Soil sensors, drip irrigation and decades of knowledge are helping one family farm produce more almonds with less water.

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 ...

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 ...

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The early run of Valley heat this year has crops growing on the Fresno State Farm maturing way ahead of schedule.

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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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, ...