With the recent spell of arctic temperatures in the KC area, you may wonder if that fruit tree in your yard will do anything worthwhile this year. Luckily, this cool stretch happened early enough in ...

Michigan-area fruit farmers are worried that recent unseasonable weather could impact this year's harvests. Of most concern are the region's many apple trees, which are at risk of budding too early to ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Cold weather is on the way this weekend, and that could spell doom for this year’s apple crop, which ...

The early morning of Jan. 15, temperatures plummeted to nearly -10 degrees in Oronoko Township, chilling the rural southwest Michigan community's orchards and vineyards. A couple of weeks later, ...

CORVALLIS, Mont. — A Montana apple grower says she’s sleeping a little better than she was a month ago, thanks to cooler weather that has slowed trees’ budding. As spring nears the delay can help ...

Apple growers in New York are keeping an eye on this mild, rollercoaster winter and the impact it could have on the region’s crop. NCPR caught Jason Londo, a crop physiologist at Cornell University, ...

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.