This coastal valley made famous by the novelist John Steinbeck is sometimes known affectionately as "America's salad bowl," though the planting and harvesting is done mostly by immigrants from Mexico.
Dr. Anita Oberholster of UC Davis was perhaps best known for informing the California wine industry about wildfire impacts.
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Column: Yolo County has lost a peach of a rancher
After working for 24 years at UC Davis, Fred and Alice founded Manas Ranch just west of downtown Esparto on County Road 21A in 1980 planting 25 acres of peaches and selling directly to consumers. They ...
But Griselda Ellez, who picks leeks in California’s Ventura County, said she had no option but to continue working, even as ...
While everyone loves a prospect, growers should do their due diligence before moving in a different direction with new almond ...
With aquifers nationwide in dangerous decline, an estimated 500,000 acres of farmland may be taken out of cultivation by 2040 ...
L. Robert Lee Johnson, known lovingly as Bob, passed away on January 27, 2025. Bob was born April 17, 1929, on the family ...
A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were ...
It's not just bird flu that's causing egg prices to soar. Here's why they've gotten so expensive — and are likely to stay sky-high.
After all of these efforts, they landed on a simple finding: Smaller poops from smaller birds carry very low risk of foodborne pathogens, which were rare in birds overall. If a bird were to become ...