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Maine sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Maine sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 17, when 33% was good or excellent, versus 99% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 90% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 17, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

33%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 17.

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90%

Harvested

As of Sep 28.

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, 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 sweet corn crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 77%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 24%, Good 64%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 97%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 26%, Good 57%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 66%, Good 31%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 33% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 27Harvest begins−35 pts — week ending Aug 17−35 ptsJul 27Aug 3Aug 10Aug 17
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 33% good or excellent, week ending Aug 17. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

Maine sweet corn planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending May 11: 4% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 18: 35% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 15%)Planted, week ending May 25: 40% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 45%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 78% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 76%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 95% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 89%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 97% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 94%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 99% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 99%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jun 29 (5-yr avg 97%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2025

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

Maine sweet corn emerged, 20250%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 25: 2% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 1: 30% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 2%)Emerged, week ending Jun 8: 48% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 17%)Emerged, week ending Jun 15: 84% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 50%)Emerged, week ending Jun 22: 95% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 64%)Emerged, week ending Jun 29: 97% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 86%)Emerged, week ending Jul 6: 99% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 99%)Emerged, week ending Jul 13: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29Jul 6Jul 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 100% as of Jul 13.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Maine sweet corn harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 1% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 9% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 18%)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 21% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 22%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 46% (5-yr avg —, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 53% (5-yr avg —, last year 63%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 58% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 60% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 70% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 80% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 90% as of Sep 28.

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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