Tim Hearden/Capital Press Jonnalee Henderson of Arbuckle, Calif.-based Spooner-Henderson Orchard Care climbs aboard a tree shaker that Yuba City, Calif.-based Orchard Machinery Corp. painted pink for ...

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 ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Almonds are the top crop in Fresno County and the second-largest in the state, but unless you grew up near orchards, you may not know how they're harvested. "They're okay to ...

The annual shaking of the almond trees has begun as local growers start harvesting a crop that could be especially promising this year for Kern County. A recent federal estimate predicted California's ...

Beekeepers flock from all over the country to California every February and March to watch billions of honeybees buzz around the state's almond trees. Eighty percent of the country's commercial bees ...