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Idaho onion crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Idaho onion crop for the week ending Oct 8, when 99% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 8, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

99%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 8.

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95%

Harvested

As of Oct 22.

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.

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Idaho onion crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 90%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending May 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 90%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 85%)Week ending May 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 90%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 80%)Week ending May 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 89%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 85%)Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 90%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 94%)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 90%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 98%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 90%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 92%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 92%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 89%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 89%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 90%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 90%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 85%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 85%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 89%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 89%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 89%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 90%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 90%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 90%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 90%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 90%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−5 pts — week ending May 21−5 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 3Harvest beginsMay 7May 28Jun 18Jul 9Jul 30Aug 20Sep 10Oct 1
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 99% good or excellent, week ending Oct 8. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2023

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

Idaho onion planted, 20230%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 2: 1% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 66%)Planted, week ending Apr 9: 9% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 88%)Planted, week ending Apr 16: 60% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Apr 23: 79% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 93%)Planted, week ending Apr 30: 90% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 96%)Planted, week ending May 7: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 2Apr 9Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of May 7.

Field progress

Emerged, 2023

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

Idaho onion emerged, 20230%50%100%Emerged, week ending Apr 16: 0% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 8%)Emerged, week ending Apr 23: 10% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 23%)Emerged, week ending Apr 30: 40% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 82%)Emerged, week ending May 7: 80% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 95%)Emerged, week ending May 14: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending May 21: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of May 21.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Idaho onion harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 0% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 0% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 2% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 10% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 15% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 20% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 38%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 25% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 49%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 69% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 87% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24Oct 8Oct 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Oct 22.

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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