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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>And,
the Western San Joaquin Valley is being returned to its once desert condition because
of fish? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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processing tomato crop forecasted</span></strong> <span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=small>Written by Fresno Business Journal staff
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<p class=MsoNormal>Tuesday, 01 September 2009 11:10 <span style='font-size:
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v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]>It's shaping up to be a<span
style='color:red'> record year for California's processing tomato contracted
production</span> with a forecast of 13.5 million tons, <span
style='color:red'>13 percent above the previous record year of 1990</span>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Planted and harvest acres are forecast at 308,000 and 307,000,
respectively, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Acreage drifted from areas where there wasn't adequate water supplies,
with <span style='color:red'>acreage up significantly in Kern and San Joaquin
counties.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='color:red'>Fresno County still leads the state with the
most 2009 contracted production with 102,000 acres</span>. San Joaquin County
is second with 44,000 acres and Yolo County rounds out the top-3 with 34,000
acres. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><span style='color:blue'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></a>
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