Succession Planning
Materials to help growers plan for their farm's future
Click here to download the Farm Transition Planning presentation from Jon Jaffe.
Click here to download the Estate Planning presentation from Attorney Sean Hagan.
Click here to download a succession planning brochure.
Cranberry Impact
Cranberries are native only to North America and southeastern Massachusetts is the birthplace of the commercial cranberry industry.
Cranberries are the No. 1 food crop in Massachusetts. The industry supports nearly 6,400 jobs and contributes an economic impact of $1.7 billion annual.
Cranberry growers farm more than 11,500 acres of cranberry bogs in southeastern Massachusetts. With 3-5 acres of support land for every acre of active bog, the cranberry industry protects 60,000 acres of open space.
Learn what's happening on cranberry farms this time of year:
Spring is an active time on cranberry bogs with the vines coming out of dormancy and beginning to grow. A flurry of activities will take place with the most important being frost protection! Other activities include: removal of the winter flood (anytime from mid-February through mid-March); late water flood (by mid-April) to provide pest management benefits without the use of chemicals; weed management; and planting new vines.