SOMIS, California (KABC) — The Mountain Fire ripped through Sergio Acevedo’s two-acre farm, destroying nearly 100 of his 300 avocado trees. The 75-year-old said he saw his crops go up in ...

ABC 10News Perla Shaheen follows through, speaking with an avocado farmer in Valley Center she spoke with in April. This time, he explains how President-elect Trump's proposed tariffs could affect ...

While the raging flames and damaging winds continue to burn in Los Angeles County, farmers across Southern California also face the possibility of damage to their crops.

The number of avocado trees has gone up to 809,049, on an average of 1,600 hectares of land. Between 2014 and 2021, some 300,000 seedlings were supplied to farmers. Yesterday, an investor AvoFresh ...

Jeremiah Mbaka inspects his Hass avocado variety at his Magenche farm, Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Farmers in Murang’a earned an estimated Sh8.8 billion from avocado farming last year ...

Most of the avocado producers in the Mountain fire burn area are small-scale farmers, Bell said: “They have a small couple [of] acres here or there.” As of last week, the Mountain fire had ...

"Bananas emit ethylene gas, which is the gaseous plant hormone in fruit that induces ripening," explains Rachael Laenen, sixth-generation farmer and Director of Farming and Operations at Kimball ...