Central Valley residents could breathe easier during almond harvest if a method demonstrated Tuesday takes hold. Burroughs Family Farms has sharply reduced the dust stirred up when nuts are shaken to ...

HARVEST TIME FOR A LOT OF FRUITS, NUTS AND VEGETABLES AND ALMONDS ARE ON THAT LIST. AND LOCAL FARMER AND RANCHER ELIZABETH WATKINS IS JOINING US NOW TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS YEAR’S CROP. AND ...

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County is a leader in the agriculture and almond industry and we are just a few weeks away from harvesting season. But what many people might not realize, is the ...

Thousands of almonds fill a trailer during harvest at a Madera County orchard. The USDA forecasts California’s almond harvest this year will be the second-largest ever. California almond growers are ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The summer shakedown is underway in almond orchards all over Central California. Despite the triple-digit temperatures, work continues. Crews often start earlier in the day to ...

CHICO — With cooler weather, and increased traffic of farm machinery on the roads of Northern California, it’s a sure sign of an annual event: farmers harvesting their crops. Harvest is in high gear ...

California farmers are in the midst of harvesting an almond crop that may be among the largest on record. Or perhaps yields won’t be so big. A month into harvest, that’s the billion-dollar question.

Almond harvest is shaking its way down for the season with a smaller crop than last year for some farmers, but hopes for higher prices. Harvest started for some varieties in mid-August and picked up ...

Marco Perez grabbed the giant mallet with both hands, gave a home-run-worthy swing and the almonds came raining down. Trying his hand at an old-fashioned harvest method was fun, but the 8-year-old ...

Nuts are a favorite for their flavor, texture, and nutrition—but some varieties command sky-high prices thanks to rarity, labor-intensive harvesting, or limited growing regions. From the buttery ...

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 ...