The U.S. Tomato Industry: An Overview of Production and Trade
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Keywords

FE1027
Vegetable Industry
Tomato

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Guan, Zhengfei, Trina Biswas, and Feng Wu. 2018. “The U.S. Tomato Industry: An Overview of Production and Trade: FE1027, 9/2017”. EDIS 2018 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1027-2017.

Abstract

Tomatoes are one of the world's most consumed vegetable crops. In the United States, domestic production meets about 40% of the total domestic demand for fresh-market tomatoes, with the rest of the demand met by imports, mostly from Mexico and Canada. Since 2000, however, fresh tomato production in the United States has exhibited a steady declining trend. One major reason is the increased competition from Mexico. This 4-page fact sheet written by Zhengfei guan, Trina Biswas, and Feng Wu and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department argues for US government measures to help the domestic tomato industry resolve labor shortages and encourage research and development of labor-saving technologies such as mechanical harvesting to make the US tomato industry more competitive and sustainable.
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