Trinitas Farming Files For Bankruptcy — 17 Almond Ranches To Be Sold

Gerawan Farming’s orchards, no longer owned by the family, have thrived in California’s San Joaquin Valley for decades, but are now sliding.

Fred Franzia, the Founder of Bronco Wine Company, dies at the age of 79.

New research estimates losses of a half-billion just to nut growers, and points to congestion and inefficiencies.

Global pandemic-driven supply chain disruptions force some to pivot from chemicals to biological and/or mechanical measures.

The organization, which is the chief lobbyist for the almond industry, will be led by a woman coming from the cattle business.

­­USDA-NASS objective forecast of 2.8 billion pounds is down significantly from the May subjective forecast of 3.2 billion.

Workers were pruning vines near Fresno when the shooting started.

State says label identifying herbicide as carcinogenic will remain despite government agency’s refusal to approve such labels.

Industry committee endorses voluntary methods for citrus growers’ response to the deadly disease.

State’s 6,800 growers had an estimated 1.4 million acres of almonds – both bearing and nonbearing – in 2018.

Nearly 700 infected trees were detected in 2018, more than double the number found in 2017, though none – yet – in commercial groves.

Endowment will provide one University of California Cooperative Extension scientist a dedicated source of money to focus on the long-term sustainability of the citrus industry.

Thousands from the Northern San Joaquin Valley expected to demonstrate at the state capitol to call attention to plan that would flood premium farmland.

Arysta LifeScience announces label expansion for fungicide to control nasty fungi such as Septoria spot in citrus, and Sclerotinia in lettuce.

Northern California company disputes the incident, which caused eight farm workers to seek medical treatment.

One U.S. industry leader says the importation is disturbing because “already notices have been received regarding fruit fly issues in Argentina. We take these seriously and expect producers in other production areas to respect that concern.”

Growers urge U.S. Senators Feinstein and Harris to support organic businesses, which employ more than 300,000 Californians.

The needs continue to grow while the pool from which to draw from continues to dwindle. All the while, fresh fruit needs to be picked.

Overall, total almond acreage for 2017 was 1.33 million acres, up 7% from the previous year.