Are bumble bees causing my tomato flowers to fall off?
I’ve had a number of calls and farm visits at tomato hoop houses this season regarding flowers aborting at the elbow of their stems. There has... more »
Growers develop mechanized lean-lower trellis device for tomatoes
A startup Michigan company is offering a back-saving device for easing down tomato vines that have grown to the top of the greenhouse. The Summit T... more »
47th Tomato Breeders’ Roundtable accessible online
The upcoming 47th Tomato Breeders’ Roundtable (April 4-6, 2018 at Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center) is coord... more »
Best practices for growing tomatoes yearly in a high tunnel
Consumer demand for fresh, locally-grown tomatoes throughout the year makes the crop a natural fit in high tunnel production. High tunnel tomatoes als... more »
New England’s Backyard Farms focuses on fresh
A large-scale greenhouse is giving New Englanders an option to buy locally-grown tomatoes year-round. Backyard Farms has 42 acres of greenhouses gr... more »
PlantTape to host tomato open house in California
After a year of successful trials, revolutionary automated transplanting system, PlantTape, is hosting an open house that will hig... more »
NatureFresh Farms shines light on tomatoes in Leamington expansion
John Ketler, general manager at NatureFresh Farms, has announced the newest NatureFresh Farms greenhouse expansion taking place in Leamington, Ontar... more »
EPA OK’s Blossom Protect, Botector to increase storage time
Vista, California-based Westbridge Agricultural Products' has received Environmental Protection Agency approval for an extended storage period on the ... more »
Cost estimates for growing processing tomatoes in California
A new study on the costs and returns of producing processing tomatoes in Fresno County and the central San Joaquin Valley has been released by the UC ... more »
Wild tomato genome offers insights for growers, crop scientists
The Boyce Thompson Institute's Computational Biology Center (BCBC) in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University has released an annotated genome. ... more »
