HAGERMAN, Idaho — When it comes to summertime staples, there's one fruit that always ends up in the cooler or on the picnic table. It's watermelon, and this time of year, it is the freshest you will ...

A ripe watermelon will feel heavy, have a dry brown tendril, a yellow ground spot, dull skin, and a sweet smell. Check that the blossom end is slightly soft, the color is vibrant and uniform, and it ...

A team of Virginia Tech engineering students took home $30,000 last month for designing an autonomous machine that slaps watermelons with a rubber mat to gauge their ripeness in the field. The machine ...

There's nothing better than taking a bite out of a slice of fresh watermelon once summertime rolls around. But, if you're a big fan of fresh watermelon, you don't have to wait until your nearest ...

A Central California farmworker whose arm was mangled in a watermelon harvesting machine is getting a $1 million settlement.A watermelon was stuck in the machine in September 2009 when 57-year-old ...

We’ve got musk ox in the pressure cooker, and we’re fixing vegetables and salad with the greens we harvested from the land. We spent the day harvesting a variety of spring greens: watermelon berry ...

Watermelons are one of the most interesting crops to grow. It is remarkable that we can grow such large fruits in our gardens during a single season. Watermelon plants start out what seems like a slow ...

Harvest Special: combining corn, picking watermelons, and harvesting lettuce. Join host Joanne Clendining as she explores local Maryland farms. In this Harvest Special episode, we revisit the farms ...