Agricultural burning is a practice that began in 1859 but will come to an end on January 1, 2025 after a unanimous decision by the California Air Resources Board Thursday. Former state Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter (now a member of the air board), started the process over 17 years ago...
Attention, Nonprofits! Fresno Rotary Grant Deadline Is April 15.
With the COVID-19 pandemic posing fundraising hurdles for nonprofits, the Rotary Club of Fresno's annual grant program couldn't come at a better time. The club is accepting grant applications for 2021. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, April 15. Every year, Fresno Rotary and the Fresno Rotary Foundation award grants to...
Remembering Marvin Meyers, a Giant of Ag and Education
California agriculture lost a legend and Valley students — from kindergarten to graduate school — lost one of their best friends when Marvin Allen Meyers died two weeks ago at 85. He was a farmer, philanthropist, and innovator who transformed 2,600 acres west of Mendota into California's first privately funded...
Fresno County Leads the USA in Farm Production
Fresno County is America's top ag-producing county for the first time since 2013. The county's No. 1 status was cemented this week when Tulare County released its report showing $7.21 billion in farm production last year. Listen to this article: Last month, the Fresno County ag report for 2018...
2018 Was a Record-Setting Year for Fresno County Farmers
Fresno County farmers and ranchers shattered the yearly record for the value of what they produced by nearly a billion dollars in 2018. Despite below-average surface water supplies, their crops and livestock totaled $7.888 billion last year, according to the Fresno County Department of Agriculture's annual report released Tuesday. Listen...
Newsom's Biz Adviser Visits, Earns Praise from Valley Leaders
It looks like the Central Valley is finally getting some love from the governor’s office, and the Valley business community is noticing. Lenny Mendonca, director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, met Friday morning in downtown Fresno with about 20 elected officials and leaders in the energy, agriculture...
Gary Serrato Is Retiring From Fresno Irrigation District
Gary Serrato's nearly 33 years with Fresno Irrigation District — the last 19 as general manager — will end early next year, the district has announced. He will be succeeded by Bill Stretch, who takes the helm Jan. 15, 2019. Stretch, who joined the district in 1998, was unanimously selected...
Fresno County Crops Eclipse $7 Billion in 2017
It's amazing what a wet year can mean to the Valley's farming economy. The rains of 2017, coming after five years of drought, enabled Fresno County growers, ranchers, and dairymen to eclipse $7 billion in agricultural production last year. It was a record total for the county. Fresno County's total...