WPTC crop update as of 19 September 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria The harvest is now progressing well with full volumes. Our harvesting for late tomatoes and at the end of September many processors will finish. The harvest is now progressing well with full volumes since yesterday. Quality is good with less green Brix averages 5 and colour almost good at 2.30-2.35. The quality […]
WPTC crop update as of 22 August 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria The harvest has now started in all areas with average brix over 5. Operations are now interrupted due to rain yesterday but should restart tomorrow. Egypt Nothing changed from last update other than the high temperatures have advanced the harvesting from middle governorates (Beni Suif & Al-Fayoum) which mainly the same source […]
WPTC crop update as of 8 August 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria The weather has been unstable in the recent weeks with heat, rain, hailstorms but it is not expected to affect the size of the crop. Lots of infestation by mites are reported. Egypt Last week we had a high temperature, while this week temperature is on average 36-37°C. Harvesting of summer crop […]
WPTC crop update as of 25 July 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria There are no major issues so far this year but the high temperatures last week favour the development of thrips, mites and cotton ball worms. The harvest is scheduled to start around 7 to 10 Augst, a couple of weeks later than in 2024 due to the slow development due to the […]
WPTC crop update as of 27 June 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria There is no change in the forecast. All partners have finished transplanting and plants are developing well. The harvest will start at the end of July. Egypt The summer crop harvest started on 10 June and is progressing well. Temperatures are currently about 36°C during the day and 26°C at night and […]
WPTC crop update as of 30 May 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria A lot of heavy rain last week delayed transplanting this week, and it should now finish around 10 June. There are no problems so far in the fields despite temperatures remaining a bit lower than normal. The forecast is unchanged. Egypt Transplanting operations finished this week and the harvest for the summer […]
WPTC crop update as of 2 May 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria Planting started on 19 April, but temperatures have dropped this week down to 2°C with frost today in some production areas. The total forecast is increased by 3,000 tonnes to 43,000 tonnes, as one farmer will plant 500 hectares of tomatoes, when his initial plans were for 100 ha. All seedlings are […]
WPTC crop update as of 28 March 2025
Amitom countries Bulgaria Seedlings are currently in the greenhouses and planting should start around 15 April. The field preparations have been done with no issues. The forecast remains the same at 40,000 tonnes but it may increase if rumours that a new farming operation could produce an additional 10,000 tonnes are confirmed. Egypt Winter crop […]
WPTC crop update as of 10 March 2025
WPTC countries in the Southern Hemisphere Argentina The harvest is running well with some delays due to high yields particularly in early and mid season plantings in San Juan and La Rioja Provinces. Mendoza has started now with dry weather. The forecast at this moment is 585,000 tonnes. Australia The new forecast is 205,000 tonnes. […]
WPTC crop update as of 5 February 2025
The WPTC global world production estimate for 2025 stands at 40.5 million tonnes. Although it is 11.5% lower than 2024 production of 45.8 million tonnes, it is felt that it is still not a high enough reduction of volumes in view of the current level of stocks and demand. On average over the last ten […]
