Greenhouse Tomatoes Change the Dynamics of the North American Fresh Tomato Industry

By Roberta Cook and Linda Calvin

Economic Research Report No. (ERR2) 86 pp, April 2005

The North American greenhouse tomato industry has grown rapidly since the early 1990s and now plays a major role in the fresh tomato industry. However, relatively little is known about this new industry, in part because of the lack of reliable production, trade, and price data. Both analysts and industry members will benefit from a more comprehensive understanding of the rising greenhouse industry and its effect on the entire fresh field tomato sector.

Keywords: Greenhouse tomatoes, field tomatoes, mature green tomatoes, United States, Canada, Mexico, market integration, product differentiation, seasonality in production, ERS, USDA

In this report ...

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• Cover file, 154 kb.

• Abstract, Acknowledgments, and Contents, 211 kb.
• Summary, 44 kb.
• Introduction, 536 kb.
• Canadian Greenhouse Tomato Industry, 161 kb.
• Mexican Greenhouse Tomato Industry, 89 kb.
• U.S. Greenhouse Tomato Industry, 162 kb.
• Market Analysis: Price and Consumption Trends, 392 kb.
• Impact of Greenhouse Tomatoes on the Fresh Field Tomato Industry, 171 kb.
• Growing Pains: Conflict and Cooperation, 47 kb.
• Conclusions, 52 kb.
• References, 48 kb.
• Appendices, 79 kb.

• Entire Document, 1,341 kb.

Updated date: April 1, 2005