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Connecticut peach crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Connecticut peach crop for the week ending Sep 6, when 90% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% complete. USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 1.4 thousand tons.

Last rated week ending Sep 6, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

90%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 6.

–

100%

Harvested

As of Oct 11.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 9 — 7 weeks ago

Connecticut peaches rated 85% good to excellent

Connecticut's peach crop was rated 85% good to excellent for the week ending August 9, 2026, the most recent reading USDA has published for the state. The rating held steady from the prior week, ran 14 points above the five-year average of 71%, and sat 5 points below last year's mark of 90%. Fruit set reached 95% by June 21, ahead of the five-year average of 82% and close to last year's 94%. Harvest reached 97% by August 30, compared with 92% a year earlier, putting the season's picking essentially wrapped up.

This is the most recent reading USDA has published for this crop and state; it is not a current-week rating.

Written from USDA data and source reports

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.

2026202520242023202220212020
Connecticut peach crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 80%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 30%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 30%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 62%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 42%, Good 58%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 58% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 2Harvest begins−32 pts — week ending Aug 2−32 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 16USDA forecastJun 21Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 90% good or excellent, week ending Sep 6. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2020

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

Connecticut peach green tip, 20200%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 12: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 19: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 26: 75% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 16%)Green tip, week ending May 3: 90% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 33%)Green tip, week ending May 10: 95% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 38%)Green tip, week ending May 17: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 45%)Green tip, week ending May 24: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Green tip, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 31.

Field progress

Pink, 2020

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

Connecticut peach pink, 20200%50%100%Pink, week ending May 3: 20% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 6%)Pink, week ending May 10: 30% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 9%)Pink, week ending May 17: 80% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 23%)Pink, week ending May 24: 87% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 47%)Pink, week ending May 31: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 64%)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 94% as of May 31.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2020

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

Connecticut peach full bloom, 20200%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 17: 45% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 6%)Full bloom, week ending May 24: 85% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 10%)Full bloom, week ending May 31: 87% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 25%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 7: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 48%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 14: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 21: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)May 17May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 96% as of Jun 21.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2020

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

Connecticut peach petal fall, 20200%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 24: 24% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 31: 73% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 4%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 7: 75% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 30%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 14: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 54%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 21: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 28: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Petal fall, week ending Jul 5: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28Jul 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 91% as of Jul 5.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2020

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

Connecticut peach fruit set, 20200%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 31: 37% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 7: 40% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 7%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 14: 53% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 26%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 21: 63% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 64%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 28: 71% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 83%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 5: 72% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 12: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 19: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 97%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 26: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 96% as of Jul 26.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

Connecticut peach harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 25% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 27% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 29% (5-yr avg 12%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 43% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 18%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 61% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 64% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 52%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 76% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 54%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 88% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 95% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 70%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20Oct 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Oct 11.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2015

USDA published production estimates for Connecticut peach through 2015 and has not surveyed the state since.

Connecticut peach crop: final estimate by year00.511.52thousand tons2010: no forecast · final 1.2 thousand tons20102011: no forecast · final 1.2 thousand tons20112012: no forecast · final 1.4 thousand tons20122013: no forecast · final 1.4 thousand tons20132014: no forecast · final 1.8 thousand tons20142015: no forecast · final 1.4 thousand tons2015
Crop yearFinal (thousand tons)Crop valueShare of US
20151.4 thousand tons$3M0.2%
20141.8 thousand tons$4M0.2%
20131.4 thousand tons$4M0.1%
20121.4 thousand tons$3M0.1%
20111.2 thousand tons$2M0.1%
20101.2 thousand tons$3M0.1%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2015. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

Connecticut peach crop: fresh market vs processing00.511.52thousand tons2010: fresh 1.2, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 100% fresh20102011: fresh 1.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 100% fresh20112012: fresh 1.3, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 100% fresh20122013: fresh 1.3, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 99% fresh20132014: fresh 1.8, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 99% fresh20142015: fresh 1.4, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 100% fresh2015
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

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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