The 2024 Tomato News Conference will take place online on Wednesday 4 December to take stock after the end of the record breaking 2024 global tomato processing season and discuss the outlook for 2025

Final program:

Moderator: Manuel Gonçalves (Sugal)

Keynote: Global Macroeconomic and Markets Update by Rabobank.

Stefan Koopman (Senior Market Economist, RaboResearch Macro Strategy Team) & Carlos Mera Arzeno (Head of Agri Commodity Markets Research, RaboResearch Global Economics & Markets Team)

Farmers perspectives:
– Don Cameron (CTGA, California)
– Carlo Piccinini (OI Pomodoro Nord Italia, Italy)

Roundtable: The global tomato processing industry in 2024 and outlook for 2025

Italy: Marco Serafini (ANICAV)
Iberia: Manuel Vazquez (Conesa)
China: Zhu Chenhui (COFCO)
South America: Arturo Cerda (Patagonia Fresh)
California: Aaron Giampietro (Morning Star)
General outlook: Martin Stilwell (HIT)

Panel discussion  & Q&A session