Exposure to megafire smoke can reduce yields of almond, walnut and pistachio trees. Study shows smoke reduces a tree's energy reserves long after a fire ends.

Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke may be depleting the energy reserves of California’s orchard trees — reducing their nut production by as much as half, a study has found. Smoke can impact… ...

Tree planting is a long-term commitment. While you may want to cheat a bit and plant a fast-growing variety, there are some ...

The orchard on Clarkway Drive produces about 24,000 pounds of fruit each year and has strategies to mitigate the desert heat.

Despite more trees being removed, analysts say domestic walnut production may not decline at the same speed as acreage because of better yields in the remaining orchards.

The City of Modesto red-tagged eight decks at a condominium complex where residents are fighting back against a $25,000 HOA assessment fee they say could force them out of their homes.

Purdue has supplied seed from our black walnut seed orchards to the Indiana Division of Forestry for their “Select” black walnut seedlings. Some of the parent trees in these orchards are historically ...

The research team looked at 467 orchard sites from 2018 to 2022, to see how trees handled stressful conditions like heat and drought. But when the megafires of 2020 ravaged over 4.2 million acres and ...

Despite the fact that my husband, Mike, and I deliberately decided we would not plant a garden this year, we still have an unexpected bumper crop of a different type. Although we raised very ...