Water agencies like the Kings River Water Association rely on up-to-date airborne surveys of the Sierra snowpack to mitigate ...

Enjoy the balmy early summer evenings with a poolside barbecue, homemade ice-cream, or outdoor dining. Be sure your watering ...

Shawn Gill who farms almonds in Fresno, Madera, Sutter, Glenn and Placer counties, owes more than $7 million to lenders. He ...

Hardest hit in the San Joaquin Valley are almond farmers ... down as a tree shaker works an orchard during a recent fall nut harvest. Mechanization in agriculture as well as manufacturing are ...

The 2024 California almond crop was the third largest ever ... Crop development in the San Joaquin Valley was slower than normal due to cool temperatures and lower bee flight hours.

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY growers are finding nothing cheery about the cherry harvest that starts this month. Both the county and pretty much the entire San Joaquin Valley are expected to see crop totals ...

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Pacific Regional Office, released its initial subjective forecast for 2025 California almond production on ... that crop development in the ...

Last summer’s scorching string of 100-degree days did more than break records in the Valley, it zapped the strength out of many of the region’s prized cherry trees, resulting in a much smaller crop ...

SAN JOAQUIN ... s Central Valley, this year’s crop has brought anxiety alongside the usual celebration. Farmers in San Joaquin County are facing what could be a light cherry harvest, prompting ...

California’s bearing almond orchards will cover 1.389 million acres at harvest this season ... bearing acres and 2,518 acres removed. • San Joaquin County, with 102,874 bearing acres, 2,072 ...

In an interview with The Fresno Bee, Schiff spoke in defense of the state’s multi-billion dollar farming industry and the thousands of workers who harvest ... in the San Joaquin Valley are ...