An experimental program seeks to protect California almond trees from a pesky moth by using X-rays to sterilize the insects.

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke may be depleting the energy reserves of California’s orchard trees — reducing their nut ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --Bee rustling isn't as well-known as cattle rustling, but it's very real and affects beekeepers and farms throughout the nation, especially in California. Almond growers in ...

You may not realize it, but there are actually dozens of types of almonds grown all over the world. We break down some of ...

Long-term smoke exposure from massive wildfires lowers the energy reserves of orchard trees and can cut their nut production by half, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found. The ...

UC Davis researchers have found that 2020’s megafires meant Central Valley nut orchards produced a smaller crop the following ...

Starting this year, in fact, farmers who adopt the practice can receive a grant from California’s Healthy Soils Incentive Program. “Almond farmers will pave the way for other Tree Nut and ...

Orozco and her colleagues studied almond, pistachio and walnut trees at 467 orchards from 2018 to 2022 in California’s Central Valley, the state’s agricultural core.

Long-term exposure to smoke from wildfires can significantly reduce the energy reserves of orchard trees and slash nut production by up ...