Cran Chile has eight farms which consist of 1,025 acres of constructed cranberry beds, and an additional 2,200 acres of support land, all less than an hour from our centrally located processing plant.

The lake region in southern Chile is blessed with exceptional water resources. Each Cran Chile farm has been carefully constructed in order
to optimize water management and quality. In addition, the region has ideal climatic and soil conditions for the production of cranberries.

Accordingly, the company is experiencing significantly higher yields for comparably aged beds.

Cran Chile's cranberries are grown in rectangular fields called 'beds'.
Each bed is constructed to the highest specifications and all have a common standard width. This level of bed quality and standardization facilitates the utilization of highly specialized machinery that the company generally builds in house.

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Every farm has its own mobile bridge, which is utilized for the majority of growing operations including fertilizing, harvesting, pruning and sanding. An onboard computer optimizes product utilization and the requisite man-hours to complete most growing operations. In addition,
applications and procedures are completed with exceptional uniformity without the physical damage and waste historically associated with conventional practices.

A representative use of the bridge would be our custom designed harvester. This machine, with eight individually controlled reels utilized to harvest fruit, is many times more efficient and is extremely bed friendly compared to conventional beaters utilized in North
America

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