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Maine sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2021 Maine sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 15, when 50% was good or excellent, versus 99% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 94% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 15, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

50%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 15.

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94%

Harvested

As of Sep 26.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 6 — 3 weeks ago

Maine sweet corn holds steady at 66% good

Maine's sweet corn crop rated 66% good to excellent for the week ending September 6, unchanged from the prior week, with 11% rated poor and none very poor. Planting reached 95% as of mid-June, ahead of the five-year average of 91% though behind last year's 97%. Emergence hit 100%, above both the five-year average of 96% and last year's 99%. Harvest reached 70% by September 13, trailing the five-year average pace of 75% but running slightly ahead of last year's 69% at the same point.

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, 2021

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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Maine sweet corn crop condition, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 50%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 63%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 75%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 50%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 71%, Excellent 29% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 93%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 97%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 18Harvest begins−50 pts — week ending Aug 1−50 ptsJun 27Jul 4Jul 11Jul 18Jul 25Aug 1Aug 8Aug 15
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 50% good or excellent, week ending Aug 15. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2021

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

Maine sweet corn planted, 20210%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 25: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 9: 3% (5-yr avg 7%, last year 4%)Planted, week ending May 16: 12% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 14%)Planted, week ending May 23: 17% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 72%)Planted, week ending May 30: 25% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 85%)Planted, week ending Jun 6: 36% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 88%)Planted, week ending Jun 13: 70% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 92%)Planted, week ending Jun 20: 80% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jun 27: 85% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 97%)Planted, week ending Jul 4: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Jul 11: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Jul 18: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 25May 9May 23Jun 6Jun 20Jul 4Jul 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 18.

Field progress

Emerged, 2021

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

Maine sweet corn emerged, 20210%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 16: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending May 23: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Emerged, week ending May 30: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 4%)Emerged, week ending Jun 6: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 11%)Emerged, week ending Jun 13: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 26%)Emerged, week ending Jun 20: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 38%)Emerged, week ending Jun 27: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 53%)Emerged, week ending Jul 4: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Emerged, week ending Jul 11: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)May 16May 30Jun 13Jun 27Jul 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 100% as of Jul 11.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

Maine sweet corn harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 27: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 4: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 11: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 18: 5% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Jul 25: 5% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Aug 1: 7% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 15%)Harvested, week ending Aug 8: 17% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Aug 15: 25% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 31%)Harvested, week ending Aug 22: 33% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 40%)Harvested, week ending Aug 29: 48% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 57%)Harvested, week ending Sep 5: 66% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 75%)Harvested, week ending Sep 12: 72% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Sep 19: 93% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Sep 26: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5Sep 19
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 94% as of Sep 26.

Utilization

Where the crop went

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

Maine sweet corn crop: fresh market vs processing00.10.10.2million cwt2010: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20102011: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20112012: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20122013: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20132014: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh2015
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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