The U.S. Tomato Industry: An Overview of Production and Trade
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 producti...
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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.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1027
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| spelling | doaj.art-653c677bc27b4c4f92d8eb223d10d9712024-04-23T04:39:13ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092018-04-0120182The U.S. Tomato Industry: An Overview of Production and TradeZhengfei Guan0Trina Biswas1Feng Wu2University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida 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. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1027 https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/105009FE1027Vegetable IndustryTomato |
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| title | The U.S. Tomato Industry: An Overview of Production and Trade |
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| title_short | The U.S. Tomato Industry: An Overview of Production and Trade |
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