Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Houston Wilson, a researcher with the Kearney Agricultural Research Center, walks through an almond orchard in Central California ...

The nation’s honey bee population lost 55.6% of its colonies during the 2024-2025 season, the worst year on record, and ...

California’s bearing almond acreage had its smallest increase in more than 20 years in 2025, according to a new industry report from Land IQ. Bearing almond orchards at harvest will cover 1.389 ...

Almond growers are looking for tools that help apply fertilizers more precisely. Learn how a new nitrogen and potassium calculator is designed to do that.

Almond crop yields are threatened by a new plant fungal disease that has been observed for the first time in California. Symptoms of red leaf blotch have been found in several orchards in the Northern ...

Inside Look is a Merced Sun-Star series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Motorists driving through the Central Valley this time ...

California Almonds and Almond Surfboards are coming together to celebrate National California Day, highlighting the best of ...

THE WHOLESALE LEVEL BEFORE THE PRODUCTS REACH CONSUMERS AS WELL. RIGHT NOW, IT’S PEAK TIME FOR ALMOND FARMERS. IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, ALMOND ORCHARDS WILL BE BLOSSOMING ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING IN ...

Houston Wilson, a researcher with the Kearney Agricultural Research Center, walks through an almond orchard in Central California in 2024. (Gary Kazanjian/For The Times) Almond growers across Central ...

Almond growers across Central California say they are battling a surging rat infestation across more than 100,000 acres of orchards, resulting in economic hardship and damage. Across Fresno, Merced, ...

Almond growers across Central California say they are battling a surging rat infestation across more than 100,000 acres of orchards, resulting in economic hardship and damage. Across Fresno, Merced, ...