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New Jersey tomato crop

USDA last rated the 2023 New Jersey tomato crop for the week ending Aug 20, when 76% was good or excellent, versus 70% at this point last year. 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 20, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

76%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 20.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 24.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 50%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 83%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 98%)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 93%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 86%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 10%, Good 87%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 8%, Good 86%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 85%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 18%, Good 73%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 20%, Good 71%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 12%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 77%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 14%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 82%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 12%, Good 78%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 3%, Poor 9%, Fair 19%, Good 62%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 2%, Poor 7%, Fair 15%, Good 69%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 2Harvest begins−12 pts — week ending Aug 13−12 ptsMay 28Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 6Aug 20
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 76% good or excellent, week ending Aug 20. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2023

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

New Jersey tomato planted, 20230%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 30: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 7: 32% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 14: 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 50%)Planted, week ending May 21: 63% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 59%)Planted, week ending May 28: 80% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 78%)Planted, week ending Jun 4: 85% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 85%)Planted, week ending Jun 11: 95% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 92%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 84%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

New Jersey tomato harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 2: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 9: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 16: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Jul 23: 19% (5-yr avg —, last year 29%)Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 40% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 34%)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 53% (5-yr avg —, last year 57%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 62% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 67% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 74% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 2Jul 16Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 24.

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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