Production of Processing Tomatoes in California
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Background In the early 20 century, processing tomatoes were mainly produced in the eastern U.S. with the leading states being New Jersey, Maryland and Indiana. At that time, the shipping costs from these states to the major markets in the East and Midwest were considerably lower than those for tomatoes produced in California . Despite this disadvantage, production was considerably expanded in California in the 1940s and 1950s (Figure 1). Some of the factors contributing to the increase in production were higher productivity on irrigated land, progress due to research at the University of California and the availability of cheap labor from Mexico .
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