Photos: California processing tomato industry strong in 2013

Tim Hartz, left, University of California, Davis vegetable crop specialist, talks nitrogen management with Saul Alarcon of Lucero Farms, Los Banos, during a program break at the California Tomato Growers Annual meeting in Modesto, Calif.

Leadership of the California Tomato Growers Association, from left, Aaron Barcellos of Los Banos, first vice chairman; Mike Montna, president of the Sacramento-based association; and Chairman Bret Ferguson of Huron.

Taking in the trade show at the CTGA annual meeting were Dennis Rushing, Stanislaus Food Products, Tracy; Matt Leinfelder of HJ Heinz, Stockton; and Luke Slevkoff, TSL Seed Company, Fresno.

Frank Pitts, left, of the Neil Jones Food Company, Firebaugh, gets the latest from field agronomy manager Rick Foell of Los Banos, center, and sales account manager Armando Gutierrez of Sacramento, both with Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers.

PCA John Allan, left, and Ray Krause, center, sales and business development, both with Agrinos, talk with Tom Turini, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor for Fresno County, at the CTGA trade show.

Cousins Brian Mizuno, left, and Gordon Mizuno, right, owners of Mizuno Farms, Tracy, are all smiles talking with seed supplier Eric Kowes, TSL Seeds, Ripon.