On May 14th, Stanislaus County supervisors declared a local emergency due to a pest threatening to devastate tomato crops. The beet leafhopper, a small insect, feeds on tomato plants and spreads a virus that causes the leaves to turn yellow and stunts the plants' growth.Growers and pest control advisers alerted the county to the presence […]

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