CAN (ON): Open-field tomato growers upbeat with harvest
Dresden farmer Phil Richards said the quality of the region’s tomatoes have been very good, although the recent heat wave has had some impact on local fields.
“We thought we were too dry, but tomatoes like dry weather,” he said. “That's one of the main reasons for the quality.”
Yields for local tomato growers have varied between farms, said Richards, but overall quality and yields will probably turn out better than last year.
“It's pretty amazing how the yields have been without that much rain,” he observed.
Kim Cooper, the agricultural specialist for Chatham-Kent's economic development department, said it may depend on which farmer you ask, but overall the yields and especially quality have turned out well this year.
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