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    San Joaquin County declares emergency to protect tomato crop

    By Wes Bowers/News-Sentinel Staff Writer,

    10 days ago

    While some of the region’s agricultural commodities can be affected by extreme cold or heat, there’s one crop in the county that officials worry could be damaged by an insect-borne virus.

    The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to declare a local emergency due to the migration of the beet leafhopper and the presence of the beet curly top virus in tomatoes.

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