Agriculture

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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Uncertainty among the Central Valley farm community looms large as reports of immigration raids stoke anxiety among farmworkers, public officials
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Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue has declared an emergency due to the beet curly top virus, allowing growers to use
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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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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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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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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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California’s processing tomato crop is progressing nicely with 10.3 million tons under contact for 2025. That tonnage is 1% above
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Uncertainty looms for the financial health of farms across the country and in the Central Valley as ag bankruptcies rise.
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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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