This summer, farmstands in the Peach State are missing a key crop: peaches. That’s not because the fleshy fruits have already been scooped up by chefs and home cooks to be made into jams and pies, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you know that the Palmetto State produces the most peaches in the South? Georgia may be famously nicknamed “The Peach State,” ...

Georgia peach farmers are planting new, early-season peach varieties that require fewer chill hours to adapt to warmer winters. While promising, the transition to new varieties requires more work, ...

On a Monday in March Robert Dickey went to bed feeling sick to his stomach. After a few tropical weeks the temperature was dropping, and when it got numbingly cold, he knew that his thousand acres of ...

“We’ve had some off crops, some bad years,” Lawton Pearson, a fifth-generation peach farmer, told the Post. “But we hadn’t had anything quite like this since 1955 … We just don’t have a peach crop.” ...

It’s been a busy spring at Lane Southern Orchards. In Fort Valley, the 11,000 acre farm has spent the past several weeks pruning trees, training workers, and ordering supplies ahead of one of its most ...

If you’re a fan of sweet, ripe peaches, then Kroger has your back. The grocery chain is selling crates of Georgia peaches at special events this summer and fans of the sweet stone fruit can buy some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just in time for summerlike weather to roll in, a popular seasonal fruit truck has announced its upcoming stops in the Milwaukee ...

ATLANTA — Federal officials have told peach growers in Georgia they will issue a disaster designation for this year’s peach crop. The state lost over 85% of its peaches this spring. At the state ...

In the 130 years Lawton Pearson’s family has been growing peaches in Middle Georgia, few harvests have been as disappointing as last year’s, when his crop — and most others in the state — were almost ...

Just in time for summerlike weather to roll in, a popular seasonal fruit truck has announced its upcoming stops in the Milwaukee area. Tree-Ripe Fruit Co., a family-owned, Wisconsin-based company, is ...