Processors estimate that the contracted production for 2015 will come from 310,000 acres producing an average yield of 48.39 tons per acre. The contracted planted acreage forecast is a 7% increase from what was reported under contract in the August 2014 California Processing Tomato Report.
This early processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Processors, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
To read more on the California processing tomato crop, go to www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Vegetables/201501ptom.pdf.
Source: USDA-NASS