Even as blue skies return, flood-weary farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have only to look east, to the towering Sierra mantled in snow, to know there is worse to come.

On Aug. 20, 1997, the San Joaquin Soil Series in the Central Valley became the official soil of California. To learn more about soil science, ...

San Joaquin County almond farmer Christine Gemperle says it's something she thinks about every single day."I guess I've had anxiety over it, ... Research shows that sandy soil, ...