Thousands of hectares of farmland were affected. Farmers pressured to make unprecedented decision after key crop devastation: ...

Despite generating over $75B annually, specialty crops face rising costs, weak prices and limited safety nets. Case studies ...

Fruit crops play an essential role in human food consumption, as important sources of vitamins and other micronutrients. The industry around the production of these crops is additionally a key source ...

Many temperate fruit and nut trees need a period of winter chill in order to produce flowers and fruit each year. Without enough sustained chilling, the timing of bud break and pollination, and the ...

An early spring might sound like a good thing to you and me. An early spring to a Michigan fruit grower is a nightmare. So far, the fruit growers’ nightmares are not coming true. An extremely warm ...

Southwestern Michigan was under a Frost Advisory Friday morning. This came at a time where many fruit crops vulnerable as growing season continues. Hildebrand Fruit Farms owner Mile Hildebrand said ...

Most years David Diebold would have plenty of peaches and apples to sell to the customers who visit his Benton, Mo., store every summer looking for the fresh fruit. The fruit would be as fresh as ...

Mission Produce, Inc. AVO has long been synonymous with avocados, but the company’s expanding footprint across berries and ...

Fruit flies are a nuisance wherever you may be. But growers in California are dealing with an insect problem on a whole other scale. Crops on the West Coast are facing a fruit-fly infestation, thanks ...

Near-record to record cold is coming to Michigan in the next few days. Will Michigan’s fruit crops be damaged by the cold? Christie Apple, an agronomist specializing in fruit crops, has been looking ...