According to figures collected by PTAB, the California’s 2023 processing tomato harvest tonnage for the week fourteen (ending October 14th) is estimated to deliver 801,652 t (metric tonnes) (883,670 short tons) to the factories.
Week fifteen (ending October 21st) is estimated to be 698,835 t (770,334 short tons) which would bring the year-to-date total to an estimated 10,802,853 t (11,908,107 short tons).
For actual tonnes delivered (9.302 million t) through week thirteen, California is tracking above (+4.4%) the five year average (8.914 million t).
Data collected by PTAB for week eleven (ending October 7) show that YTD solids amounted to 5.19 compared to 5.27 for the same time period in the 2022 season or 0.08 lower. There were 410,279 loads delivered as of October 7, 2023, or 20,260 more than in 2022 for the same time period.
The 2023 California Organic processing tomato deliveries for the week thirteen (ending October 7th) were 8,988 t (9,908 short tons). The total tons YTD for week thirteen is 570,010 t (628,329 short tons), or 6.6% of the actual total delivered quantities.
The current total is currently the third largest in the history of California organic production. Provisional total is 24% higher than the final amount harvested in 2022 and 5% higher than the average quantity processed during past three seasons at this time.
If the weekly projections come true, the projected quantities on October 21 would represent more than 99% of the California processors' target (10.89 million t), which means that the result for the 2023 season would probably exceed the figure expected by operators in the sector.
Sources: PTAB, CLFP
