Maine's wild blueberry crop is headed for another big year despite dry weather that has caused some nervousness in the state's blueberry barrens.
Maine is by far the biggest wild blueberry producer in the U.S., and the industry is coming off back-to-back bumper crops of over 100 million pounds in the past two years. This year's total will likely be closer to 90 million, which is still much more than the crop averaged a decade ago, the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine said.
The big crops come at a time when prices for blueberries have been somewhat depressed. Frozen wild blueberries dropped from 90 cents per pound in 2011 to 60 cents per pound in 2014.
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