To the editor: In farmer Joe L. Del Bosque's op-ed article about the water problems putting San Joaquin Valley agriculture at risk, nowhere does he mention the thousands of acres in the valley ...

The secret to growing almonds while retaining healthy soil and mitigating the impacts of climate change may be as simple as adding a little thyme. According to a study conducted as a part of the ...

The California almond has proved resilient under fire. During the late years of California’s most recent drought, from 2015 through 2016, the almond came under attack from a variety of sources, ...

For much of the last decade, almonds have been such a lucrative crop that growers and investment firms have poured money into planting new orchards across vast stretches of California farmland. Now, ...

FIREBAUGH, Calif.-- As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California's agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a ...

As trade tensions ratchet up with China, the growing almond industry is becoming a larger target for tariffs. Along with China, Turkey and India have raised tariffs, while the Australian almond ...

Despite retaliatory tariffs and uncertainty in key export markets for California almonds, demand for the nut continues to grow around the world, with new advertising campaigns and marketing programs ...