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ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
PO Box 3657
Fayetteville, AR  72702
Phone: 1-800-346-9140 --- FAX: (479) 442-9842

By Steve Diver, George Kuepper, and Holly Born NCAT Agriculture Specialists

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Extension Fact Sheets on Tomato Production and Handling

Tomato Production in Florida
Florida Cooperative Extension Service
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/CV137

Tomato Production Guide for Florida
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu./txt/fairs/56332

Processing Tomato Production in California
Cooperative Extension Service, University of California
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/7228.pdf

Fresh Market Tomato Production in California
Cooperative Extension Service, University of California
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8017.pdf

Commercial Production of Fresh Market Tomatoes
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University
http://www.okstate.edu/OSU_Ag/agedcm4h/pearl/hort/vegetble/f-6019.pdf

Agricultural Alternatives: Tomato Production
Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Service, Pennsylvania State University
http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/crops/tomato/Tomato.pdf

Commercial Production of Tomatoes in Mississippi
Mississippi State Extension Service, Mississippi State University
http://msucares.com/pubs/infosheets/is1514.pdf

Fresh Market Tomatoes
University of Missouri Extension Service
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/hort/g06370.htm

Commercial Vegetable Production: Tomatoes
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/HORT2/MF1124.pdf

Tomatoes
Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service
http://www.orst.edu/Dept/NWREC/tomato.html

Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Field- and Greenhouse-Grown Tomatoes
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/postharv/tomatoes/tomat.html

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Crop Budgets, Economics, and Marketing for Tomatoes

1994, University of California Cooperative Extension Sample Costs to Produce Organic Processing Tomatoes in the Sacramento Valley
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veginfo/topics/prodcosts/organictom.html

Table 77: Costs of Production for Fresh Market Tomato, Per Acre Organic Production Practices Northeastern United States, 1996. Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
http://aesop.rutgers.edu:80/~farmmgmt/ne-budgets/organic/Tomatoes-FreshMarket.html

Table 78: Costs of Production for Processing Tomato, Per Acre Organic Production Practices Northeastern United States, 1996. Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
http://aesop.rutgers.edu:80/~farmmgmt/ne-budgets/organic/Tomatoes-Processing.html

Sample Costs to Produce Processing Tomatoes, 2001
Cooperative Extension Service , University of California
http://www.agecon.ucdavis.edu/uploads/cost_return_articles/tomssv2001.pdf

Mature Green Tomatoes, Bush Grown Projected Production Costs, 1994-1995
Cooperative Extension Service , University of California
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veginfo/topics/prodcosts/ictomatogreencosts.html

Mature Green Tomatoes, Bush Grown Drip Irrigated Projected Production Costs, 1995-1995
Cooperative Extension Service, University of California
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veginfo/topics/prodcosts/ictomatogreendripcosts.html

USDA-Economic Research Service: Fresh Market Tomato Production Statistics
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Tomatoes/

Tomatoes: Fresh Market and Processing
1998 Ohio Vegetable Production Guide Bulletin 672
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/b672/b672_33.html

Statewide Statistics on Processing Tomato Acreage and Tonnage
California Tomato Growers Association, Inc.
http://www.ctga.org/newctga/production.htm

Staked Tomatoes: Green Pack Budget
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service, Ohio State University
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/EM/budget/tom-gren.pdf

Processing Tomatoes: Machine Harvest Budget
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service, Ohio State University
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/EM/budget/tom-mach.pdf

Processing Tomatoes: Hand Harvest Budget
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service, Ohio State University
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/EM/budget/tom-hand.pdf

United States Standards for Grades of Fresh Tomatoes
USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service
http://www.ams.usda.gov/standards/tomatfrh.pdf

The Farmer's Bookshelf: Tomato
University of Hawaii — College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
http://Agrss.sherman.Hawaii.Edu/bookshelf/tomato2/tomato2.htm

This has a link to download a Tomato Cost Analysis spreadsheet for Lotus 1-2-3

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Sustainable Production Practices for Tomatoes and Vegetables

Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/

A No-Tillage Tomato Production System Using Hairy Vetch and Subterranean Clover Mulches
UC-SAREP, University of California
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/NEWSLTR/v7n1/sa-11.htm

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IPM for Tomatoes

Fact Sheets Related to Tomato Diseases and TOMCAST
Ohio State University
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~vegnet/tomcats/tomfrm.htm

Crop Knowledge Master: Tomato IPM
University of Hawaii — College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/crops/tomato.htm

UC Pest Management Guidelines: Pests of Tomatoes
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.tomatoes.html

Northeast Greenhouse IPM Notes (Field and Greenhouse Horticultural Crops)
Cornell & Rutgers Cooperative Extension
http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/pubs/greenhouseipmnotes/

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Miscellaneous Web Links

Sustainable Agriculture for Vegetable Production in Mississippi: Conventional, Transitional, and Organic Tomato Production Systems.
Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Volume 41, Number 3. July 1996
http://www.msstate.edu/Org/MAS/jmas2.html

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