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New Jersey tomato crop

USDA last rated the 2024 New Jersey tomato crop for the week ending Jul 28, when 73% was good or excellent, 13 points below the five-year average of 86%, versus 80% at this point last year. 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 Jul 28, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

73%of the crop

13 points below the five-year average for this week, and 80% a year ago.

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96%

Harvested

As of Sep 15.

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, 2024

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.

2026202520242023202220212020
New Jersey tomato crop condition, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 80%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 7%, Good 85%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 98%)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 21%, Good 69%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 97%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 19%, Good 66%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 87%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 19%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 86%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 19%, Good 77%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 12%, Good 81%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 3%, Poor 8%, Fair 15%, Good 73%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 2%, Poor 8%, Fair 17%, Good 73%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 80%)−21 pts — week ending Jun 16−21 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Jul 7Harvest beginsJun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14Jul 28
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 73% good or excellent, week ending Jul 28. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

New Jersey tomato planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending May 5: 13% (5-yr avg —, last year 27%)Planted, week ending May 12: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 48%)Planted, week ending May 19: 50% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 60%)Planted, week ending May 26: 60% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 75%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 76% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 84%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 90% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 92%)Planted, week ending Jun 16: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 5May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 16.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

New Jersey tomato harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 7: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Jul 14: 22% (5-yr avg —, last year 10%)Harvested, week ending Jul 21: 37% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Jul 28: 54% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 34%)Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 63% (5-yr avg —, last year 49%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 59%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 73% (5-yr avg —, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 80% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 86% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Jul 7Jul 21Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of Sep 15.

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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