For the past decade, unpredictable winters have wreaked havoc on Georgia’s peaches. But farmers are adapting, with new ...

In Rutledge, Georgia, Jim Markley, the proprietor of CJ Orchards Farm, stands inside a Peach Tree with abundant leaves but devoid of fruit while posing for a photograph.

In Georgia, home to nearly 12,000 acres of peach orchards, the average peach tree requires anywhere from 650-850 chill hours each season. "The problem is that, year after year, the weather is very ...

This year’s peach crop is Georgia’s worst since the 1990s, peach growers say, with a projected loss of up to 95% of a normal year’s yield. “It’s been a devastating year for a peach ...

For Okie, who grew up in Georgia and whose father worked as a peach breeder for the USDA, the looming loss of the state’s symbolic fruit evokes a sort of weariness.

There may be plenty of peaches on Georgia license plates, but according to the University of Georgia's 2021 Georgia Farm Gate Value Report, ... Georgia, to help combat peach tree short life.

Lawton Pearson sits on the state's Peach Council and owns Pearson Farms. He says Central Georgia peach-growers saw about a 90 percent loss this year. His wife Lanier says it will be slim pickings ...

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia's beloved peaches are back in season, and growers are predicting an exceptional harvest for 2025. Dickey Farms, one of the state's oldest peach operations, began ...

"A peach tree needs chill hours. On average 800 to 1000 chill hours, anything below 45-degree. When it’s below 45-degrees, that peach tree is storing up chill hours," Carter said.

It’s peach season and Tree-Ripe Fruit Co. is back, ... which has delivered peaches from Pearson Farm, a fifth-generation Georgia peach farm, to happy fans in Wisconsin for over 30 years.

Tree-Ripe Fruit Co. announces 2025 Milwaukee-area dates for ‘bumper crop’ Georgia peach deliveries Rachel Bernhard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tue, June 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM UTC ...