Central Valley residents could breathe easier during almond harvest if a method demonstrated Tuesday takes hold. Burroughs Family Farms has sharply reduced the dust stirred up when nuts are shaken to ...

It’s important to use something smooth and slippery so the rats can’t get a grip on it. Make sure the pieces are long enough ...

Almond harvesting in the San Joaquin Valley. A financially troubled almond farm with ranches in Fresno and Tulare counties, as well as other parts of California, is on the verge of becoming the latest ...

The annual shaking of the almond trees has begun as local growers start harvesting a crop that could be especially promising this year for Kern County. A recent federal estimate predicted California's ...

White blossoms adorn almond trees like popcorn balls, and delicate petals of lilac and magenta are popping out slowly in area peach orchards. Bloom season has arrived in Yuba-Sutter, signifying the ...

The worsening drought forced a 13% cut in the projected almond crop in California. The U.S. Department of Agriculture now expects about 2.8 billion pounds from the August-October harvest. The initial ...

Each year, millions upon millions of honey bees go on a cross country road trip to make the California almond harvest possible. That semi truck next to you on the highway may be carrying something ...

The state’s upcoming almond harvest will be down 11% from 2021, a federal agency projected Friday. The report has a bright side: The lower volume could help growers recover from two straight years of ...

FRESNO — Almonds are one of California’s most valuable crops, worth $1.5 billion a year. But harvesting them comes with a high price -- thousands of tons of dust. The dust, kicked up by the shaking of ...

FIREBAUGH, Calif.-- As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California's agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a ...