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New Jersey tomato crop

USDA last rated the 2020 New Jersey tomato crop for the week ending Aug 30, when 76% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete. USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2018, when the crop finished at 0.9 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Aug 30, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

76%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 30.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 20.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 2 — 8 weeks ago

New Jersey tomatoes rated above last year's pace

USDA's most recent condition rating for New Jersey tomatoes, now 36 days old, covered the week ending August 2 and put the crop at 79% good to excellent, up 1 point from the prior week and ahead of the 76% mark from the same week last year. Planting had reached 95% by June 21, well ahead of last year's 88% at that point in the season. Harvest was 80% complete by August 30, matching last year's pace exactly. No five-year average was available for comparison. The next USDA report will show whether the improved rating held through the remainder of harvest.

This is the most recent reading USDA has published for this crop and state; it is not a current-week rating.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2020

Bars are the full USDA rating split each week. The dashed line is the five-year average for good plus excellent; the dotted line is last year.

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New Jersey tomato crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 90%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 83%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 12%, Good 81%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 15%, Good 75%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 15%, Good 77%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 96%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 96%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 97%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 65%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 15%, Fair 17%, Good 66%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 3%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 76%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 3%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 76%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 3%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 76%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 5Harvest begins−29 pts — week ending Aug 9−29 ptsMay 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 76% good or excellent, week ending Aug 30. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2020

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Jersey tomato planted, 20200%50%100%Planted, week ending May 31: 69% (5-yr avg —, last year 73%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 97% as of Jun 21.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Jersey tomato harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 4% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 6% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 18% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 23% (5-yr avg —, last year 31%)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 29% (5-yr avg —, last year 52%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 36% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 69% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 20.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2018

USDA published production estimates for New Jersey tomato through 2018 and has not surveyed the state since.

New Jersey tomato crop: final estimate by year00.511.5million cwt2016: no forecast · final 1.0 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 1.1 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 0.9 million cwt2018
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20180.9 million cwt$42M0.3%
20171.1 million cwt$39M0.5%
20161.0 million cwt$52M0.3%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2018. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

New Jersey tomato crop: fresh market vs processing00.20.40.60.8million cwt2010: fresh 0.6, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20102011: fresh 0.6, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20112012: fresh 0.6, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20122013: fresh 0.6, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20132014: fresh 0.6, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 0.7, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20152016: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20162017: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.2 million cwt — 0% fresh2018
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Source: USDA NASS Crop Progress (weekly, April–November) and Crop Production reports. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

Updated September 29, 2026

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