Source: GROWING PRODUCE, 9/22/21

As Mexico increases its tomato exports across the globe — including into the U.S. — prices continue to plummet for American growers. According to a new study, that practice could cost domestic producers as much as $252 million per year if imports from Mexico increase by 50% in coming years, based on historical trends. That decline is due to competition from Mexico and other challenges, says Zhengfei Guan, a UF/IFAS Associate Professor and leader of the study. In 2020, American farmers produced 1.3 billion pounds of fresh tomatoes, which was less than one-third the harvest from 2000.

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