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Georgia peach crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Georgia peach crop for the week ending Jun 29, when 81% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete (five-year average 93%). USDA's August forecast puts the 2025 crop at 30.0 thousand tons, down 16.2% from last year's final of 35.8.

Last rated week ending Jun 29, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

81%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jun 29.

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95%

Harvested

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

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17.0

thousand tons, 2026 forecast

−52.4% against last year's final crop.

Analysis

Week ending Jul 5 — 12 weeks ago

Georgia peach forecast falls 52% from last year

Georgia's peach crop was rated 93% good to excellent for the week ending July 5, 2026, up 5 points from the prior week, though that reading is now more than two months old. Bloom arrived early, hitting 95% full bloom by April 12 versus an 88% five-year average, and harvest wrapped up close to on schedule at 98% by August 9, slightly ahead of the 95% average pace. USDA's August forecast puts 2026 production at 17,000 tons, down 52.4% from last year's 35,700-ton final. First forecasts in this crop have typically overshot the final tally by about 2%, so the initial number has tended to run a bit high.

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

Forecast reliability

±9.6%

Average gap between the season's first USDA forecast and the final crop across the last 5 completed seasons.

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 peach crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 50%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 95%)Week ending Apr 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 50%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 97%)Week ending Apr 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 45%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 99%)Week ending Apr 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 45%, Excellent 36% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 99%)Week ending May 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 50%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 99%)Week ending May 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 55%, Excellent 35% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 99%)Week ending May 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 55%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 99%)Week ending May 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 50%, Excellent 46% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 48%, Excellent 46% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 48%, Excellent 47% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 98%)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 49%, Excellent 38% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 22%, Good 41%, Excellent 29% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 48%, Excellent 33% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending May 4Harvest begins−17 pts — week ending Jun 22−17 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Jun 29USDA forecastApr 6Apr 20May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 81% good or excellent, week ending Jun 29. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

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

Georgia peach full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending Apr 6: 79% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 67%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 13: 84% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 83%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 20: 93% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 94%)Full bloom, week ending Apr 27: 99% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 99%)Apr 6Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 99% as of Apr 27 (5-yr avg 98%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Georgia peach harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending May 4: 2% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending May 11: 4% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending May 18: 7% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 18%)Harvested, week ending May 25: 13% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Jun 1: 24% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 30%)Harvested, week ending Jun 8: 31% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Jun 15: 40% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Jun 22: 45% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 48%)Harvested, week ending Jun 29: 50% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 53%)Harvested, week ending Jul 6: 65% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 59%)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 76% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 70%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 85% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 90% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 87%)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 95% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 92%)May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Aug 3 (5-yr avg 93%).

Forecast record

How the forecast moved to final

Each season's first USDA forecast against the final estimate, with the revision between them.

Georgia peach crop: USDA first forecast vs final0204060thousand tons2015: no forecast · final 40.6 thousand tons20152016: no forecast · final 43.3 thousand tons20162017: no forecast · final 10.0 thousand tons20172018: Aug forecast 25.0 thousand tons · final 24.4 thousand tons (-2.4%)−2.4%20182019: Aug forecast 50.0 thousand tons · final 36.3 thousand tons (-27.4%)−27.4%20192020: Aug forecast 28.0 thousand tons · final 31.5 thousand tons (+12.5%)+12.5%20202021: Aug forecast 36.0 thousand tons · final 33.1 thousand tons (-8.1%)−8.1%20212022: Aug forecast 26.0 thousand tons · final 24.1 thousand tons (-7.3%)−7.3%20222023: Aug forecast 5.5 thousand tons · final 4.9 thousand tons (-10.4%)−10.4%20232024: Aug forecast 37.0 thousand tons · final 35.8 thousand tons (-3.2%)−3.2%20242025: Aug forecast 30.0 thousand tons · final 35.7 thousand tons (+19.0%)+19.0%20252026: Aug forecast 17.0 thousand tons · final pending2026
First forecastFinalFinal pending
Crop yearFirst forecast (thousand tons)FinalRevisionCrop valueShare of US
202617.0 Augustpending———
202530.0 August35.7+19.0%$52M5.0%
202437.0 August35.8−3.2%$67M5.2%
20235.5 August4.9−10.4%$11M0.8%
202226.0 August24.1−7.3%$34M3.7%
202136.0 August33.1−8.1%$33M4.7%
202028.0 August31.5+12.5%$38M4.8%
201950.0 August36.3−27.4%$35M5.3%
201825.0 August24.4−2.4%$22M3.7%
2017—10.0—$17M1.4%
2016—43.3—$42M5.5%
2015—40.6—$35M4.8%

Revision is how far the final estimate moved from the season's first forecast — the practical measure of how much weight to give an early number.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

Georgia peach crop: fresh market vs processing0102030thousand tons2014: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.5 thousand tons — 0% fresh20142015: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 6.9 thousand tons — 0% fresh20152016: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 3.8 thousand tons — 0% fresh20162017: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.4 thousand tons — 0% fresh20172018: fresh 22.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.4 thousand tons — 90% fresh20182019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 4.9 thousand tons — 0% fresh20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 3.4 thousand tons — 0% fresh20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 6.1 thousand tons — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.7 thousand tons — 0% fresh20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 thousand tons — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.8 thousand tons — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 4.4 thousand tons — 0% fresh2025
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

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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