The agency said its is handing pest inspections of Mexican orchards over to the Mexican government because of threats of violence against USDA inspectors. San Diego avocado growers are concerned about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "In 24 years you never see anything like this," said avocado farmer Sergio Acevedo, reflecting on his loss from the Mountain fire ...

Among over 200 homes and buildings that were completely destroyed in the Mountain Fire in Ventura County is an avocado orchard, which once was a Somis man's dream, retirement plant and paradise he had ...

SOMIS, Calif. (AP) — Andreas Tompros lost his home and at least a third of his avocado orchard to a wildfire last year, but the 47-year-old grower is not worried about his farm making a comeback.

The California Avocado Commission (CAC) is urging the Trump administration to take actions to help protect the Golden State’s avocado industry from insect pests in Mexico. In a new report, the trade ...

Dr. Patricia Manosalva at the University of California, Riverside is leading a research project funded by the California Avocado Commission to continue monitoring fungicide sensitivity in Phytophthora ...

Thousands of Hass avocados littered the soil in Sergio Acevedo’s orchard Saturday in this community northeast of Camarillo. The Mountain fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ...