soups and salsas. the california tomato grower s association say its members produced about 14% less this year than originally intended. what makes this different is this is about our fourth year in a row of having a horder crop than what we wanted. ultimately it does come down to water. you ve grown up in the central valley. is the climate the same as it was when you were growing up? it has definitely changed. we re seeing hotter streaks during the summer, more extremes between cool and warm. i don t know what an average year is anymore. reporter: barcelo says tomato crop yields across the state have steady declined over the last decade. a lot of that is due to the climate change. reporter: as for his family s operation, tomatoes may soon be out of the mix. right now we don t have any acres scheduled for tomatoes next year. l unless the prices get less in the field, we re going to do something else with those open
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