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Georgia onion crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Georgia onion crop for the week ending Apr 30, when 71% was good or excellent, 2 points above the five-year average of 69%, versus 76% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete (five-year average 93%).

Last rated week ending Apr 30, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

71%of the crop

2 points above the five-year average for this week, and 76% a year ago.

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95%

Harvested

+2 points against the five-year pace of 93%.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 29%, Good 61%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 72%)Week ending Apr 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 29%, Good 66%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 64%)Week ending Apr 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 29%, Good 66%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 64%)Week ending Apr 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 28%, Good 66%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 73%)Week ending Apr 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 28%, Good 66%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 76%)Harvest begins — week ending Apr 9Harvest beginsApr 2Apr 9Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 71% good or excellent, week ending Apr 30. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Transplanted, 2023

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

Georgia onion transplanted, 20230%50%100%Transplanted, week ending Nov 6: 1% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 2%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 13: 6% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 13%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 20: 14% (5-yr avg 26%, last year 26%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 27: 35% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 48%)Nov 6Nov 13Nov 20Nov 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Transplanted: 35% as of Nov 27 (5-yr avg 43%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Georgia onion harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Apr 9: 13% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Apr 16: 29% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 33%)Harvested, week ending Apr 23: 47% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Apr 30: 67% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 69%)Harvested, week ending May 7: 82% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending May 14: 92% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending May 21: 95% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 97%)Apr 9Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of May 21 (5-yr avg 93%).

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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