• The California tomato crop is hurting after a devastating drought and economic policies continue to plague California farmers.
• The processing of tomato production is expected to be 9.525 million metric tonnes, or 10.5 million tons, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• The global production estimate is almost 3 million tons less than projections from March, according to Tomato News reporting of the World Processing Tomato Council’s crop data.

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