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Imagine that you own a small, 20-acre farm in California's Central Valley. You and your family have cultivated this land for decades, but drought, increasing costs and decreasing water availability ...
A central Illinois farmer says recent rains and a break from the heat have been good for the crops. Mark Bunselmeyer, who farms in Macon County and serves as the vice president of the Illinois ...
The NFL’s reigning Most Valuable Player was, in more ways than one, an obvious pick to be the next pitchman for Wonderful Pistachios. The star quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen, grew up a ...
Honey bees across the country are under attack from tiny, eight-legged parasitic mites. Can a new California bill save them?
Twin brothers Andrew and Eric Walker, owners of Farmboy Organics, a three-acre farm in Yolo County, have grown a modest plot of okra each summer since opening their farm in 2022.
"Wonderful Pistachios has announced a major partnership with Buffalo Bills star quarterback and pistachio farmer Josh Allen, ...
While cassava has been ensconced in South and Central America for millennia, its story is far from over. In the age of ...
It’s about strengthening our economy, improving our supply chains, and making sure California’s heartland gets needed ...
"70% of the workers are gone," one farmer said as most of the work is mostly done by immigrants, impacting business.
Central Valley’s farmworkers, many undocumented immigrants, are set to begin picking tomatoes in a few weeks. Today, they’re “showing up to work feeling a great deal of uncertainty,” one undocumented ...
Growing a third of America’s crops and generating billions of dollars each year, California’s Central Valley is both an economic stalwart and an increasingly popular home to millions of people ...
The cherry crop in some California counties has been significantly impacted by last summer’s extreme heat, resulting in a smaller yield of fruit this year.