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Georgia onion crop

USDA last rated the 2021 Georgia onion crop for the week ending May 9, when 80% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete (five-year average 95%).

Last rated week ending May 9, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

80%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending May 9.

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95%

Harvested

0 points against the five-year pace of 95%.

Analysis

Week ending May 3 — 21 weeks ago

Georgia onion condition trails last year's pace

USDA rated Georgia's onion crop for the week ending May 3, 2026 — the most recent reading published for the state. Good-to-excellent stood at 62%, down 3 points from the prior week and well behind last year's 74% at the same point; 8% of the crop was rated poor. Transplanting had lagged earlier in the season, reaching just 19% by late November versus a five-year average of 36% and 46% last year. By the week ending June 7, harvest was nearly complete at 96%, close to the five-year average of 100% and last year's 99%.

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, 2021

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 onion crop condition, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 55%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 63%)Week ending Apr 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 64%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 56%)Week ending Apr 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 26%, Good 67%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 56%)Week ending Apr 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 65%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 64%)Week ending May 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 24%, Good 48%, Excellent 27% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 61%)Week ending May 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 19%, Good 65%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Apr 18Harvest beginsApr 4Apr 11Apr 18Apr 25May 2May 9
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 80% good or excellent, week ending May 9. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Transplanted, 2021

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

Georgia onion transplanted, 20210%50%100%Transplanted, week ending Nov 1: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Transplanted, week ending Nov 8: 8% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 4%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 15: 20% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 13%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 22: 33% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 33%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 29: 54% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15Nov 22Nov 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Transplanted: 54% as of Nov 29.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

Georgia onion harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Apr 18: 22% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Apr 25: 38% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 28%)Harvested, week ending May 2: 48% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 54%)Harvested, week ending May 9: 61% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending May 16: 85% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 84%)Harvested, week ending May 23: 95% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 97%)Apr 18Apr 25May 2May 9May 16May 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of May 23 (5-yr avg 95%).

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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