Aid Needed to Save PA Fruit Farmers Following Freeze

Apr. 29, 2026 /

HARRISBURG - Rep. Dan Moul, Republican Chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, said Pennsylvania fruit growers are assessing damage to crops following a late April freeze that came at a very critical stage in the annual growing cycle. It is feared Pennsylvania, which ranks fourth in the nation in apple production, could lose as much as 80% of its fruit crop this spring, putting farmers in a precarious financial situation that could have long-term effects and impact the supply of fresh fruit here in the Commonwealth.