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New Jersey tomato crop

USDA last rated the 2022 New Jersey tomato crop for the week ending Sep 18, when 64% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 96% 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 18, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

64%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 18.

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96%

Harvested

As of Sep 18.

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 96%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 85%)Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 92%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 86%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 8%, Good 87%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 91%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 10%, Good 82%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 91%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 8%, Good 84%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 10%, Good 79%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 83%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 2%, Poor 7%, Fair 14%, Good 68%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 79%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 82%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 96%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 2%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 77%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 82%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 2%, Poor 8%, Fair 20%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 3%, Poor 8%, Fair 19%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 5%, Poor 10%, Fair 25%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 5%, Poor 7%, Fair 29%, Good 59%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 40%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 5%, Poor 8%, Fair 23%, Good 64%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 5%, Poor 8%, Fair 23%, Good 64%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 10Harvest begins−10 pts — week ending Aug 28−10 ptsJun 5Jun 19Jul 3Jul 17Jul 31Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 64% good or excellent, week ending Sep 18. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2022

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

New Jersey tomato planted, 20220%50%100%Planted, week ending May 8: 26% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 15: 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 45%)Planted, week ending May 22: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Planted, week ending May 29: 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Planted, week ending Jun 5: 86% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 75%)Planted, week ending Jun 12: 93% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 78%)Planted, week ending Jun 19: 94% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 93%)Planted, week ending Jun 26: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 3: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 8May 22Jun 5Jun 19Jul 3
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 97% as of Jul 3.

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

New Jersey tomato harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 10: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Jul 17: 21% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Jul 24: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Jul 31: 35% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Aug 7: 61% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 14: 71% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 21: 77% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 83% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 10Jul 24Aug 7Aug 21Sep 4Sep 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of Sep 18.

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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