{"id":425732,"date":"2026-08-06T20:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425732\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:42:53","slug":"judge-orders-reedley-farmer-to-destroy-nectarine-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425732\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders Reedley farmer to destroy nectarine trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO COUNTY, Calif.  (KFSN) &#8212; The Reedley farmer, Cesar Mora, who gave away thousands of nectarines, is still fighting to keep his trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mora is in dispute with Giumarra Brothers Fruit Company, which claims Mora allegedly violated an agreement by selling his white nectarines to another supplier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Opening arguments started on Tuesday for the long-awaited trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mora gained widespread attention on social media last month for giving away over 180,000 pounds of a special variety of nectarine provided by Giumarra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/large-ag-company-sues-reedley-farmer-125000-pounds-nectarines-being-given-away-free\/19423922\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;They left me no other option&#8217;: Reedley farmer gives 125,000+ pounds of nectarines away amid lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">His attorneys say a Fresno Superior Court judge ordered Mora to remove all the trees to settle the issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They filed an emergency motion to prevent the removal of his trees while they file an appeal. Giumarra objected to that motion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mora&#8217;s attorneys say Giumarra is expected to testify next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">More than $60,000 was raised by Mora&#8217;s supporters during his &#8216;No Nectarines Wasted&#8217; campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He said the money is being used to help pay legal expenses.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; The Reedley farmer, Cesar Mora, who gave away thousands of nectarines, is still&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[169710,112,114,113,169709,294],"class_list":["post-425732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-169710","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-reedley-farmer-fighting-back-in-court-to-keep-his-nectarine-trees","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}