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Production and Use
- U.S. fresh-market field-grown tomato planted acreage:
2005: 131,800 acres (45,200 in Florida)
2006: 127,900 acres (41,400 in California)
2007: 124,400 acres (43,000 in California)
- Farm value of fresh-market field-grown tomato production:
2005: $1.599 billion ($805 million for Florida)
2006: $1.619 billion ($551 million for Florida)
2007: $1.278 billion ($464 million for Florida)
- U.S. fresh-market field-grown tomato production:
2005: 3.827 billion pounds (1.554 billion in Florida)
2006: 3.681 billion pounds (1.348 billion in Florida)
2007: 3.703 billion pounds (1.455 billion in Florida)
- Fresh-market field-grown tomato production, top
five States, 2004:
FL – 1.455 billion
pounds
CA – 1.230 billion
pounds
GA – 0.216 billion
pounds
VA – 0.183 billion
pounds
TN – 0.116 billion
pounds
- Spring-season (Apr-June) fresh-market tomato shipments (all-types):
Share of U.S. market, 2007:
Florida: 43.8 percent
California: 4.0 percent
Other (incl. domestic hothouse): 11.8 percent
Imports: 40.4 percent
- U.S. spring season (Apr-June) fresh tomato acreage:
2005: 27,500 acres
2006: 28,500 acres
2007: 27,900 acres
2008: 24,500 acres
- U.S. per capita use of fresh-market tomatoes (including hothouse*):
2005: 20.22 pounds
2006: 19.94 pounds
2007: 20.29 pounds
2008: 20.10 pounds (forecast)
U.S. Trade
U.S. fresh-market tomato prices
- Farm price for fresh-market field-grown tomatoes:
2005 average: 41.8 cents per pound
2006 average: 44.0 cents per pound
2007 average: 34.5 cents per pound
April 2008: 47.4 cents per pound
May 2008: 40.4 cents per pound (preliminary)
- U.S. retail price for fresh-market field-grown tomatoes:
2005 average: 161.1 cents per pound
2006 average: 173.2 cents per pound
2007 average: 164.7 cents per pound
March 2008: 183.5 cents per pound
April 2008: 177.3 cents per pound (11 percent above 2003-07 average)
*ERS estimates suggest that hothouse production
accounts for about a tenth of U.S. fresh-market
tomato production.
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