FruitsThe All India Kisan Sabha says Kashmir apple prices have fallen sharply at harvest and calls a protest day on 19 October, before lower duties on New Zealand apples take effect.
FruitsMost of the state's peaches were lost and cherries and apricots gave little or no crop; apple yields range from about 70% of normal to far less, with jobs and farm markets hit too.
Homestead farmingAfter wind and a late frost cost her apple harvest, a South Dakota columnist asked a city forester how to choose, plant and protect backyard fruit trees.
FruitsUSDA's September fruit outlook also sees apples down 6% and winegrapes lower, while cranberries rise 5%.
AgribusinessA US bankruptcy judge said he will approve the sale of Gebbers Farms' flagship Brewster Heights Packing and Orchards to Legendary Fruit Company, keeping the Washington tree-fruit business running.
AgrotechPeter Baars mows his apple and pear orchards with an autonomous Fendt and maps every tree with a roof camera, but says full trust needs tractor and implement to communicate and stop themselves.
AgrotechThe Center of Excellence for Orchard Robotics brings seven universities, Fresh Fruit Robotics and Washington Fruit and Produce Co together on machines for apple and cherry orchards, where labour has climbed from 45 to over 60 percent of costs.
Four years after the first plantings in 2022, growers in Grabouw and Ceres have harvested the country's first Cosmic Crisp apples, a Washington State University cross of Enterprise and Honeycrisp that resists browning after cutting, now sold exclusively at selected Checkers stores.
The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture is reviving an abandoned Launceston orchard whose trees date to the 1800s, adding 11 varieties from the Grove Research Station as an insurance population and state-supplied heritage trees beside its new $20 million growth facility, with volunteers learning prun
FruitsBananas were the world's most produced fruit in 2024, at about 139.4 million tonnes, ahead of watermelons at about 105.0 million and apples at about 97.9 million, according to FAOSTAT's December 2025 release.
Apple seeds contain amygdalin, which can release cyanide, but the amount in a few seeds poses no real risk to people eating apples.
FruitsUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on 21 May 2026 that seven popular pie ingredients were worth $6.9 billion to U.S. growers in 2024, led by apples at more than $2.9 billion and blueberries at nearly $1.2 billion.
FruitsOn 22 March 2026, the second day of Eid al-Fitr, watermelon in Dhaka markets fell to Tk 50-60 a kg from Tk 80-100 at the start of Ramadan, while imported fruit stayed dear, with pomegranate at Tk 500-530 a kg.
