As the California drought crisis deepens, some people are placing blame on almond farmers because it takes up to a gallon of water to produce a single nut, NBC News reported. "It's a shame because we ...

The relentless drought has turned almonds into a target for water conservationists who bemoan that it takes one gallon of water to grow one... How Almonds Became A Scapegoat For California's Drought ...

This year’s California almonds have had their share of turmoil. Frost and high winds at the end of February damaged parts of the crop, grown throughout the state’s Central Valley. Farmers tried to ...

Talk about being all dressed up with nowhere to go. According to Los Angeles Times, 1.3 billion pounds of unclaimed almonds have been left stranded in California storehouses. High production rates ...

An abandoned almond orchard in Newman, Calif., in July. California's deepening drought threatens its $6 billion almond industry, which produces about 80 percent of the world's almonds. As water ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Rodent expert Roger Baldwin used to get fewer than one yearly inquiry about rat issues during most of his extended stint at the University of California, Davis, where he’s a professor ...

SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump’s trade wars are putting California farmers and ranchers, happy with his promises to deliver more water, back into financial — and political — limbo.

California has the highest concentration of organic dairies in the entire country, but the drought is starting to have an impact. Madeleine Thomas, a fellow at Grist.org has written a two part series ...

California is in a pretty worrisome state right now, and has gone downhill fast. On Thursday, the Drought Monitor said that 26% of the state is now in “exceptional drought,” the worst category.

GACKLE, North Dakota (Reuters) -There was barely a buzz in the air as John Miller pried the lid off of a crate, one of several "bee boxes" stacked in eight neat piles beside a cattle grazing pasture ...

Todd Diedrich watches a lone tractor churn up dust as it lumbers down rows of still-green plants. “We’re trying to patch up the cracks,” the farmer explains, referring to his desperate effort to ...