Walnut trees on the vacant site of the remnants of Danville’s last walnut orchard are set to be replaced with a 167-unit housing project that was approved by the town’s Planning Commission on Jan. 23.

Bishop went on to diversify the property’s agricultural offerings from livestock, including the development of pear and walnut orchards — taking advantage of the area’s existing irrigation system and ...

Around the world, farms have benefited from driverless blast sprayers that apply pesticides to orchards and vineyards, autonomous weeders that use visualization technology and lasers to burn weeds, ...