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Georgia blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Georgia blueberry crop for the week ending May 18, when 71% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 98% complete (five-year average 97%).

Last rated week ending May 18, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

71%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending May 18.

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98%

Harvested

+1 points against the five-year pace of 97%.

Analysis

Week ending May 17 — 19 weeks ago

Georgia blueberry condition fell before fast harvest

Georgia blueberry condition slipped in the week ending May 17, 2026, the most recent rating USDA has published for the state. Good-to-excellent ratings fell to 56%, down 9 points from the prior week and 15 points below last year's 71% for the same week. Bloom had reached 96% by April 19, just behind the five-year average of 98% and last year's 97%. Despite the weaker spring condition, harvest moved quickly: by June 21, 96% of the crop was in, ahead of both the five-year average of 94% and last year's 93%. Watch whether USDA's next condition report shows further decline or a rebound.

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, 2025

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
Georgia blueberry crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 25%, Good 58%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 87%)Week ending Apr 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 26%, Good 63%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 82%)Week ending Apr 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 28%, Good 59%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 90%)Week ending Apr 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 23%, Good 68%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 89%)Week ending May 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 24%, Good 68%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 87%)Week ending May 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 23%, Good 71%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending May 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 26%, Good 68%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Apr 13Harvest begins−5 pts — week ending Apr 20−5 ptsApr 6Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27May 4May 11May 18
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 71% good or excellent, week ending May 18. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

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

Georgia blueberry full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending Apr 6: 80% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 85%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 13: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 20: 98% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 97%)Apr 6Apr 13Apr 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 98% as of Apr 20 (5-yr avg 97%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Georgia blueberry harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Apr 13: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Apr 20: 7% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Apr 27: 20% (5-yr avg 26%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending May 4: 32% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending May 11: 39% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 60%)Harvested, week ending May 18: 52% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 64%)Harvested, week ending May 25: 63% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Jun 1: 69% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Jun 8: 82% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Jun 15: 90% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Jun 22: 93% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Jun 29: 98% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 98%)Apr 13Apr 27May 11May 25Jun 8Jun 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 98% as of Jun 29 (5-yr avg 97%).

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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