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Nature knows best for California pear growers.

Marketing the spring harvest and stored produce of the Carolinas isn’t the same game these days.

In the Carolinas, spring and summer produce is an edible rainbow. And the harvest is looking good, growers say.

There should be no gap between old crop and new crop sweet potato shipments in Arkansas, one leading marketer reports.

Mexican grape harvest has begun.

Six studies from U.S. universities found positive effects of strawberry consumption.

Salinas, Calif.-based Coastline Family Farms is launching onion production in Stockton, Calif., this year, said Robert Verloop, chief operating officer.

Many California table grape growers have adopted sustainable growing and business strategies to guide their vineyards into a productive, profitable and ecologically sound future.

Black table grapes rank a distant third in sales after red and green varieties, but there’s a decided group of consumers who have taken a liking to the darker-hued fruit.

California’s 2020 avocado harvest is expected to reach nearly 400 million pounds — almost an 85% increase over last year, according to the Irvine-based California Avocado Commission.