…is that the Hazelton family began planting orange trees in Fresno County back in the 1860s. Today, that legacy continues through Kings River Packing, officially formed in 1977 when the…
California Citrus Season Off to a Strong Start, Kings River Packing Leads the Charge
…mandarins.” Founded in the 1860s, Kings River’s legacy began when the Hazelton family planted the first orange trees in Fresno County. Nearly 150 years later, Silva said the ninth generation…
Pioneering the Midwest: How Settlers Turned Iowa’s Prairies into Farmland
…a sharp border but a gradual blend where trees grew thinner, eventually giving way to rolling grasslands that stretched as far as the eye could see. For early settlers, Iowa…
Inside the 2025 Almond Market: Supply, Pricing, Tariffs, and Global Demand
…production, growers will need to reinvest in: compost nutrients adequate irrigation Trees need a period of recovery to deliver a strong bloom in 2026. The balance remains delicate: customers must…
CIR Agriculture Harvester Products
…have to offer. We can make anything from thermal welded belts, die cut parts from any industry material available to hullers, nursery carts, fertilizer and nut loaders to sort tables,…
Westward Expansion Transforms 1850s American Farming
…of agricultural knowledge gained from their home regions. Farmers from New England and New York introduced seeds for plum, apple, and pear trees, planting the first large-scale orchards across the…
Building the Future of Ag Education at Merced College
…Ag Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art facility that will include a meat processing plant, tree nut processing line, fruit and vegetable processing center, nutrition research lab, and retail farm market. “Once…
Merced College Dean Cody Jacobson Champions the Future of California Ag Education
…college is now constructing a cutting-edge Ag Innovation Center, which will feature a meat processing facility, tree-nut and produce processing labs, a nutrition and product-development center, and a retail farm…
GUSS: Transforming Orchard Spraying Through Autonomy and Innovation
…excited to come out to California,” Thompson shared. “The agriculture here is just amazing—trees, vines, cattle, row crops—endless possibilities.” Now living in Kingsburg, a small Central Valley town with a…
California Ag Tech on Display: TK, Bayer Crop Science, and John Deere’s GUSS Steal the Show
…wet winter — a welcome change for water storage and dormancy cycles. “Cold, wet weather is good for trees,” he said. “They’re staying dormant longer and recharging.” Next, Papagni sat…
Pistachios, Water & Trade: Kreps on Farming’s Future
…final payments once the nuts are delivered. Despite the long wait, pistachios are a strong crop nutritionally and economically. They are a complete protein containing all nine essential amino acids,…
Pistachio Harvest Update and Fair Season Fun on AgNet News Hour
…year when pistachio quality is strong, even if nut size is slightly smaller due to the large crop. The discussion highlighted why pistachios are a long-term play. Trees can live…
John Duarte on Central Valley Agriculture: Water, Prop 50, and the Future of Avocados
…is the trick,” John said. “Once growers understood the process, they demanded virus-free plants. It changed the industry.” This same principle extended into nut trees. By cloning the best seedlings…
John Duarte Shares Bold Nursery Innovations and Warns of Prop 50 Threat
…listeners, stressing that productivity is the key to surviving low nut prices. The nursery’s work doesn’t stop with almonds. Duarte said their pistachio vigor clonal rootstock has shown a 30%…