California Processing Tomato Report

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

2024 California
Processing Tomato Report
Pacific Region · 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 6-100· Sacramento, CA 95814 · (916) 738-6600 · (855) 270-2722 Fax · www.nass.usda.gov/ca

Released: January 24, 2024

TOMATO PROCESSORS EXPECT TO
CONTRACT 11.6 MILLION TONS IN 2024
As of January, California’s tomato processors reported they have, or will have, contracts for 11.6 million
tons in 2024, which is a decrease of 10% compared to 12.9 million contracted tons forecast in the
August 2023 California Processing Tomato Report. Processors estimate that the contracted production
for 2024 will come from 232,000 acres, generating an average yield of 50.0 tons per acre. This year’s
contracted planted acreage forecast is 9% below the 2023 estimate of 255,000 planted acres under
contract in the August forecast.
The USDA-NASS Pacific Regional Office surveyed California’s tomato processors for their intended
contract acreage and tonnage for the upcoming 2024 season. The data reported by processors was
either tonnage with derived acreage, or acreage with derived tonnage.
This early processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Producers.

Year
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
20231
2024
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INTENDED AND FINAL
HARVESTED CONTRACTED PRODUCTION
January 1
Final
Thousand tons
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
11,994
12,100
11,130
12,000
11,312
12,100
10,730
12,200
10,464
12,400
(NA)
11,600
(NA)

Difference
-1,576
-35
-109
-152
-388
-700
-160
-1,100
+465
-693
-673
-1,193
-6
-970
-688
-1,370
-1,736
(NA)
(NA)

Final production will be released in the Vegetables Annual Summary on February 12, 2024.
(NA) Not available.

2024 California Processing Tomato Report (January 24, 2024)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Year
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

California Tomato Acreage and Production
Total crop
Contract only
Planted
Harvested
Production
Planted
Harvested
Production
Acres
Tons
Acres
Tons
Metric tons
283,000
282,000
10,104,000
280,000
279,000
10,024,000
9,094,000
301,000
296,000
12,082,000
298,000
293,000
11,965,000
10,854,000
281,000
279,000
11,822,000
278,000
276,000
11,691,000
10,606,000
312,000
308,000
13,314,000
308,000
304,000
13,148,000
11,928,000
271,000
270,000
12,297,000
269,000
268,000
12,212,000
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
291,000
297,000

249,000
256,000
256,000
288,000
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
2018
2019
2020

262,000
230,000
241,000
235,000
234,000

258,000
222,000
236,000
228,000
228,000

12,647,000
10,464,000
12,284,000
11,186,000
11,312,000

260,000
229,000
235,000
234,000
234,000

256,000
221,000
230,000
227,000
228,000

12,527,000
10,407,000
11,994,000
11,130,000
11,312,000

11,364,000
9,441,000
10,881,000
10,097,000
10,262,000

2021
2022
20231 2
2024

230,000
231,000
(NA)
(NA)

228,000
225,000
(NA)
(NA)

10,765,000
10,496,000
(NA)
(NA)

229,000
230,000
255,000
232,000

227,000
224,000
254,000
(NA)

10,730,000
10,464,000
12,900,000
11,600,000

9,734,000
9,493,000
11,703,000

1 Data
2

for 2023 was carried forward from the California Processing Tomato Report, published on August 30, 2023.
Final acreage and production will be released in the Vegetables Annual Summary on February 12, 2024.
(NA) Not available.

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

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2024 California Processing Tomato Report (January 24, 2024)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service