The bankrupt farming company is getting ready to take offers on nearly 8,000 acres of young almond trees. Private equity-funded almond farm folds before harvesting a single nut in Fresno County ...

California almond growers are on track for their second-largest harvest in history, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture projecting a 2025 crop of 3 billion meat pounds, up 10 percent from last ...

In California’s Central Valley, long rows of trees stretch across fertile soil where agriculture thrives. One family farm has ...

Last year, close to 100,000 tourists visited open almond orchards in Modesto, Calif. The region is home to over 120,000 acres of almond farms, many of which are operated by second and third ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --Bee rustling isn't as well-known as cattle rustling, but it's very real and affects beekeepers and farms throughout the nation, especially in California. Almond growers in ...

Blooms form on the branch of an almond tree on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, ... Gill operates Capital Farms Inc., and was sued by one of his lenders for being in default on his loans.

Almond trees are native to North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. They thrive in warm and sunny environments and typically grow best from US hardiness zone 7 to zone 9 .

Honeybees flock to a pallet stacked with four hives at the edge of an almond tree orchard on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Olivehurst. Bees are essential to pollinating California’s vast 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 ...