, presented annually by th e fruit. For several years during the 1990s, Jack and Dot were Massachusetts Ocean Spray grower-owners, recognize outstanding achieve-featured on the Ocean spray label. ment in several areas including: quality of fruit, environmental diligence, number of continuous years of participation in Ed and Mary Korpinen are second generation Ocean the Ocean Spray cooperative, and overall growing and bog Spray growers whose family have been members of the management practices. cooperative for more than 50 years. Hard work and pride produced a record 1997 crop on their farm in Carver. "Massachusetts growers share a particular pride because Carrying on the tradition, a third generation of Korpinens this is the place where the cranberry industry began" said own and operate a 40-acre farm in Middleboro, Mass. Jim Jenkins, a West Barnstable grower and chairman of the Grower of the Year committee. "Honoring growers like the The Angleys and Korpinens received a special com- Angleys and the Korpinens is a way for us to continue to memorative citation, and a "Massachusetts Grower of the recognize and promote the high standards and commitment Year" sign to display at their farms. Their names will be of ocean Spray growers everywhere, while celebrating our added to a permanent plaque at the cooperative's corporate fine Massachusetts tradition." headquarters in Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass. Cranberries July 1998 page 17 Emergency CACAPEWIA Y BEARING & MACHINE, INC. BEARING & DRIVELINE SPECIALISTS Response Kits --MACHINE SHOP SERVICE 508 -747-2800 FAX 508 -747-3034 Don't get caught without BEARINGS HYDRAULICS your emergency response BOAT &TRAILER COMMERCIAL PUMPS &COMPONENTS BOWER-BOA GRESEN C/R DISTRIBUTOR HYDRAULIC HOSE AG/ WEATHERHEAD spill kit this season! 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Middleboro, MA 02346-0720 Sparta, Wl 54656 "The Smart Choice" (508) 946-4455 1-800-236-3148 (617) 826-8818 Ocean Spray Forms Strategic Market Unit Cooperative reunites with Pepsi. Lakeville-Middleboro, MA-The In- gredient Technology Group, a new divi- sion of Ocean Spray combining the company's former Ingredients Division and its wholly owned subsidiary, Milne Fruit Products of Prosser, Washington, recently announced the formation of its sales organization. As General Sales Manager, Domes- tic and International, Richard O'Brien, leads the sales force in seeking the best opportunities worldwide for the Ingredi- ent Technology Group whose mission is to apply technology to create innovative fruit ingredients for their customers. He reports directly to Graham West, Man- aging Director of the division. Reporting to O'Brien are two Na- tional Sales Managers. Thomas Jones fo- cuses on Value-Added Fruit Products such as sweetened dried cranberries and naturally flavored fruit pieces. Ryan Callaway is with Speciality Fruit Con- centrates and Purees, including the Milne line of products and Ocean Spray cran- berry concentrate. Jones and Callaway manage a regional sales staff including Jamie Polliard, West- ern Regional sales Representative and Jason Taylor, newly appointed Central Regional Manager. In addition, the com- pany will maintain its network of brokers. "Our strategy is to stay close to the customer" said O'Brien, a 15 year vet- eran of Ocean Spray. "This structure al- lows us to be there with the sales and technical support our customers need throughout the critical product develop- ment process." "Our broker network will remain an integral part of our operation" noted O'Brien. "Their role is key to maintain- ing our strategy." Innovation success An example of success with the cooperative's Ingredient Technology Group is the development of Sara Lee's new cranberry-orange bagel. Since its in- troduction last fall, this product has leaped to the number-two position of the six different bagels Sara Lee sells in its Bagel Shop line. Made with Ocean Spray sweetened dried cranberries, the product was first introduced to five markets: Phoenix, Chi- cago, California, Texas and Oklahoma, and now is available throughout the west- ern part of the country. "This success is very important" said John Nickerson, Ocean Spray business development manager-Ingredient Tech- nology Group. "Other manufacturers will want to capitalize on consumer interest in the cranberry bagel by introducing their own versions. It will increase vol- ume of ITG's Ocean Spray sweetened dried cranberries and establish it as a popular ingredient in the growing bagel category." "It's quite successful already" said Randy Rosenthal, vice president with Dadant, Ocean Spray's ITG broker who helped develop the new product. "It ap- peals to young and old, and it is seen as a healthier alternative for breakfasts or snacking." The Bagel Shop cranberry-orange bagel is sold in 16-ounce four-packs in the bread section of supermarkets in the Midwest, Southwest and West. Sara Lee is considering a national rollout later this year. Together again In other business, the cooperative and Pepsi have extended their agreement covering distribution of single-serve Ocean Spray fruit juices and juice drinks in the U.S. Under the terms of the agreement, Pepsi Cola Bottling Company and individual independent Pepsi franchise bottlers will continue to distribute Ocean Spray single-serve beverages to supermarkets, convenience stores, vending machines, and other retail outlets for at least three more years. Last year, Pepsi announced plans to end the six-year agreement in May 1998, but then extended the arrangement to the end of 1998. This new extension sets the stage for what both companies hope will be a more lasting relationship. "During the past six years, Ocean Spray and Pepsi have been a very effective team" said David Murphy, vice president of Ocean Spray. "We've moved up from the sixth biggest player in single- serve juices and drinks to number two. The extension of our relationship means we can continue to have that same kind of success in the future." "Fruit juices and drinks are an important plank in our total beverage platform" says Dawn Hudson, senior vice president of New Products for Pepsi-Cola Company. "The Ocean Spray trademark has been a valuable asset, and we're delighted to be extending our future together." The Ocean Spray/Pepsi alliance be gan in 1992 and now sells more than $350 billion of product in North America, including $200 million of Ocean Spray drinks. I Cranberries July 1998 page 19 Cranberries and Technology: A winning combination for high production by Suzen Ziegahn entomology professor at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, cranberry growers have a computer software that can predict various aspects of production with scientific accuracy. Cranberry Crop Manager (CCM) released in 1997, provide pests andphenology predictive models for blackh eadefireworm, Sparganothis fruitworm, cranberry d tipworm, cranbUerrsy ots. girdler, doddW, cotton.ball ad fruit With daily inputs of minimumand maximum emperatures t along with pestscouting data, the software provides eco-xten nomic threshold recommendations pest management based But CCM doesn't stop t here, Mahr says. It has an encyclopedia of insect, weed, and diseas h nr led information hecal "Plant Pest Profiles". The profiles include about 125 color photo graphsvariousofstages and symptoms of lems. The software can data man- also help in pest agement. For example, i c keep label t an of information , EPA report ing requirement s, and applicator information. It also stores data on pest activity on a bed-by- b ed as net samplp and pheromoneese basis, such swee ping. It tracks weather and irrigation data. A reporting function summarizes and prints the data.ch Develop ment The seeds the development of CCM were sown a for number ofagyears o. In the early 80s, 19 when on-farm uses for computer technology were very limited the University of Wisconsin received a grant from the Kellogg Foundation to explore the potential of computer application in day-to-day farm operations. An outcome of that grant was the forma- tion of the North Central Computer Institute, for which Mahr helped coordinate a workshop on computer applica- tions for the production of horticultural crops. This experi- ence lead Mahr to consider developing pest management software for the cranberry industry, page20 July 1998 Cranberries pest probcontrol track pesticide Dr. Dan Mahr of the University of Wisconsin, and his research associate Kathleen Chapman, check results of researchtrap-projectato develop a trappingment.G rowers cranberry tipworm. (Photo by Wolfgang Hoffmann, control, to pest with four year exten- sionpply project to develop anintegratedpest management program for Wisconsin cranberries. The philosophy of IPM embraces the integration of biological, cultural and chemical control practices to manage pest problems. With Rose Kachadoorian as field coordinator, IPM scouts were hired to work directly with growers to track pest activity on their property. The pilot IPM program revealed when pests were present in sufficient numbers to warrant treatment. Growers began adopting this ecological approach to pest control, based on biological knowledge and principals rather than applying pesticides as a general preventative measures. The In 1985, Mahrb ecame involved a overall result was growers reduced pesticide use and control of certain pests actually improved with more precise timing. Inviting private sector involvement As the university's pilot project concluded, the private sector picked up the program. Ocean Spray developed its own IPM program for Wisconsin growers and private pest management consultants also provided services, As successes were experienced with this program, the question of improvement continued to fuel research efforts. The existing program was based primarily on pest scouting, but a better research base on basic pest biology was needed. Some insects varied their activity in the spring, based on weather variables. For example, blackheaded fireworm, one of Wisconsin's serious cranberry pests, varies in its hatch of overwintering eggs by as much as three to four weeks from year to year, depending on the spring weather. Therefore, growers and IPM scouts would have to scout the entire period to be sure to detect when egg hatches occurred. Mahr discussed research needs with Ocean Spray pest management personnel and the conclusion was made that better knowledge of insect phenology would be useful in improving IPM practices. Ocean Spray funded a five year cranberry insect phenology study lead by Mahr to fill in the gaps of knowledge. Primary researcher, Dr. Steve Cockfield, was responsible for determining the relationships between temperature and stages of insect development, and then converting these to mathematical models that would predict the stage of an insect based on the temperatures the insect had experienced. The models were then validated with field studies for accuracy. Although some of the models were based on very simple equations, others were much more complex. It became obvious to Mahr and Cockfield that computer technology would be necessary for growers or IPM personnel to be able to use this information. By now, the justification was strong for developing cranberry pest management software. A full spectrum package The operational software for CCM was derived from similar software developed by the University of Wisconsin for the potato and vegetable industry. Again, using federal extension dollars for IPM programs, technology experts at the university developed a software package initially to predict potato diseases. It eventually evolved into a full spectrum package with insects and weed pests. CCM was developed on the same foundation that potato growers have used successfully. Thanks again to extension grants, augmented with funding from Ocean Spray and the Wisconsin Cranberry Board, programmer Paul Kaarakka directed the development of the CCM software, with considerable input from Cockfield, Mahr and other university scientists. Cranberry Crop Manager was released in 1997, as the second in the WISDOM series of the University of Wisconsin pest management software, some 14 years from the time Professor Mahr first conceived the idea of cranberry pest management software. The university has a distribution agreement with Gempler's, a Wisconsin mail order company specializing in farm safety and IPM equipment. Part of the ~~~~~~CRANBERRY ~revenue generated from sales is returned to support future ESTATE SALES ~~~~REAL REAL ESTATE & APPRAISALS, LLC P.O. Box 997 Wisconsin Rapids WI 54495-0997 Dealing Exclusively with Wisconsin CranberryMarsh Sales and Appraisals Over 20 Years Experience in the CranberryIndustry Telephone: 715-423-8357 Toll Free: 800-498-3172 Fax: 715-423-9303 Xsoftware development and refinement. The future What is the future for CCM? Mahr says that, like any computer software, CCM will improve to reflect new advances in cranberry research. Although the current version of CCM will be useful to all cranberry growers, most of the insect and disease models have been field tested only in Wisconsin. Indications are that some of the Wisconsin models will work elsewhere, but others may not. Therefore, says Mahr, it will be necessary for researchers in each region to test the models or develop new ones appropriate for the pests and climate in their own location. Sometime in the future, it may be possible for separate versions of CCM for each growing region. But don't hold your breath, says Mahr. First, relatively little cranberry research involves developing pest phenology modes. "Second" he says, "we're not Microsoft. We don't have hundreds of programmers. In the US Extension IPM program we basically have two people who are developing WISDOM software, and CCM is only part of their responsibilities." But for now CCM is a reality; 14 years after the initial idea was formulated, cranberry growers now can enlist this technology. * Cranberries July 1998 page 21 * FQPA _ (Continuedfrom page 14.) The intense lobbying efforts on both sides caught the attention of the White House, and Vice President Al Gore finally intervened in the fracas and FQPA PR war that has been waged by industry and environmental groups over the past six months. Gore asked EPA to "provide more openness" in the tolerance setting process. Formation of the TRAC group is the result. Formal rulemaking, additional toxicity tests sought New points, issues and proposals that came out of the meeting were as follows: 1. The pesticide industry/grower groups want formal rulemaking for way EPA assesses tolerances for pesticides. EPA is reluctant to write regulations, a tedious undertaking they say is likely to slow up and interfere with the toler- ance setting process. 2. Environmental groups and some scientists want EPA to start routinely using behavioral neurotoxicity tests to assess pesticide risks, in addition to the battery of tests that the agency already asks pesticide companies to submit with their tolerance applications. 3. Nobody -including EPA -has a clue yet as to how the cumulative risks of classes of pesticides, a key provision of FQPA, will be assessed. The lack of certainty about this is making pesticide companies very, very nervous. l 4. The big 52-member TRAC group will split into two working groups to start work before the next TRAC meeting June 22-23. One will focus on risk assessments, the other on "a future agenda" # (Reprinted with permission from Darcey Publications Pesticide Report, Vol 2, No. 1.) 1 Stakeholder is a buzzword, used often at EPA, for someone who has financial or public interest in the outcome of legislation. page22 July 1998 Cranberries av d N e Talented Foreman David Charles (Buster) Nye of 75 Federal Furnace Rd., Plymouth, MA died unexpectedly Thursday, May 21, 1998. He was the husband of Christine (Lodi) Nye and father of Erin Nye and Megan Nye. David was the son of the Late Rev. Harrison T. Nye and the borther of the late Harrison T. Nye, Jr. He is survived by his mother, Shirley Nye, four broth- ers -Lindsey Nye, Frank Nye, Marvin Nye, and Richard Nye; and four sisters Janet Carr, Roberta Borger, Elizabeth Nye and Joanne Nye, who all reside in the Sanford, Maine area. Raised in Carver, Mass., he attended Carver schools and graduated from Ply- mouth-Carver High School in 1969. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. You toiled so hard for those you loved, You said good-bye to none. Your spiritflew before we knew Your work on earth was done. I We miss you now, our hearts are sore, As time goes by we miss you more. Your loving smile, your gentle face, No one can fill your vacant place. i Your life was love and labor, Your love for your family true, You did the best for all of us, We will always remember you. The Lord be with you, David now and for evermore. Amen During his high school years he worked summers and weekends for Eino and Wilho Harju. He then moved to Sanford, Maine after his discharge from the Marine Corps and worked for Genest Concrete Co. From 1976 until the present he was foreman for Harju Brothers Cranberries, Inc. of Middleboro, Mass. He also helped several growers in the area (Peter Meier, Robert Powell, Kevin Commeau) get their bogs established and assisted them with horticultural expertise. 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Pending specific application, turers. applation, Northland intends to use the net proceeds to reduce its existing $75 million bank revolving credit facility, which will thereafter remain available for additional future borrowings by the company. Northland has 13,233,498 Class A shares outstanding. Northland is the only publicly- owned, regularly-traded cranberry company in the United States. It is a vertically integrated grower, handler, proces- sor and marketer of cranberries and value-added branded and private label cranberry products. Its products include 100% juice cranberry blends, private label cranberry juice, fresh cranberries and other products through retail supermar- kets, and, to a lesser extent, certain other distribution channels. The company also sells cranberry juice concentrate to in- 1 Handler responds to article .. Cranberries wishes to correct an ar- ticle that appeared in the June 1997 is- sue, page 25. The article, titled "Han- dler Seeks Payment for 1997 Crop", in- d P. correctly stated in the last sentence that the U.S. District Court had ruled that Hiller Cranberry products could not hold Koplovsky Foods, Clermont or Edward 1 * i 1'r i A M. Koplovsky liable for $4.4 million owed to Hiller under the Perishable Ag- sd_. ( Cranberr VinesSe For Sale S Pilgrimn s Stevens · ln 1 o ^· ricultural Commodities Act. Cranberrieshas learned that the First Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered all of the assets of Mr. Koplovsky and his companies be frozen in order to assure that monies will be available to pay damages under PACA if Hiller proves its case. Robert Hiller III, president of Hiller Cranberry Products, Inc., commented that "we are delighted that the Federal Court agreed that our case is strong enough to warrant the freezing of Koplovsky's and Clermont's assets." 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WITH FRIENDLY SERVICE! 2. ... page 24 |.(508.) l .......................ii iiiiii'-iI*....i. . . . ...iiii July 1998 Cranberries For all your growing needs ~~~~~~~I(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~IA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o PVC Pipe Schedule 40 / 80 SDR 21 /26 .: ......... Plain / Bell / Gasket ends B~t~l~ o Polyethylene High density pipe I Corrugated pipe Coil pipe o Welding Sales / rentals Equipment stick -but -extrusion o Fittings PVC / HDPE Saddles -Barb inserts II (Photo by June Potter.) oTanks Storage /I Photo Contest announced NORTHEAST.I.... i.....N.NIN o Valves Ball -Check II To promote Wisconsin's rich agricultural history and cel- Butterfly -Knife Gate ebrate the state's sesquicentennial, the Cranberry Expo Ltd. is sponsoring a photo contest. "Today cranberries are Wisconsin's number one fruit crop but they have been an important part - .', -** -the area's economy even before statehood" says Peggy ~~i j~j~~~iiiiiii.~~~~~~~~jj~X$.i.....~~~~~of ..-.. . ,~~* **;,.. ~ Anderson, executive director, Cranberry Expo Ltd. i~~~........i:,~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ·-~~~;.. :,,,,, ~~~~~~~~~-~~t~~ .. em' e ~~~~For me * contest rules, contact Cranberry Expo, Ltd., 28388 Cty. EW, Warrens, WI 54666, tel. (680) 378-4·878. -w ~ ~ -.-. .i .......... .... S S * S ~~~~~.* S I The museum is open 10-4· daily through October. Growers, especially, are welcome. Q SRIEIC.. Jl 19 pg2 . .. rre L-ooKir'g ror i~~~lzn in th deig, mleena Qvaiity Bog Saxd tB1?~c, i.DQ. YOU HAVE ENOU.G.......S.AY.ED FOR ~~i~~i~~~i~~ii'OURRETREMNT iii onsultationand Propoals F-1are CAPE COD AGGREGATESReuieNCmten CallZ Lee for price 7WLSAEU 508-775-3716NWTN A 25 rTELi (·617) 96~4-885 FA (617) 964 360 Pit locations Falmouth * Hyannis * Bourne * Sandwich "Srin h cranberryiin1i:E~·.s ysnce193 ... .Cabri July 1998 page 25 * BLACKHEADED FIREWORM (Continuedfrom page 10.) and control fields just the same to try and measure the effect of pheromone over and above the effect of pesticide. The longevity of sprayable, micro- encapsulated pheromone is variable since the amount of pheromone released from microcapsules is tempera- ture dependent, said Fitzpatrick. In cooler climates it lasts longer. Currently Fitzpatrick and her colleagues are trying to decrease the amount used with each application to . . 9 make it an affordable option for growers. "We started out using 180 ml per acre and have come down to 90 ml -E-= --- per acre. This year we will reduce the- rate even more." For more information call or write: TRUCK CAPS UNLIMITED Making use of the technique Here is how Fitzpatrick would like Rt. 58, North Carver, Mass. Rt. 58, West Wareham, Mass. to see mating disruption used on (508) 866-4546 (508) 295-3727 cranberry farms on the West Coast: In the spring, growers would use an 1-800-642-7121 insecticide spray for control of larvae hatching out of eggs. They would put up monitoring traps and catch the first Valuing Cranberries Since 1976 Valuing Cranberries Since 1976 moth. Then they would get the sprayable, microencapsulated phero- mone on as soon as possible. Next they Arthur E. Clapp ARA put up the decoy female traps, one at A A AA the beginning of the sprinkler line CLAP JLRAISALA (where sprayable pheromone will be delivered first) and one near the end of APPRAISALS * CONSULTING the line. The decoy female traps will tell them if mating disruption is occurring. Mating disruption would be Post Office Box 116 * Tolland, Connecticut 06084 used again for second flight. Telephone: (860) 872-2373 · Fax: (860) 872-3480 An insecticide spray for summer larvae may be necessary during the first year of mating disruption, but should be ATLANTIC IRRIGATON unnecessary after that. "In the first year, we are asking growers to leave WE COVER IT ALL insecticide in place and add pheromone over the top. The second year, they *· IrrigationSystem Design could see what sprays could be reduced. Service and Installation Fitzpatrick emphasizes that it is a Supplies W very environmentally-friendly non-*Fusion Machines From 2-12 inch toxic product. It is also compatible with honey bees and safe for workers. 1Atlantic e. Ag Commercial Golf ^South Den MA 02660 PLEASE CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE John Sennott Owner 508-385-7403 or 508-430-7493 FAX: 508-432-4601 page26 July 1998 Cranberries Ratio of Sales to Supply Dropping Inventory up by a million barrels over lastyear. C" ranberry sales are on track with what they normally ketplace to move flat sales. Some 47 percent of the 1997 crop are this time of year, at close to 3 million barrels. How and barrels on hand had been sold by the end of April. This is ever, an increase in inventory of over a million barrels some 3.346 million barrels sold from the 5.950 million barrel at the end of April this year compared to the last couple years harvest added to the 1.230 million barrel carry over. Sales from means sales are out of line with increasing production. Ac-the 1996 crop moved 55 percent of the supply by the same cording to the Cranberry Marketing Committee's "Cranberry time last year or 3.319 million barrels of a total of a 6.016 Position Report", for September 1997 through April 1998, there million barrels (a 5.114 million barrel harvest plus a .901 mil- are 3.858 million barrels in inventory, up from 2.825 million lion barrel carry over). Figures from the 1994 harvest show 54 barrels at the same time last year. If this does not signify an percent of available cranberries had been sold (3.501 million impending surplus some industry leaders predicted in the early barrels sold from a 6.431 million barrel supply) by the April 1990s, there certainly are more cranberries available now than 30, 1995 CMC reporting date. ever before. Overall, the ratio of sales to supply is dropping. For CMC Record production fueled by new acres with high yield-statistical purposes, by September whatever is not sold from ing varieties means more demand must be created in the mar-the 1997 crop will be added as "carry over" to the 1998 crop. Fig. 1.Cranberry Marketing Committee Report: Cranberry Position and Stocks, 1997 -1991, 2nd Reporting Cycles. 2nd cycle: 2/1 -4/30 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Sales & Shrinkage Fresh fruit 205,295 213,542 216,558 230,850 210,090 204,648 173,861 Processed & sold by handler 2,301,060 2,090,907 2,378,589 2,498,369 2,207,738 2,084,768 2,365,912 Sold to Processors 424,551 490,753 317,149 351,623 70,441 228,554 516,826 Sold to government 26,585 27,010 28,636 29,431 27,472 28,898 30,013 Total Domestic Sales 2,957,491 2,822,212 2,940,932 3,110,273 2,515,741 2,546,868 3,086,612 Foreign Fresh Sales 22,835 19,726 22,557 18,474 19,126 34,199 66,434 Foreign Sales -Processed 329,338 317,399 247,072 219,523 149,837 106,216 77,670 Total Sales 3,309,664 3,159,337 3,210,561 3,348,270 2,684,704 2,687,283 3,230,716 Shrinkage 34,915 159,309 173,064 153,018 105,224 106,627 118,527 Total Sales & Shrinkage 3,345,579 3,318,646 3,383,625 3,501,288 2,789,928 2,793,910 3,349,243 Ending Inventory Barrels in Freezers 2,483,532 1,720,530 1,586,046 1,935,355 1,554,226 1,611,961 1,659,310 Barrels in Processed form 1,374,209 1,104,132 1,003,384 996,350 1,339,602 1,308,180 851,077 Barrels Reported in Inventory 3,857,741 2,824,662 2,589,430 2,931,705 2,893,828 2,920,141 2,510,387 For latest statisticalinformation on the cranberry industry, refer to "Stats & Facts", a bulletin of the Cranberry MarketingCommittee prepared by David Farrimond, general manager. Cranberries July 1998 page 27 Secure Container System is Returnable and Refillable ix to eight years ago, small, agricultural chemical con- tainers were for the most part disposable. And since it takes hundreds or even thousands of years for the plastic to biodegrade, the containers were causing not only a land- fill buildup problem, but also an environ- mental one because chemical residues often remained. One crop protection company, Valent USA Corporation, de- cided to tackle the problem. "The primary problem was the dis- posal of one and two gallon plastic con- tainers in which most farm chemicals were sold" explained Jeff Cole, business development and alliance manager. "They were being sent to a landfill, a chipper, or to be recycled. In any case, handling the containers and chemical residues is expensive and time consuming." Valent USA Corp., headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, centers its business efforts on the discovery, devel- opment, and marketing of crop protec- tion products. To do this, the company involves a network of distributors who sell the products to farm retailers or di- rectly to growers within the U.S. In addition to the problem of dispos- able containers, there was the issue of safety for workers who were handling older, less durable chemical containers. These workers included farmers who were using the chemicals, landfill and recy- cling workers who were disposing the containers, truck drivers who were trans- porting the chemicals, and factory work- ers who were handling the drums at the page 28 July 1998 Cranberries chemical plant. "Workers were taking extra care to avoid overexposure because closed sys- tems were not readily available" Cole said. Approximately four years ago, Valent began making a contribution toward re- ducing the quantity of throw-away con- tainers, a move that is substantially al- tering the way chemicals are now used in the country. The company began us- ing containers that were not only return- able and refillable, but were an environ- mentally safe, closed-system to distrib- ute pesticides. With the unique system, chemical ex- posure to workers, spillage during trans- port, and the buildup of containers on farms or at landfills was greatly reduced. "Since we began using reusable con- tainers, worker exposure to the chemi- cals has been greatly reduced or elimi- nated altogether" Cole said. "Very im- portantly, through the use of the closed- system with a special drum valve assem- bly, fewer containers are now going into landfills." The use of refillable containers has initiated a distribution process that has revolutionized the way agricultural chemicals are handled. The chemicals can be purchased in 15 gallon stainless steel kegs or 110 gallon plastic contain- ers, which are standards in the U.S. agchem business. Once the farmer fin- ishes using the product, the returnable containers are transported to Valent's refilling station in Eldora, Iowa, where they are cleaned and refilled. All the farmer needs to begin spraying is a dispensing pump which hooks directly to the valve assembly. Every container or keg supplied by Valent comes equipped with the Micro Matic Drum Valve System. Micro Matic, located in Northridge, California, is a worldwide manufacturer of stainless steel valves that provide protection against worker exposure during the dispensing, rinsing and refilling process. The Micro Matic proprietary drum valve system consists of a tamper-evident, stainless steel valve and coupling assembly, which remains securely closed when the containers are in transit. The durable valve is a one-way, dry-break system that allows for a fast, easy connection to dispensing pumps without human contact with the chemicals. "Since most of our retailers and growers have pumps that are compatible with the Micro Matic valve assembly, we decided to offer their drum valve system so farmers could use a dispensing system they had on hand" Cole explained. "This way we don't have to incorporate the cost of a pump with the unit, and it's a valve system that's very reliable and easy to use. One thing we especially like about their valves is the high level of reliability, so we feel confident about their performance in our highly regulated industry" he added. According to Cole, the closed containers are initially more expensive to distribute, but with repeated use the additional cost is justified. "With the products we offer in return able containers, compared to disposable containers, I estimate we've seen a 15 to 20 percent reduction in the use of the disposable containers" Cole said. "We're only in the interim stages of this program, but I think the percentage will increase as time goes on. This is good news for everyone, because we've already seen a reduction in the number of containers thrown away in landfills or other dump sites. It's a system to which farmers and applicators can easily adapt, and it re- duces the energy expended to manufac- tuire andl then destroy disnn~lposable ture and then destroy disposable pack- aging. It is a responsible way to steward in industry.", C, ' products il~ our il-ldustry" ~i~ CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY II Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals. DOUGLAS R. BEATON I E. SANDWICH, Mass. 02537 E.SANDWICH, Mass. 02537 W Quantities of 10,000 yards and up in Southeastern Massachusetts Complete site work bog construction and finish contouring of surrounding upland plus the best price for your material! i f Paclesse30 times theirsize when wet hold 300to and and...300to c an h400us times their weight inwater For use un uscontne or construction or when rebuilding. ' S __ ~4eil¥t®Seapllntk rPPONT Avolcanic clay powderthat swels andseals when wettoformanimpervious barrier insoils for pondconstruction. For use under sand and new bog t o m construction. Allows bog and reservoir construction J atany elevation. *AvaleatRASP,Carver,MA _~ ' inn^^~~~~~~ )^g^ew~~~Reduce ,- C4IS ° ....>$*Available fUT u'sl PDTB1 MEN* Ahighdensitypoly ethene geotextile custom made on site, madwet any size. Increase your waterstorage capacity. potential for.... contamination liability. . n A... through Steams. irnigation Michael Coan -(508) 866-5285 Sam White &Sons, Sand &Gravel, Medfleld, MA -(5081 359-7291 EXCAVATOR RAKE FOR WATERWAY MAINTENANCE Sizes available from 2' to 6 'long ___________888-________· Can be bolted to bucket or pinned to dipper arm Advanced Engine Rebuilding, Inc. Rebuilding pumps and engines for the cranberry industry. Specializing inair cooled power plants, Wisconsin engines. Excellent work on older engines. References. 176 Main Street Wareham, MA 02571 tel. (508) 295-2288 toll free: 1-800-427-2688 * Tines are I " x 2" heat treated alloy steel * Custom rakes made to order AGAR MACHINING & WELDING, INC., 270 York Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Phone (401) 724-2260 Fax (408) 725-8560 B u T K U S & J S S N P. C. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS We provide various services, including the following to closely held organizations: Tax Preparation and Planning, Management Services, Accounting Support, Auditing and Consulting. ROBERT A.BUTKUS ROBERT M. JESSON We invite you to call us or visit us inorder to discuss your personal or business needs. 480 ADAMS STREET -P.O. BOX 86 16 SCHOOL STREET MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS 02601 (617) 698-3950 (508) 771-8577 Cranberries July 1998 page 29 * Michigan cranberry loans r (Continuedfrom page 23.) Cranberries Classified Ad Rates: ISubscription Order Form $22.00 for first 16 words. $.50 extra per additional word and for bold and opportunities for agricultural develop-er ddiin bod a underlines. Ads must be pre-paid by ment. The Farm Service Agency offers nderne. d m e read several types of loan programs for both Name check or money order. Cranberries ac several types of loan programs for both l | cranberry farm estate and operating pur-cepts no obligation to print ads that are poses CCompany not prepaid. Deadlines are 30 days be1^^^~~~~~~~^~ ITT^~ ~ publication date. ~~A-. 1 1fore Several USDA programs are designed SeveraUDAprogramsaredesignec fore publication date. Address I Send to: Cranberries Classifieds to specificaly target beginning farmers. P.O. Box 90 Under that program, FSA may provide City Rochester MA 02770-0190 30% of the financing at 4.0% interest _______ ______ with the applicant providing 10% of the State/Prov _ purchase price. The balance of the fi-Equipment for Sale nancing must come from another source. Zip/Code Diesel Engine: The Duxbury Recreation The other source can include guaranteed Department is curently accepting proposfinancing with FSA providing the com-Published since 1936. 11 issues per als for the sale and removal of a diesel enmercial lender with a 95% guarantee. th excet acombined DeJan ine at North Hill Country Club. This engine "We're very pleased to have USDA ise) Toordersendcheckormonewas previously utilized to pump waer for Farm Service Agency's financial re-check or money order the former irrigation system. For specifica- Farm tions, please call the Recreation Department sources and their linkages with commer-Cranberries at (781) 934-7034. cial lenders as a new partner in our Michi-P.O. Box 190 gan cranberry industry development ef-Rochester, MA 02770-0190 Farm for Sale forts" said Dan Wyant, director of the Cranberry farm, Washington Coast, Michigan Department of Agriculture. Rates: U.S., one year $25; two years $45 I Grayland. 10 acres land, 8 acres produc" This is an important step to help Michi-Canada, one year $30; two years $55 ing, 4 acres hybrids, dry harvest. Home, gan be more competitive with other Elsewhere, $35 per year. buildings & equipment. (360) 267-3011 states who are also expanding cranberry Please pay in US funds on US draft. production to meet consumer demand." L-_ --Free Seal your bog with free clay; you load and truck. East Taunton, MA (508) 824-3393 Land Compendiumnof Blueberry | ^ VSeeking parties interested in cranberry production in Ireland, approx. 180 acres,and Cranberry Diseases outbuildings (781) 769-0086 or (508) 7638080 Edited by FrankL. Caruso and Donald C.Ramsdell Lease Wanted .a l ... ........ W-g-Responsible self motivated person with over 20 years of cranberry working experience looking for bogs to lease. Please contact: iAn ia luable Bog Lease, P.O. 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