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A helpful showing of cover crop varietals and mixes in Colusa County today. Thanks to Sarah Light of UCCE Sutter-Yuba and Liz Harper of Colusa RCD for organizing.

California is gripped by severe #drought just four years after emerging from the last one, forcing farmers to pay four times the normal prices for water and let almond trees die as the federal government cuts water allocations wsj.com/articles/droug… via The Wall Street Journal #cawater

Genes that keep plants green: A discovery that can help us grow crops in a drought universityofcalifornia.edu/news/genes-kee… via University of California

TSWV and thrips development info updated today. Check your regional area for projections and recommendations.

Symptoms of beet curly top virus start to emerge in tomato fields in Stanislaus Co. from Westley down to Newman with incidence between 5 and 25%. Working with CA Tomato Research Institute and CDFA, we tend to understand dynamics of leafhopper and virus infection across fields and varieties.

Our 2022 RFP has been released! Join the CA processing tomato community in solving our most critical production challenges. Proposals are due November 2nd. Decisions will be made on December 2nd. More details here: tinyurl.com/CTRI2022RFP

A grand challenge indeed. We are lucky to have such great research partners!

Interested in making a real impact with growers as an extension agent with the UC system? Expertise in veg crop production? Excited to live and work in the Sacramento Valley? The CTRI and Sac Valley Growers are ready to work with you! Apply by July 25th. recruit.ucanr.edu/JPF00130

Important position for California processing tomatoes, a ~235,000 acre crop with a growing list of interesting virus/vector challenges to tackle. Come to UC Davis and work with us.

Our 2023 RFP has been released! Join the CA processing tomato community in solving our most critical production challenges. Proposals are due November 3rd. Funding Decisions will be made on December 1st. More details here: tinyurl.com/CTRI2023RFP

UCANR is hiring a Director for its Statewide Sustainable Ag. Research & Education Program (SAREP). This position will work alongside other UCANR programs in connecting the dots between research findings and practical application. Apply here: ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/?jo….

Today is National Tomato Day and also happens to be the first day of the #TomatoTransplant at M3 Ranch. Watch the video to learn about this important step towards this year’s #TomatoSeason! #ThankAFarmer #AgTwitter

Great work by River Vista Farms. And what are the benefits of cover crops? We have a project for that with the Gaudin Lab at UC Davis in 2023! Amélie Gaudin

Absolutely stoked to introduce a #preprint of a multidisciplinary effort that establishes a potential mechanistic framework of how #tomato consumption influences our #health! Take a couple minutes to find out why this is so exciting 🧵1/11 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Honored to talk processing tomato challenges and opportunities with this group. Thanks to Western Growers and Wharf42 for providing the space for these conversations. Looking forward to day 2!

Our 2024 RFP just dropped! Join the CA processing tomato community in solving our most critical production challenges. Proposals are due October 30th. Our Annual Research Meeting (open to the public) will be held in Davis on Nov 30th. More details here: bit.ly/CTRI2024RFP