Agriculture

New technologies were displayed at Fresno State to mark the first year of an initiative between educational institutions and community groups across the San Joaquin Valley.

A San Joaquin Valley dairy farmer recently earned a prestigious national award that only four other farmers in the state have won in the last 25 years.

California farms are facing an increase in pests on some of its most vital crops due to climate change – and can expect to face more.

The vast majority of the country’s table grapes are grown right here in the San Joaquin Valley. But this year, a freak summer storm took a big bite out of that production.

The case wending its way through the legal system over the coming month offers a peek into a great California drama, a rare look into two empires of agriculture.

On Tuesday, a judge issued a temporary restraining order against a Bakersfield aviation company following allegations that pesticides it had applied had drifted and harmed neighboring crops, pastureland and people.

In 2014, the mammoth groundwater management law known as SGMA promised to overhaul water use in the state. A recent conference showed how the rubber is hitting the road.

Much of the world’s highest quality cotton is grown right here in the San Joaquin Valley. But the return of Tulare Lake has threatened this year’s crop.

Kings County officials estimate billions of dollars in agricultural losses after nearly 100,000 acres of cotton, tomato, safflower, pistachios and other commodities were wiped out by Tulare Lake.

A Tulare County farm advisor warns we may not determine the cumulative impacts of flooding and extreme rainfall on fruit and nut crops until sometime in 2024.