FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno State is shaking up its Ag department by adding an expensive piece of equipment to help harvest its 108-acre almond orchard. The new machine is the Hydra-Shaker Bullet ...

Central Valley residents could breathe easier during almond harvest if a method demonstrated Tuesday takes hold. Burroughs Family Farms has sharply reduced the dust stirred up when nuts are shaken to ...

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly three-vehicle crash in Madera County. It happened just before 10 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Avenue 7 and Avenue ...

Flory Industries, which makes nut harvesting equipment in Salida, is acquiring a Sacramento Valley company involved in various crops. The purchase of Custom Orchard Equipment will mean no layoffs for ...

CHICO — The forecast is in, and it’s raining almonds. The start of September is the brunt of almond harvest, and the shakers, sweepers and hullers are back at work. Almond and walnut farmer Walt Stile ...

NELSON — Even a city dweller would note this week that the neatly-planted rows of almond trees south of Chico were ready for harvest. The fading green hulls protecting the inner shell had begun to ...