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Idaho onion crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Idaho onion crop for the week ending Oct 2, when 98% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 2, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

98%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 2.

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95%

Harvested

As of Oct 23.

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.

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Idaho onion crop condition, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending May 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 85%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending May 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending May 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 85%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 94%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 98%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 98%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 60%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 60%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 95%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 95%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 95%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 95%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−15 pts — week ending May 15−15 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 21Harvest beginsMay 8May 29Jun 19Jul 10Jul 31Aug 21Sep 11Oct 2
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 98% good or excellent, week ending Oct 2. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2022

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

Idaho onion planted, 20220%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 3: 75% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 16%)Planted, week ending Apr 10: 90% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 58%)Planted, week ending Apr 17: 91% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 77%)Planted, week ending Apr 24: 93% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending May 1: 97% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 96%)Apr 3Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24May 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 97% as of May 1 (5-yr avg 93%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2022

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

Idaho onion emerged, 20220%50%100%Emerged, week ending Apr 10: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Emerged, week ending Apr 17: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year 18%)Emerged, week ending Apr 24: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 21%)Emerged, week ending May 1: 91% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 72%)Emerged, week ending May 8: 96% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 84%)Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24May 1May 8
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 96% as of May 8 (5-yr avg 57%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

Idaho onion harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 31: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 7: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 14: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Aug 21: 5% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 10% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 14% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 16% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 38%)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 24% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 57%)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 40% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 73%)Harvested, week ending Oct 2: 50% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 84%)Harvested, week ending Oct 9: 70% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Oct 16: 91% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Oct 23: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 31Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25Oct 9Oct 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Oct 23.

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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