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Georgia onion crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Georgia onion crop for the week ending May 1, when 76% was good or excellent, versus 75% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 98% complete (five-year average 94%).

Last rated week ending May 1, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

76%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending May 1.

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98%

Harvested

+4 points against the five-year pace of 94%.

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 28%, Good 57%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 73%)Week ending Apr 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 36%, Good 54%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 73%)Week ending Apr 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 36%, Good 54%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 74%)Week ending Apr 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 63%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 76%)Week ending May 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 67%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)−8 pts — week ending Apr 10−8 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Apr 17Harvest beginsApr 3Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24May 1
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 76% good or excellent, week ending May 1. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Transplanted, 2022

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

Georgia onion transplanted, 20220%50%100%Transplanted, week ending Nov 7: 2% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 8%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 14: 15% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 18%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 21: 28% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 31%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 28: 51% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 51%)Nov 7Nov 14Nov 21Nov 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Transplanted: 51% as of Nov 28 (5-yr avg 45%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

Georgia onion harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Apr 17: 34% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 20%)Harvested, week ending Apr 24: 45% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 36%)Harvested, week ending May 1: 73% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending May 8: 90% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 59%)Harvested, week ending May 15: 94% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending May 22: 98% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 94%)Apr 17Apr 24May 1May 8May 15May 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 98% as of May 22 (5-yr avg 94%).

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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