Central Valley Farmers Fight Fears of Drought as Long Dry Spell Stretches Into New Year
Stockton usually gets about 3 1/3 inches of rain in December. Last month, the area only saw 0.05 of an inch.
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Stockton usually gets about 3 1/3 inches of rain in December. Last month, the area only saw 0.05 of an inch.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors will consider creating a 1,000-acre agricultural conservation easement that would require the land to be used for economically-viable agriculture.
The record head that baked Northern California over the Labor Day weekend left wine grapes shriveling on the vines, reducing many of them to raisins before the normal harvest.
The plan involves building ponds at the ends of the salty, desert lake which has suffered a string of environmental setbacks since the 1970s.
Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties are allowing dairy farmers to bury or compost hundreds of carcasses because a rendering plant is overwhelmed.
Growers and winemakers in Northern California have started irrigating early and humidifying barrel rooms to get ahead of the heat.
Two California men have been charged with a string of felony counts stemming from a criminal case that created a buzz among beekeepers across the country.
Police are calling it grand theft avocado. Three produce company workers have been arrested in the theft of up to $300,000 worth of avocados.
State regulators are trying to figure out how a burgeoning pot-growing industry will impact the energy supply.
Vandals targeting a student-run farm in Morgan Hill set livestock loose as part of an animal-rights protest but officials say they put the animals in danger.
This year's extraordinarily wet winter has destroyed or delayed several staples of the local agriculture industry.
California farmer Kevin Herman ordered nearly $600,000 in new equipment days after Donald Trump's election, cutting the number of workers he'll need.
The new law dictates that the federal portion of California's water system gives farm districts and human users the biggest possible share.
San Joaquin Valley farmers drilled 2,500 wells last year, 5 times the annual average for the previous 30 years.
The first-ever California Nitrogen Assessment evaluates the impact of nitrates from fertilizers on the human and natural environment.
Agriculture is embracing technology to become more efficient, and startups are interacting with industry leaders to develop the best tools.
Owners of two premier vegan restaurants in California have angered some patrons after revealing that they have slaughtered animals and eaten meat at their Vacaville farm.
Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley are bracing to receive no irrigation water from a federal system of reservoirs and canals for a third consecutive year.
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California bought farmland in Palo Verde Valley to get access to Colorado River water.
If Nature doesn't bring significant rain and snowfall this season, some California craft breweries may be forced to leave the state.
The third discovery of oriental fruit flies in Santa Clara County this year has prompted a treatment in San Jose and Monte Sereno that will last for eight weeks.
A growing minority of California growers and winemakers believe that when it comes to wine grapes, the less irrigation, the better.
Researchers from the University of California at Davis looked Tuesday at the likely farm costs of the drought in 2015.
A California judge has rejected a challenge by a farmers' group to agricultural water cuts sought by state regulators during the drought.
State officials are struggling to keep portions of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta fresh as saltier water from the San Francisco Bay pushes inland during another summer of drought.
