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Georgia onion crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Georgia onion crop for the week ending Apr 28, when 80% was good or excellent, 13 points above the five-year average of 67%, versus 71% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 96% complete.

Last rated week ending Apr 28, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

80%of the crop

13 points above the five-year average for this week, and 71% a year ago.

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96%

Harvested

As of May 26.

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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 75%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 71%)Week ending Apr 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 74%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 70%)Week ending Apr 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 75%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 70%)Week ending Apr 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 74%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 71%)Week ending Apr 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 74%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 71%)Harvest begins — week ending Apr 7Harvest beginsMar 31Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 80% good or excellent, week ending Apr 28. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Transplanted, 2024

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

Georgia onion transplanted, 20240%50%100%Transplanted, week ending Nov 5: 4% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 1%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 12: 12% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 5%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 19: 26% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 13%)Transplanted, week ending Nov 26: 54% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 32%)Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19Nov 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Transplanted: 54% as of Nov 26 (5-yr avg 40%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Georgia onion harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Apr 7: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Apr 14: 13% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Apr 21: 33% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 42%)Harvested, week ending Apr 28: 56% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 61%)Harvested, week ending May 5: 76% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 78%)Harvested, week ending May 12: 85% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending May 19: 93% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending May 26: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19May 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of May 26.

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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