A late-winter cold snap has Heartland farmers watching the thermometer closely—especially in southern Illinois, where peach ...

Apple Valley’s McDonald Peach Orchard has reopened after the recent heat wave allowed more of the fruit to ripen on the property near the Mojave River. Orchard owner Marge “The Peach Lady” McDonald, ...

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and researchers. It’s a fungus so widespread that ...

Richard Robnett Jr. holds a ripe peach from McDonald Peach Orchard. After nearly 20 years, Marge “The Peach Lady” McDonald announced that her peach orchard in Apple Valley broke a record by selling ...

The closure of Del Monte Foods' two California canning plants has resulted in a projected $550 million loss for the region’s leading peach growers.

ST. HELENA — Don’t be alarmed at the stumps in the peach orchard at the corner of Silverado Trail and Deer Park Road – St. Helena’s favorite peaches will still be for sale next year and well into the ...

By this time of year, Richard Lial’s Escalon peach trees – bursting with pink-white blossoms – should have been pruned. Soon the blooms would need spraying, and he would feed all 105 acres with the ...

Lawmakers asked the USDA for $9 million plus more relief for peach growers stranded by the Del Monte Foods bankruptcy and ...

Central Valley peach growers lost contracts for roughly 50,000 tons of cling peaches in the fallout from the Del Monte Food bankruptcy.

As a bout of cold spring weather dropped temperatures in the Philadelphia region below freezing overnight Wednesday, fires dotted Linvilla Orchards in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, as workers ...

Don’t be alarmed at the stumps in the peach orchard at the corner of Silverado Trail and Deer Park Road – St. Helena’s favorite peaches will still be for sale next year and well into the future. Out ...