Stanislaus County’s finest floral display, the almond bloom, has brightened the winter landscape once again. The flowers last from mid-February to mid-March on about 210,000 acres of orchards. Each ...

Chico >> Almond orchards throughout the area were wearing icicles early Tuesday morning, as growers turned on their sprinklers to temper the cold weather’s impact on the blooms and young nuts.

Wood chips from recycled almond trees are spread across an orchard in California's Stanislaus County. (Brent Holtz, UCANR) Recycling trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop ...

In keeping with the Patrick Ranch Museum’s mission to enhance “people’s understanding and appreciation of our community’s rich agricultural heritage,” a half-acre plot planted in heirloom almond ...

Wind doesn't necessarily harm almond trees. Neither does rain. But put them together in the wrong sequence, and look out! Local growers were counting their blessings Monday after escaping the weekend ...

And now Joe Del Bosque is considering the unthinkable: tearing out a sprawling almond orchard bursting with healthy, nut-producing trees. “It’s a tough decision to pull out these orchards,” said Del ...

There’s something in the California air. The state’s spectacular almond bloom—the largest single pollination event in the world—has begun. Orchards are blooming and honey bees are buzzing. The video ...

Feb. 5—It's almost a shame to bring up with so many beekeepers in town for the annual bloom, but it looks like Kern County's experience with self-pollinating almond trees has taken root. More ...

California almond growers have been plagued by canker diseases that have caused yield and tree losses for years. Yet some mysteries remain about what causes them and how to diagnose the problem. Those ...

When he's at work in local almond orchards, passers-by often stop to ask Hank Gorman whether the property owner know he's knocking over their trees. And every time he gives the same answer: "The ...

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 ...