Forty minutes west of Macon in Musella, there’s an open-air peach packaging building with muggy air, a slightly sweet smell and an abundance of local produce. Dickey Farms has been growing peaches for 127 years. The farm began in 1897 with the planting of its first peach trees by the great-great-grandfather of Lee Dickey, who is the farm’s current vice president.

We’re just a few weeks into the harvest for Georgia’s most famous crop, peaches, and farmers are already calling it one of the best they’ve had in years.

For Mark Sanchez, being a peach grower means "you pretty much stay worried all year. That's because for peaches to bloom in the spring, peach trees have...