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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal agency on Friday projected a drop in the California almond crop for the third straight year, not the worst news for an industry dealing with low prices. The 2023 harvest should come in ...

The worsening drought forced a 13% cut in the projected almond crop in California. The U.S. Department of Agriculture now expects about 2.8 billion pounds from the August-October harvest. The initial ...

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 ...