Researchers are developing robots that promise to automate a process that has always relied on human workers—and bees.

The fall season is finally here, which means multi-colored autumn leaves, pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sweaters-and, of course, family trips to the apple orchard. While pumpkin patches are the craze ...

By this time last year, three freezes had decimated much of the 2,800 acres of orchards here. Temperatures even dipped dangerously ... making it the worst year for peach production since 1907 and the ...