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The harvest season started at the same time as last year, with an important quantity of organic tomatoes. The total duration of the campaign was 17 weeks.
The PTAB released the last figures for the 2026 season in California. As of October 26th, the official number is 9,364,660 tons (10,322,771 short tons). The 2026 figure is 8.6% less than last year and 11.13% less than the average of the last 5 years.
The total organic production this year was 499.260 tonnes (550.340 short tons). The percentage of organic production, compared to the overall production, was 5.3%, which is above the average of the last 5 years (4.9%).
The first 12 counties in California represent 95.6% of the total production. With a total of 6.67 million tons, Fresno, Yolo, Kings and Merced account for more than 64,6% of this year’s production.
Source: PTAB, CLFP
