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New Jersey tomato crop

USDA last rated the 2021 New Jersey tomato crop for the week ending Sep 5, when 40% 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 Sep 5, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

40%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 5.

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95%

Harvested

As of Aug 1.

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, 2021

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, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 82%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Week ending Jun 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 11%, Good 71%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 78%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Week ending Jun 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 87%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 87%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 89%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 3%, Poor 3%, Fair 7%, Good 86%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 12%, Good 82%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 13%, Good 78%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 87%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 97%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 10%, Good 82%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 5%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 70%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 5%, Poor 8%, Fair 15%, Good 68%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 9%, Poor 19%, Fair 28%, Good 37%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 44% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 8%, Poor 21%, Fair 31%, Good 40%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 27Harvest begins−28 pts — week ending Aug 29−28 ptsMay 30Jun 13Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 40% good or excellent, week ending Sep 5. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2021

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

New Jersey tomato planted, 20210%50%100%Planted, week ending May 9: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 16: 51% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 23: 62% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 30: 73% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 6: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Planted, week ending Jun 13: 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Planted, week ending Jun 20: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6Jun 13Jun 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 20.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

New Jersey tomato harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 27: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 4: 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Jul 11: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Jul 18: 86% (5-yr avg —, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Jul 25: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Aug 1: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 22%)Jun 27Jul 4Jul 11Jul 18Jul 25Aug 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Aug 1.

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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