Keywords
Tomatoes
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Abstract
Florida accounts for 30% to 40% of all commercially produced fresh-market tomatoes in the United States. Almost every southern county in the state grows tomatoes. This 4-page fact sheet written by Zhengfei Guan, Feng Wu, and Steven Sargent and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department presents the results of a 2015 study that examined the time it takes to harvest this important crop.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1026
References
Florida Tomato Growers Exchange. 2017. Tomato 101 Fact Sheet. https://www.floridatomatoes.org/tomato-101/.
Greenhouse, S. 2014. "In Florida Tomato Fields, a Penny Buys Progress." New York Times, April 24. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/business/in-florida-tomato-fields-a-penny-buys-progress.html?_r=0.
Sargent, S., J. Brecht, and T. Olczyk. 2005. Handling Florida Vegetables Series: Round and Roma Tomato Types. SS-VEC-928. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
USDA-NASS. 2016. Quick Stats. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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