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Maine sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Maine sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 25, when 99% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 25, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

99%of the crop

Share of the 2024 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 25.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 29.

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, 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.

2026202520242023202220212020
Maine sweet corn crop condition, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 88%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 94%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 37%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 48%, Excellent 46% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 39%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 40%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 28Harvest beginsJul 28Aug 4Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 99% good or excellent, week ending Aug 25. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

Maine sweet corn planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 5: 0% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 5%)Planted, week ending May 12: 0% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 20%)Planted, week ending May 19: 18% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 28%)Planted, week ending May 26: 50% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 51%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 80% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 71%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 90% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 88%)Planted, week ending Jun 16: 95% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 97%)Planted, week ending Jun 23: 95% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 99%)Planted, week ending Jun 30: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Apr 21May 5May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jun 30 (5-yr avg 98%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2024

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

Maine sweet corn emerged, 20240%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 8%)Emerged, week ending May 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Emerged, week ending Jun 2: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 34%)Emerged, week ending Jun 9: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year 47%)Emerged, week ending Jun 16: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Emerged, week ending Jun 23: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Emerged, week ending Jun 30: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Emerged, week ending Jul 7: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Emerged, week ending Jul 14: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 100% as of Jul 14.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Maine sweet corn harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 28: 5% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 20% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 26%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 22% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 33%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 46% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 66% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 73% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 74% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 64%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 80% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 90% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 87%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Jul 28Aug 11Aug 25Sep 8Sep 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 29.

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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