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The forecast for Kingsburg is below.  There are no storms in the foreseeable future but that can quickly change.  We will get started on peaches and nectarines in the next couple weeks and will have load volume by the week of May 28th.  White peaches should start the last week of May and white nectarines …

Our Industry’s largest issue today is Labor Labor Laws & Card Check – Card check, also called majority sign-up, is a method for American employees to organize into a labor union in which a majority of employees in a bargaining unit sign authorization forms, or “cards,” stating they wish to be represented by the union. …

Watch a newly planted grape vine grow and develop through the month of May.

Watch one of our nectarines grow from a bud to a ripe piece of fruit.

Summer is here. Below is the forecast for this month. Click here for the Kingsburg, CA forecast for June. We are now into great tasting, peak season varieties here at HMC Farms. Current and upcoming varieties: Peach – Zee Diamond, Spring Flame 22 and Crimson Lady Nectarines – Red Roy and Rose Bright White Peach …

The buds are blossoming and here at HMC Farms we are slowly shifting from winter to spring. The winter is the time our trees rest and recoup for the upcoming tree fruit season. The three things in the winter that greatly affect the outcome of our summer crop are; chill hours, rainfall, and bloom timing. …

Only ten days after being grafting, the new wood is already showing signs of growth. The graft taking means there was a clean seal, good wood, and that no water seeped into the exposed limb. Below are a few pictures of the growth on the same trees you saw being grafted in the previous blog.

We do the best we can every year to pick out new varieties at the nursery, mostly using gut feeling about how these varieties will work in our lineup. For whatever reason, they don’t always work out. Sometimes they revert back to an old gene, not producing the way we thought they would. Other times …

Tree Fruit Peaches Peach production will slow down a bit this week.  As of right now we are looking to pick the last peach of the season approximately one month from now.  If weather permits, peaches should be available from HMC until at least the 3rd week in September.  We expect peach quality and flavor …

A short recap of last week… There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel.  As July comes to a close and August begins, everyone feels that we’ve hit our stride on this last downhill push of the season.  The fruit is the best it’s been all season, and our later varieties are …