Field Tomatoes*: Area, Production and Farm Value by County and District, Ontario, 2007


Counties and Districts Harvested
Area (acres)
Average
Yield ('000lbs
/acre)
Marketed
Production
('000 lbs)
Average
Price
(cents/lb)
Farm
Value
($'000)
Brant
237
68.5
16,235
6.1
990
Chatham-Kent
9,738
69.1
672,896
6.0
40,374
Elgin
98
68.5
6,713
6.0
403
Essex
5,117
69.1
353,585
5.9
20,862
Haldimand-Norfolk
1,231
68.5
84,324
6.0
5,059
Hamilton
173
67.5
11,678
6.2
724
Lambton
236
68.5
16,166
5.9
954
Middlesex
70
67.8
4,746
6.0
285
Niagara
163
67.5
11,003
6.1
671
Oxford
23
69.0
1,588
5.9
94
Southern District
17,086
69.0
1,178,934
6.0
70,416
Halton
158
67.6
10,681
6.2
662
Peel
39
69.0
2,691
5.8
157
Simcoe
54
67.5
3,646
6.0
219
Other
75
67.8
5,085
6.1
310
Western District
326
67.8
22,103
6.1
1,348
Durham
56
66.5
3,724
6.1
227
Northumberland
33
66.5
2,195
6.1
133
Prince Edward
37
66.5
2,460
6.1
150
York
295
66.5
19,618
6.1
1,197
Other
46
66.5
3,059
6.1
187
Central District
467
66.5
31,056
6.1
1,894
Ottawa
45
67.0
3,015
6.2
187
Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry
30
68.5
2,056
6.2
128
Other
57
67.7
3,859
6.2
239
Eastern District
132
67.7
8,930
6.2
554
Northern District
14
66.5
931
6.2
58
Province
18,025
68.9
1,241,954
6.0
74,270

* Excludes greenhouse tomatoes

Reference: Fruit and Vegetable Survey & 2006 Census of Agriculture, Statistics Canada


Author:
Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 03 February, 2009