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Colorado onion crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Colorado onion crop for the week ending Sep 20, when 67% was good or excellent, versus 92% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 99% complete.

Last rated week ending Sep 20, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

67%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 20.

–

99%

Harvested

As of Oct 25.

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2020

Bars are the full USDA rating split each week. The dashed line is the five-year average for good plus excellent; the dotted line is last year.

20242023202220212020
Colorado onion crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 31: Very poor 3%, Poor 4%, Fair 26%, Good 60%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 91%)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 27%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 87%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 26%, Good 65%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 94%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 26%, Good 65%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 94%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 27%, Good 63%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 97%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 29%, Good 60%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 93%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 30%, Good 59%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 96%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 30%, Good 59%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 23%, Good 64%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 89%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 2%, Poor 9%, Fair 28%, Good 57%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 92%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 2%, Poor 9%, Fair 28%, Good 57%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 92%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 28%, Good 59%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 98%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 96%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 99%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 94%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)−8 pts — week ending Aug 2−8 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 16Harvest beginsMay 31Jun 21Jul 12Aug 2Aug 23Sep 13
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 67% good or excellent, week ending Sep 20. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2020

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Colorado onion planted, 20200%50%100%Planted, week ending Mar 15: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Mar 22: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Mar 29: 1% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Apr 5: 3% (5-yr avg 12%, last year 1%)Planted, week ending Apr 12: 10% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 8%)Planted, week ending Apr 19: 16% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 23%)Planted, week ending Apr 26: 25% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 36%)Planted, week ending May 3: 42% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 50%)Planted, week ending May 10: 52% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 65%)Planted, week ending May 17: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Planted, week ending May 24: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Planted, week ending May 31: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Mar 15Mar 29Apr 12Apr 26May 10May 24Jun 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 7.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Colorado onion harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 2% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 4% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 6% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 15% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 25% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 53% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 60% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 55%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 70% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Oct 18: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20Oct 4Oct 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 99% as of Oct 25.

Source: USDA NASS Crop Progress (weekly, April–November) and Crop Production reports. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

Updated September 29, 2026

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