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, ...

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.

Intended for use as controls in testing laboratories, the new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs)—gathered from the San Joaquin Valley in California and from sites near Butte and Helena in ...

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, ...