California Processing Tomato Report

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

2019 California
Processing Tomato Report
Cooperating with the California Department of Food and Agriculture
Pacific Region · P.O. Box 1258 · Sacramento, CA 95812 · (916) 738-6600 · (855) 270-2722 Fax · www.nass.usda.gov/ca

Released: February 8, 2019

TOMATO PROCESSORS EXPECT TO
CONTRACT 12.1 MILLION TONS IN 2019
The USDA-NASS Pacific Regional Office surveyed California’s tomato processors for their intended
contract acreage and tonnage for the upcoming 2019 season. The data reported by processors was
either tonnage with derived acreage, or acreage with derived tonnage.
As of January, California’s tomato processors reported they have, or will have, contracts for 12.1 million
tons in 2019, which is an increase of 2.5 percent from what was reported under contract in the August
2018 California processing Tomato Report. Processors estimate that the contracted production for
2019 will come from 235,000 acres, producing an average yield of 51.5 tons per acre. The contracted
planted acreage forecast is a 0.4 percent decrease from the acreage reported under contract in August.
This early processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Processors, in
cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 1/
2019
1/

INTENDED AND FINAL
HARVESTED CONTRACTED PRODUCTION
January 1
Final
Thousand tons
11,500
11,990
10,100
10,131
8,900
8,564
10,500
10,806
10,900
9,141
11,000
11,350
10,300
9,440
11,600
10,024
12,000
11,965
11,800
11,691
13,300
13,148
12,600
12,212
12,600
11,900
12,700
12,540
13,000
11,900
13,500
13,965
15,000
14,307
13,200
12,527
11,600
10,407
12,000
(NA)
12,100
(NA)

Difference
+490
+31
-336
+306
-1759
+350
-860
-1576
-35
-109
-152
-388
-700
-160
-1,100
465
-693
-673
-1,193
(NA)
(NA)

Final 2018 production will be released in the Vegetables 2018 Summary at www.nass.usda.gov on March 21, 2019.
(NA) Not available.

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California Tomato Acreage and Production

1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

322,000
242,000
282,000
318,000
331,000

Total crop
Harvested
Acres
312,000
240,000
274,000
311,000
317,000

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000

318,000
270,000
282,000
337,000
289,000

313,000
260,000
280,000
329,000
271,000

10,659,000
9,342,000
8,893,000
12,239,000
10,287,000

315,000
267,000
280,000
332,000
285,000

310,000
257,000
278,000
324,000
267,000

10,540,000
9,242,700
8,846,000
11,990,000
10,131,000

9,562,000
8,384,000
8,025,000
10,877,000
9,191,000

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

258,000
296,000
289,000
301,000
267,000

254,000
291,000
274,000
281,000
264,000

8,640,000
11,056,000
9,252,000
11,672,000
9,600,000

255,000
290,000
286,000
293,000
263,000

251,000
285,000
271,000
273,000
260,000

8,564,000
10,806,000
9,141,000
11,350,000
9,440,000

7,769,000
9,803,000
8,293,000
10,297,000
8,564,000

2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

283,000
301,000
281,000
312,000
271,000

282,000
296,000
279,000
308,000
270,000

10,104,000
12,082,000
11,822,000
13,314,000
12,297,000

280,000
298,000
278,000
308,000
269,000

279,000
293,000
276,000
304,000
268,000

10,024,000
11,965,000
11,691,000
13,148,000
12,212,000

9,094,000
10,854,000
10,606,000
11,928,000
11,079,000

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

255,000
260,000
263,000
292,000
299,000

250,000
258,000
260,000
289,000
296,000

11,941,000
12,640,000
12,100,000
14,010,000
14,361,000

254,000
258,000
259,000
289,000
297,000

249,000
256,000
256,000
285,000
295,000

11,900,000
12,540,000
11,900,000
13,965,000
14,307,000

10,796,000
11,376,000
10,796,000
12,669,000
12,979,000

2016
2017
20181/
2019

262,000
230,000
(NA)
(NA)

258,000
222,000
(NA)
(NA)

12,647,000
10,464,000
(NA)
(NA)

260,000
229,000
236,000
235,000

256,000
221,000
234,000
(NA)

12,527,000
10,407,000
11,800,000
12,100,000

11,364,000
9,441,000
10,705,000
10,977,000

Year

1/

Planted

Contract only
Production
Tons
9,894,000
7,932,000
8,952,000
10,746,000
10,606,000

Planted
320,000
238,600
280,000
315,000
329,000

Harvested
Acres
310,000
236,600
272,000
308,000
315,000

Production
Tons
Metric tons
9,820,000
8,909,000
7,830,000
7,103,000
8,890,000
8,065,000
10,632,000
9,645,000
10,473,000
9,501,000

Data for 2018 was carried forward from the August 28, 2018 California Processing Tomato Report.
Revised 2018 data will be available in the Vegetables 2018 Summary at www.nass.usda.gov on March 21, 2019.
(NA) Not available.

California publications are available
free-of-charge on the Internet at: www.nass.usda.gov/ca

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