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  • Rice planting in the Sacramento Valley is almost complete, and growers say a dry spring is making for a smooth harvest.
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  • Researchers with Oregon State University say they have found canned peaches contain the equivalent amount of nutrition as fresh peaches. Researchers say in some cases, the canning process may even increase certain nutritional values.
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  • Sheep ranchers say high feed costs and competition from imports are hurting their business.
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  • California cherries are expected to peak early this season.
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  • Demand for asparagus is going up, but farmers now say they're having a hard time meeting that demand.
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  • It's harvest time. Many Valley growers are worried about a labor shortage.
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  • Mexico is expected to ship more than a billion pounds of avocados to the United States this season.
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  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced its final call for the 2012 census of agriculture.
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  • Growers in the San Joaquin Valley are increasing wages for farm workers.
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  • Farmers say they expect the crop to be 10 percent larger than last year.
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  • Officials in the South Valley are cracking down on walnut thefts with a new ordinance that's expected to be enforced this summer.
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  • The cherry harvest resumed in a Kingsburg orchard for the first time since the skies opened up.
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  • US consumption of blueberries has more than doubled in just 16 years.
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  • A group of dairy farmers will soon gather in Sacramento to discuss future milk prices.
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  • The Springs Fire in Southern California caused some damage for growers in the area.
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  • Almond crops in California are expected to reach two billion pounds this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said that is six-percent higher than last year's production.
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  • The number of women farmers is quickly approaching a million.
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  • This year growers in the South Valley are reporting a higher volume of cherries than last year.
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  • The future of the Fresno-based, California Raisin Marketing Board may be in jeopardy after a judge has ruled the organization was not created legally.
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  • A record breaking year for almond growers in the Central Valley.
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  • The Fresno Irrigation District is calling this one of the driest years on record.
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  • Temperatures are expected to be in the high 90s for most of the week.
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  • A number of Valley business leaders accompanied Governor Brown during his recent trade tour to China. China can't seem to get enough of the foods grown and produced in the Valley.
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  • The U.S. Department of Ag has released a report showing production in California was down 3.3 percent.
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  • Growers say they got plenty of fruit after a cold snap slowed ripening earlier this year.
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  • Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner, and that means big business for avocado growers.
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  • A conference for young people interested in agriculture is underway in the Valley.
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  • The move comes after Chinese officials say six shipments bound for China contained a quarantined disease not found in that country. Fruit already on its way will be evaluated to see if it can enter the Chinese market.
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  • A bill cleared a committee this week that would require prisons, schools, and other public institutions to give preference to California farm products.
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  • Experts say the bee population is at its lowest point in many years.
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  • An agreement is now in place to import fruit and vegetables from Mexico to Southern California.
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  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture is predicting higher milk prices for this year.
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  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking its "healthy eating guidelines" to social media.
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  • The Food and Drug Administration will begin inspecting cantaloupe packing houses.
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  • Steady winds throughout the valley Saturday evening were in Firebaugh and Action News talked to one farmer who said he was scared strong gusts would topple his trees.
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  • Investigators are looking for more than $100 thousand worth of stolen pistachios.
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  • Sales of wine in the United States went up by two-percent last year, setting a new record.
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  • Researchers at U.C. Davis have identified key genetic markers for members of the pepper family of plants.
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  • Some children are eating healthy snacks, and it may be thanks to a government program.
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  • Current prices are worrying some California asparagus farmers.
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  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new numbers showing a drop in the number of food-borne illnesses.
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  • According to a new report, prices here in the U.S. went up last week by four cents. Experts say the increase in prices made purchase volumes temporarily decrease.
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  • Thursday's rain actually helped boost attendance at a training session to prevent heat illness among farm workers.
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  • Rice growers are gearing up for a busy planting season.
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  • Farmers in California expect to plant fewer acres of most field crops this year.
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  • Nearly a dozen states are trying to get California dairy farmers to move out of the state.
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  • The 2012 pistachio harvest is the largest California has ever recorded.
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  • April 1st marked the peak of the state snowpack but this has been a below average year.
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  • Commercial bee deaths due to colony collapse disorder are on the rise and researchers are now taking a closer look at pesticides.
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  • The California citrus industry is trying to find a way to keep beetle eggs out of its exports to South Korea.
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