Hot and dry, that’s how it’s been. Extreme heat is nothing new, but the past few weeks have shown us how little experience we have with drought. The last time we went this long without adequate rain was in 2016, when each tomato harvest was an exercise in heartbreak—50-75% had to be discarded due to bird/rodent damage. When animals can’t find water in the wild, they’ll find it in our fields, and who can blame them? Things aren’t that bad in the tomatoes yet, but we’ve noticed