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California: Crop situation as of 21 July, projection to 28 July

25/07/2018

2018 Season
Press release
California,
North America
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The 2018 California processing tomato deliveries have started to increase. PTAB estimates for the third week (ending 21 July, 2018) are 674,000 short tons (sT) (611,400 metric tonnes (mT)). This brings the delivered total tonnage up to 938,800 sT (851,600 mT), or 7.9% of the projected quantity for 2018 season.
Another 976,000 sT (885,300 mT) are estimated to be harvested week ending July 28th. If this holds, the 2018 crop will be 1.965 million sT (1.782 million mT) slightly ahead of the 2017 crop harvest for the same time period (1.876 million sT or 1,702 million mT). This projected level would represent more than 16.5% of the objective.
      
The 2018 California organic processing tomato deliveries are off to a slower start than last year. With 30,455 sT delivered (27,626 mT) to the plants (see the chart below), the year to date harvest is the lowest it has been in the last five years.
 
Source: PTAB, WestConFoods, TomatoNews