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Agriculture

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published on June 16, 2025 - 4:52 PM

Ultra Gro, a Madera-based fertilizer company, celebrated 40 years in business this month producing healthy soil, innovative products and continuing

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published on June 12, 2025 - 3:17 PM

Uncertainty among the Central Valley farm community looms large as reports of immigration raids stoke anxiety among farmworkers, public officials

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published on June 11, 2025 - 3:44 PM

Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue has declared an emergency due to the beet curly top virus, allowing growers to use

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published on June 9, 2025 - 4:54 PM

Fresno-based Tamarack Biotics secured acceptance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its novel light-based milk treatment process, clearing

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published on June 4, 2025 - 3:01 PM

While the Golden State produces about 80% of the nation’s wine and is the world’s fourth-largest wine producing region, the

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published on June 3, 2025 - 12:18 PM

A U.S. Department of Agriculture field office in Madera will remain open, saved from a planned closure announced in March

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published on June 2, 2025 - 5:38 PM

Recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows a decline in farm employment compared to 2024, with ups and

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published on - 5:29 PM

California’s processing tomato crop is progressing nicely with 10.3 million tons under contact for 2025. That tonnage is 1% above

Read more » crops
published on May 22, 2025 - 11:25 AM

Uncertainty looms for the financial health of farms across the country and in the Central Valley as ag bankruptcies rise.

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published on May 19, 2025 - 4:28 PM

After two bruising seasons of low nut prices, rising costs and groundwater uncertainty, the 2025 Trends in Agricultural Land & Lease Values

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