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The harvest season started at the same time as last year, with an important quantity of organic tomatoes. Figures collected by the PTAB show that California processing tomato deliveries are now decreasing.
For week thirteen (ending September 26th) PTAB is estimating 711,650 metric tonnes (t) (784,460 short tons) were delivered to the factories. Week fourteen (ending October 3rd) is estimated to be 405,842 t (596,176 short tons) which would bring the year-to-date total to an estimated 8,894,552 t (9,804,565 short tons).
The 2026 California Organic processing tomato deliveries for the week twelve (ending September 19th) were 21,770 t (23,997 short tons).
If the weekly projections come true, the projected quantities on October 3 would represent approximately 98% of the California processors’ target (9.072 million t) and would be 9.11% below the average quantities delivered on the same date last year, and 2% below the average quantities delivered in the last 5 years.
Source: PTAB, CLFP
