Kingsburg News

Fears of a potential farm labor shortage have caused San Joaquin Valley growers to boost wages to as much as $10 an hour this year to attract and keep workers for the harvest season.

Fears of a potential farm labor shortage have caused San Joaquin Valley growers to boost wages to as much as $10 an hour this year to attract and keep workers for the harvest season.

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Fears of a potential farm labor shortage have caused San Joaquin Valley growers to boost wages to as much as $10 an hour this year to attract and keep workers for the harvest season.

Rumors of a migrant worker roundup have struck fear into several communities such as Madera.

There is perhaps no better place to buy fresh, locally grown food than at a farmers market.

Motorists who regularly travel Highway 99 between Fresno and Madera know the frustrations and white-knuckle moments that congestion can create in the highway's tight, two-lane stretch.

After a short season in 2012, this year's crop appears plentiful and is good-tasting. The warmer-than-normal spring weather has accelerated the fruit's maturity, meaning plenty of sweet-tasting cherries are arriving at Valley farmers markets and fruit stands.

The California Highway Patrol said the Ford Windstar was going at the speed limit to a farm field near Kingsburg when tread separated from the left rear tire.

California's dry winter cut into citrus production and created uncertainties for the state's melon deal as summer approached, but table grapes appear poised for an encore to last year's record crop.