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California processing intentions as of May 28, 2020

29/05/2020 - Press release , François-Xavier Branthôme - 2020 Season
Production estimate unchanged from January forecast at 12 million sT (10.9 million mT)

As of May 15, California’s tomato processors reported they have or will have contracts for 12.0 million short tons (10.886 million metric tonnes (mT)) of processing tomatoes for 2020. This production estimate is unchanged from the January intentions forecast and 7.8 percent above the final 2019 contracted production total. The May contracted acreage of 235,000 acres (95,105 hectares) is also unchanged from the January intentions forecast and 1,000 acres (405 ha) above last year’s final contracted acreage. If achieved, the level of yield expected by tomato producers (51.06 sT/acre or 114.5 mT/ha) would be the second best performance in the Californian industry.

 
 

According to the USDA report released on 28 May, Fresno County remains the top California County in contracted planted acreage for 2020 with 72,300 acres (29,200 ha). Yolo, Merced, Kings and San Joaquin make up the remaining top five counties, accounting for 75 percent of the 2020 total contracted planted acreage for California. 
 

Dry winter weather caused some concern for water availability. Despite a few rain storms in March and April, planting was on schedule and the warm temperatures through spring helped with early crop development. An unusual heat wave at the end of May required more irrigation than normal for this time of year. There were no reports of disease or pest issues.

This early processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Producers, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Some complementary data
 

Source: USDA

Further details in attached documents:
USDA California Processing Tomato Report May 2020
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