Wisconsin cranberry production for 2009 was down 13 percent from the 2008 record high, at 3.95 million barrels. Producers harvested 18,000 acres, an increase of 300 acres. Harvested acres were the highest on record. Yields decreased 15 percent to 219.4 barrels per acre, but were up from 2007. The 220,000 barrels sold on the fresh mar-ket brought a price of $77.70 per barrel. Prices for processing cranberries decreased $1.80 to $52.80 per barrel. Total U.S. production was down 14 percent to 6.90 million barrels. Wisconsin producers accounted for 57% of the U.S. crop in 2009. The average U.S. price for cranberries decreased $5.40 to $52.40 per barrel. The 2009 growing season was behind normal due to a late spring and a cool summer. July and August were unseasonably cool result-ing in lack of berry size and poor color.