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Tag: Tomato

  • CA Tomato Processors Expect To Contract 12.4 Million Tons In 2023

    As of January, California’s tomato processors reported they have, or will have, contracts for 12.4 million tons in 2023, which is an increase of 18% compared to 10.5 million contracted tons forecast in the August 2022 California Processing Tomato Report. Processors estimate that the contracted production for 2023 will come from 248,000 acres, generating an average yield of 50.0 tons per acre. The contracted planted acreage forecast is 8% higher than the 2022 acreage of 229,000 reported under contract in August.

    The USDA-NASS Pacific Regional Office surveyed California’s tomato processors for their intended contract acreage and tonnage for the upcoming 2023 season. The data reported by processors was either tonnage with derived acreage, or acreage with derived tonnage.

    This early processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Producers.

  • CA Tomato Processors Expect 12 Million Tons in 2020

    The USDA-NASS Pacific Regional Office surveyed California’s tomato processors for their intended contract acreage and tonnage for the upcoming 2020 season.  The data reported by processors was either tonnage with derived acreage, or acreage with derived tonnage.
    As of January, California’s tomato processors reported they have, or will have, contracts for 12.0 million tons in 2020, which is an increase of 4.3 percent compared to what was reported under contract in the August 2019 California processing Tomato Report.  Processors estimate that the contracted production for 2020 will come from 235,000 acres, generating an average yield of 51.1 tons per acre.  The contracted planted acreage forecast is unchanged from the 2019 acreage reported under contract in August.
    This early processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Processors, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

  • Pesticides Results for Managing Beet Curly Top Virus in Tomatoes

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    Fresno County Farm Advisor Tom Turini gathered growers at the Research Station at Five Points for a vegetable crop Seminar, where he shared the latest results of his pesticide trials for managing beet curly top virus in tomato fields. Watch his brief interview and read more in Vegetables West Magazine.

  • Advances & Struggles with Disease Resistance in Tomatoes

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    Robert Gilbertson, plant pathologist at UC Davis, had some some good news and bad news to share with growers at a recent industry meeting at Five Points regarding disease resistance in tomato fields. Watch this video and read more in Vegetables West Magazine.

  • Identifying & Managing Fusarium Diseases in Tomato

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    At the UC Research Station in Five Points, growers gathered for a Vegetable Crop Seminar to learn the latest research and strategies for Pest/Disease management. One of the presenters Hung Doan from UC Davis shared how to identify and control the spread of resistance-building fusarium diseases in the field. Watch this video and read more in Vegetables West Magazine.

  • Controlling Stink Bugs in Central Valley Vegetable Crops

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    At a recent Vegetable Crop Pest Seminar held by the UC Cooperative Extension in Five Points, Farm Advisor Tom Turini addressed tomato growers on dealing with the increasing populations of Consperse stink bug in the field and the damage it can cause. Watch his brief interview and read more in the coming issue of Vegetables West Magazine.

  • Nematodes Break Resistance in CA Tomato Crops

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    Growers want what they pay for when they grow tomato varieties with nematode-resistant genetics, but in recent years, they have been disappointed in still finding growing nematode pressures in the field as nematodes are breaking resistance in tomatoes and potentially other vegetable crops. Watch this video with UC Researcher Antoon Ploeg for an explanation of this phenomenon and read more about it in Vegetables West Magazine.