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Reporter with The Fresno Bee covering agriculture.
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Six judges for 8.5 million people: Shortage delays cases, limits access in the Eastern District of California.
Too many cases, not enough judges. How immigration cases strain Sacramento court backlog
Six judges for 8.5 million people: Shortage delays cases, limits access in the Eastern District of California.
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April 24, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Emails show Trump’s labor department struggling to deliver on H-2A ‘one-stop shop’ promise - Investigate Midwest
Emails show Trump’s labor department struggling to deliver on H-2A ‘one-stop shop’ promise - Investigate Midwest
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer promised to cut red tape so they could access another: workers on temporary visas. It hasn’t gone according to plan.
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March 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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MAHA Moms Turn Against Trump: ‘Women Feel Like They Were Lied To’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
MAHA Moms Turn Against Trump: ‘Women Feel Like They Were Lied To’
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February 25, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration over flesh-eating fly
Texas issued a disaster declaration over a flesh-eating fly that's not yet been detected in the state. But if it does make it here, it could threaten cattle.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

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California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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What does the SNAP deadline really mean? How to find resources and food in Fresno
Find local food banks, resources for students and access to special Gopuff and DoorDash deals.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Fig fanatic brings exotic fruit flavors to customers. ‘Part of Fresno’s history’
Fig fanatic brings exotic fruit flavors to customers. ‘Part of Fresno’s history’
“Before you know it, I had about 100 fig varieties growing in pots around the house.”
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August 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Almond farms battle Central California rodent surge. ‘An infinite sea of rats’
Roof rats have caused more than $300 million of damage to farms in Fresno, Merced, Kern and Kings counties.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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RFK Jr.’s support for raw milk falls short, says Fresno County dairy farmer
Fresno County raw milk dairy farmer counts Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as one of his customers.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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America’s Protein Obsession Is Transforming the Dairy Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
America’s Protein Obsession Is Transforming the Dairy Industry
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July 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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If you love cherries, you better move fast and buy them, they are in short supply.
Cherry crops failing in Fresno, Tulare from heat. ‘This has never happened’
One west Fresno County farmer had little to no cherries to harvest because of last year’s brutal summer.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Mexico Livestock Imports Suspended: Screwworm Threat
USDA suspends livestock imports from Mexico to prevent New World Screwworm spread, protecting US animal health and food security.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Fresno must cut DEI language and help ICE or lose funding, federal officials say
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy sent a letter to several San Joaquin Valley cities warning them about the potential loss of funding.
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May 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Border Patrol can’t arrest people without a warrant in Central Valley, judge says
It’s a preliminary win for the United Farm Workers and ACLU lawsuit against the federal government after the January operation in Kern County.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Major pistachio plant sold in CA for only $25M amid Assemi farming collapse
Tulare County’s Setton acquires rival Touchstone Pistachio. Court records show the Assemi’s owed $700 million.
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April 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Farm Bankruptcies on the Rise Again in 2025 - Farm Policy News
82 family farm bankruptcy cases have been filed over the first three months of 2025, nearly doubling the figure for the same period a year ago.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Could undocumented farmworkers be legalized? Trump suggests it's possible
Legalizing undocumented farmworkers? Trump suggests there's a way to do it for farmers who depend on them.
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April 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Florida's famous orange groves may soon disappear
LAKE WALES (AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad’s 20-acre grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story
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April 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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California farmers fear tariff trade war losses in billions, uneven bailouts
Nut crops are grown in San Joaquin Valley communities of Fresno, Kern, Stanislaus, Merced and Madera counties.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Hello nutria? California’s least-welcome invasive swamp rodents arrive in Fresno | Opinion
Opinion by Marek Warszawski: “Fresno County has become the new California hot spot for nutria.”
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March 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Federal funding cut for California farms program impacting farmers, food banks, schools
“The truth is,” a Fresno County farmer said, “I am not sure we will be able to keep going.”
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March 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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🚨🚨 Concerning genetic mutation found in #H5N1 #BirdFlu dairy cows -- likely 4 herds in San Bernardino County: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Bird flu-infected San Bernardino dairy cows may have concerning new mutation
A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say could not only make the virus more lethal, but increase its spread between mamm...
www.latimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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California farmworkers feared ‘La Migra’ raids. Is Trump’s deportation crackdown ‘more vicious’?
“In the ‘80s we had a lot of raids,” said a former United Farm Workers organizer. “They hit us very hard.”
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March 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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DOJ opens investigation into egg companies for price-fixing
The probe comes as egg prices hit record highs.
www.politico.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Silent and deadly, barn owls become farmers’ best friends in California pest control
Owls are efficient hunters, catching up to 70 pounds of rodents during breeding season.
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March 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM