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Idaho onion crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Idaho onion crop for the week ending Sep 22, when 90% was good or excellent, versus 99% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Sep 22, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

90%of the crop

Share of the 2024 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 22.

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95%

Harvested

As of Oct 27.

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.

202520242023202220212020
Idaho onion crop condition, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 90%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending May 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 90%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending May 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 90%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Week ending May 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 90%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 95%)Week ending May 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 85%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 8%, Good 83%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 8%, Good 83%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 81%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 99%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 99%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 79%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 8%, Good 80%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 75%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 99%)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 99%)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 72%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 99%)Week ending Sep 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 72%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 99%)Week ending Sep 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Week ending Sep 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)−5 pts — week ending Jun 2−5 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 11Harvest beginsApr 28May 19Jun 9Jun 30Jul 21Aug 11Sep 1Sep 22
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 90% good or excellent, week ending Sep 22. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

Idaho onion planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending Mar 31: 16% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 1%)Planted, week ending Apr 7: 45% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 7%)Planted, week ending Apr 14: 69% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 45%)Planted, week ending Apr 21: 91% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 74%)Planted, week ending Apr 28: 95% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 87%)Mar 31Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Apr 28 (5-yr avg 95%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2024

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

Idaho onion emerged, 20240%50%100%Emerged, week ending Apr 7: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Apr 14: 19% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Apr 21: 28% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 7%)Emerged, week ending Apr 28: 46% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 31%)Emerged, week ending May 5: 69% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 69%)Emerged, week ending May 12: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Emerged, week ending May 19: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of May 19.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Idaho onion harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 7% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 12% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 16% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 23% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 36% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 42% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 48% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 60% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Oct 6: 75% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Oct 13: 80% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Oct 20: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Oct 27: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29Oct 13Oct 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Oct 27.

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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