United States: California tomato growers still have trouble getting their fields dry

Fresh Tomato

Vegetables

United States

Published May 19, 2023

Tridge summary

Much of America’s ‘salad bowl’ is still underwater after a series of atmospheric river-fueled storms hit California over the winter. And even now, with the snowmelt, tomato farmers can’t seem to get their fields dry.

Original content

Round after round of flooding rain from atmospheric river storms pounded California farms this winter. Now, in the dry season, warm weather is melting the record snowpack flooding farms again. Satellite images show a lake drained for agricultural land reappearing in the Central Valley. At the height of the growing season, California produces an average of 2 billion tomatoes a week, according to the California Tomato ...

Source: Hortidaily

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