Agriculture

The Penny-Newman Grain Company began in 1874 as pioneering Fresno retail store Kutner & Goldstein.

Clovis Cole grew his wheat farming empire to 40,000 acres, but saw it all collapse amid crop failures and bad business deals.

After World War II, leaders agreed Fresno State needed to move to a new campus. But where to build it proved to be a big problem.

In the Central Valley, where a quarter of the country’s fresh fruit and vegetables are grown, farmers are grappling with the idea of using AI to replenish a diminishing workforce, combat climate change and increase food production for a growing world population.

Demand for pistachios continues to rise around the world with viral trends making the nut popular on the internet. But farmers in the Central Valley must battle with the climate to keep up with demand.

Hundreds attended the 18th annual Organic Stone Fruit Jubilee in Kingsburg, California, for a taste of locally grown fruit.

Citrus growers across the state rely on Lindcove Research and Extension Center in Exeter for solutions to their produce problems. But as Congress struggles to pass a new farm bill, the center’s funding is in limbo.

Farmer Cesar Mora has been unable to sell his nectarine crop for the second year in a row due to a lawsuit with a food market and distributing company who claims exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows.

Tricia Stever Blattler led one of the country’s top ag producing counties through historic floods, wildfires and disease outbreaks – and her own personal tragedy.

A red International Harvester from Fresno sits in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.