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WPTC crop update as of 15 September 2023
Latest news Amitom countries Egypt The heat wave have affected yields in the summer season, but quality was ok. Temperatures

WPTC crop update as of 1st September 2023
Latest news Amitom countries Egypt The heat wave have affected yields in the summer season, but quality was ok. Temperatures

WPTC crop update as of 18 August 2023
Latest news The peak of the season has now been reached in most countries and factories are generally now at full

WPTC crop update as of 4 August 2023
Latest news The harvest has now started in most countries but with some delays on the usual schedule in many

WPTC crop update as of 24 July 2023
Latest news The harvest is starting in most countries at a period where many regions are currently experiencing very high

WPTC crop update as of 30 June 2023
Planting is now mostly finished in the Northern Hemisphere but delays in harvesting are expected in many regions where crop development is late

WPTC crop update as of 12 June 2023
As harvest is now over in the southern hemisphere and planting is finishing in the northern hemisphere, the total forecast

25 years of international cooperation
In May 2023, WPTC celebrated 25 years since the charter of the organisation was signed in Pamplona during the third

WPTC crop update as of 28 April 2023
AMITOM COUNTRIES EGYPT There is no change to the forecast. It is now the transition between the winter crop

WPTC crop update as of 31 March 2023
AMITOM COUNTRIES EGYPT The winter crop is in its last loop which is supposed to last till 3rd week of

WPTC first forecast for 2023
During its board meeting held in Sacramento on 14 February, WPTC members established a preliminary forecast of 41.8 million tonnes

WPTC crop update as of 27 January 2023
Although WPTC will only release its preliminary forecast for the 2023 season after its meeting in Sacramento on 14 February, the

Jason Fritsch elected WPTC President
During its meeting in Parma on 25 October, the board of WPTC elected Jason Fritsch who is the CEO of

The 2022 Tomato News Conference
After two years online, the Tomato News Conference comes back in person during CibusTec Forum in Parma on Wednesday 26

WPTC crop update as of 25 October 2022
WPTC members met in Parma on Tuesday 25 October for their annual end-of-season meeting. During the meeting they established the

WPTC crop update as of 14 October 2022
The global world production estimate currently stands at 37,2 million tonnes but will be readjusted on 25 October when the

WPTC crop update as of 30 September 2022
The provisional world production estimate stands at 36,8 million tonnes, nearly 3 million

WPTC crop update as of 16 September 2022
As the 2022 processing is entering its last few weeks in most countries, it becomes apparent that production will not

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