Date: July, 2009
Abstract: The United States (U.S.) has two distinctive tomato segments, fresh and processing. Each year, approximately 1.5 million metric tonnes1 of tomatoes are grown for the fresh market whereas the processing segment is much larger with an annual production of about 11 million tonnes. The U.S. is the world’s largest producer of processing tomatoes, representing nearly one-third of annual global production (see Figure 1). Almost all of this production is located in California, which has developed ...
Research Type: Ag Focus