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Maine strawberry crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Maine strawberry crop for the week ending Jul 6, when 64% was good or excellent, versus 84% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Jul 6, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

64%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jul 6.

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95%

Harvested

As of Jul 27.

Analysis

Week ending Jul 12 — 11 weeks ago

Maine strawberries rated 78% good to excellent

Maine's strawberry crop was rated 78% good to excellent for the week ending July 12, 2026, unchanged from the prior week and the most recent condition reading USDA has published for the state. Fair conditions covered 22% of the crop, with none rated poor or very poor. By that week, petal fall was complete and fruit set had reached 99%. Harvest was pegged at 97% complete by August 2. Watch for USDA's next condition update to see whether the good-to-excellent share holds as harvest wraps up.

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, 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
Maine strawberry crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 44%, Good 53%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 89%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 26%, Good 68%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 12%, Fair 24%, Good 60%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 6Harvest begins−7 pts — week ending Jul 6−7 ptsJun 22Jun 29Jul 6
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 64% good or excellent, week ending Jul 6. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2025

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

Maine strawberry green tip, 20250%50%100%Green tip, week ending May 4: 23% (5-yr avg —, last year 23%)Green tip, week ending May 11: 52% (5-yr avg 26%, last year 25%)Green tip, week ending May 18: 85% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 48%)Green tip, week ending May 25: 97% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 72%)Green tip, week ending Jun 1: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)May 4May 11May 18May 25Jun 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 98% as of Jun 1.

Field progress

Pink, 2025

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

Maine strawberry pink, 20250%50%100%Pink, week ending May 18: 3% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 0%)Pink, week ending May 25: 23% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 10%)Pink, week ending Jun 1: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 40%)Pink, week ending Jun 8: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Pink, week ending Jun 15: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 90% as of Jun 15.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

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

Maine strawberry full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending Jun 8: 58% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 68%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 15: 83% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 96%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 22: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 99% as of Jun 22.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2025

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

Maine strawberry petal fall, 20250%50%100%Petal fall, week ending Jun 15: 23% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 84%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 22: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 29: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 29.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2025

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

Maine strawberry fruit set, 20250%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jul 6: 95% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 90%)Jul 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 95% as of Jul 6 (5-yr avg 92%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Maine strawberry harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 6: 47% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 61%)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 80% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 90% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 6Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Jul 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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