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New Jersey tomato crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Jersey tomato crop for the week ending Aug 3, 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 3, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

76%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 3.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 21.

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, 2025

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, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 31%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 98%)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 27%, Good 68%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 93%)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 21%, Good 74%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 72%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 71%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 10%, Good 85%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 75%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 27%, Good 65%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 79%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 23%, Good 67%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 14%, Good 57%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 74%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 6%, Good 77%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 73%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 2%, Poor 8%, Fair 14%, Good 74%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 29Harvest begins−17 pts — week ending Jul 6−17 ptsJun 1Jun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 76% good or excellent, week ending Aug 3. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

New Jersey tomato planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending May 4: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 11: 23% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Planted, week ending May 18: 38% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 48%)Planted, week ending May 25: 59% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 59%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 69% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 74%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 78% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 88%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 6: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jul 6.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Jersey tomato harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 29: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 6: 19% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 24% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 20%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 34% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 42% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 52%)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 52% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 63% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 73% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 78% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 21.

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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