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At the upcoming Big Fresno Fair that runs from Oct. 2 - Oct. 14, Terri O’Leary Collins, livestock superintendent said that as it stands now, there will be no lactating cows on the fair grounds ...
The Big Fresno Fair, founded in 1884, is an annual fair held at the Fresno County Fairgrounds.The Big Fresno Fair is managed by the 21st District Agricultural Association, an entity of the California Department of Food and Agriculture Division of Fairs & Expositions.
Although dairy operators had been told to expect a mortality rate of less than 2% for bird flu infections, preliminary reports suggest that between 10% and 15% of infected cattle are dying ...
In Fresno County, Bellard is one of a handful of Black farmers. According to the United States Department of Agriculture 2022 census there were 9 Black farmers in Fresno County, down from 20 in 2017.
Fresno County (/ ˈ f r ɛ z n oʊ / ⓘ), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,008,654. [3] [5] The county seat is Fresno, [6] the fifth-most populous city in California.
The five-member elected Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) is the county legislature. The board operates in a legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass ordinances for the unincorporated areas (ordinances that affect the whole county, like posting of restaurant ratings, must be ratified by the individual city).
Mark McAfee owns Raw Farm, the largest raw milk farm in California with some 2,400 head of dairy cattle in Fresno County. The farm produces 4.5 million gallons a year. Above, a cat hangs around ...
However, the 1880s caused a rapid proliferation of raisin farmers and raisin producing acreage, leading to a glutted market. Fresno county farm statistics provided a picture that foretold the overproduction. The county had 15,863 acres of land in raisin vineyards in 1890, and by 1893, the figure had more than doubled to 38,594 acres. [11]