Tomato Market Data, Grades and Trade

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-09Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Market value

$68B

Producing countries tracked

9

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

3

Trade corridors

3

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates for United States field-grown tomatoes for fresh market and processing in 2025, published in February 2026. The series excludes tomatillos and greenhouse tomatoes and includes all grape tomatoes beginning in 2019. These are dated national crop measures—not global production, a current physical offer or a live delivered price.

United States tomato planted area

257000

acres · crop year 2025

United States tomato harvested area

246700

acres · crop year 2025

United States tomato yield

1006.6

cwt per acre · crop year 2025

United States tomato production

248.3165

million cwt · crop year 2025

Fresh, greenhouse, vine, processing and manufactured tomatoes are separate products

Field-grown fresh tomatoes, greenhouse tomatoes and tomatoes on the vine use different production descriptions and can use separate grade standards. Grape, cherry and pear-shaped types need their commercial identity retained. Processing tomatoes are contracted and measured for manufacturing uses, while canned tomatoes, paste, puree, juice, sauce and other products add composition, concentration, color, consistency and container requirements. Atlas keeps production system, product form, intended use and variety type attached before comparing crop, grade, price or trade evidence.

Maturity, color, size, firmness and defects travel with the lot

The cited USDA fresh-tomato standard distinguishes U.S. No. 1, U.S. Combination, U.S. No. 2 and U.S. No. 3. Grade factors include similar varietal characteristics, maturity, softness, cleanliness, development, shape, smoothness, decay, freezing injury, sunscald and other damage. Greenhouse and vine-attached tomatoes have separate standards and additional product-specific conditions. A physical record therefore retains the exact standard, grade, maturity and color stage, size designation, inspection point, tolerances, pack, condition and certificate context.

Crop totals do not determine a delivered tomato price

USDA NASS estimated 248.3165 million hundredweight of United States field-grown tomato production from 246,700 harvested acres in 2025, averaging 1,006.6 hundredweight per acre. Those dated aggregates combine fresh-market and processing channels and exclude greenhouse production; they do not identify variety type, maturity, color, size, grade, package, condition, origin, destination or delivery terms. A delivered price still requires a defined lot and current permitted evidence.

Questions procurement teams ask

Are fresh-market and processing tomatoes interchangeable?

No. They serve different channels and can use different varieties, measurements, quality terms and contracts. A processing-tomato record cannot be used as a fresh-market offer without product-specific evidence.

Are field-grown, greenhouse and vine tomatoes covered by one grade standard?

No. USDA maintains separate standards for general fresh tomatoes, greenhouse tomatoes and tomatoes on the vine. The production system and applicable standard must remain attached to the lot.

What does the 248.3165 million hundredweight figure represent?

It is USDA NASS's estimate of United States field-grown fresh-market and processing tomato production for 2025. The series excludes greenhouse tomatoes and is not a current physical price.

Which fields make physical tomato offers comparable?

Production system and product form, variety or commercial type, intended use, maturity and color stage, grade and inspection basis, size or count, firmness and shape, decay and other defect tolerances, vine status where relevant, crop or pack date, treatment, package and net weight, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.