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Massachusetts peach crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Massachusetts peach crop for the week ending Sep 6, when 60% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% complete. USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 1.5 thousand tons.

Last rated week ending Sep 6, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

60%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 6.

–

100%

Harvested

As of Oct 11.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 9 — 7 weeks ago

Massachusetts peach crop rated strong as harvest wraps

Massachusetts peaches were rated 80% good to excellent for the week ending August 9, the most recent condition reading USDA has published, down 15 points from the prior week but above the five-year average of 64% and matching last year's mark for the same week. Poor ratings held at 10%. By August 30, harvest reached 98% complete, ahead of last year's 94% pace at that point in the season. Bloom, fruit set and petal fall stages had all finished on schedule earlier in the summer.

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, 2020

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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Massachusetts peach crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 80%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 42%, Good 58%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 58% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 2Harvest begins−32 pts — week ending Aug 2−32 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 16USDA forecastJun 21Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 60% good or excellent, week ending Sep 6. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2020

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

Massachusetts peach green tip, 20200%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 12: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 19: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 26: 100% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 16%)Green tip, week ending May 3: 100% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 33%)Green tip, week ending May 10: 100% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 38%)Green tip, week ending May 17: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 47%)Green tip, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Green tip, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 31.

Field progress

Pink, 2020

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

Massachusetts peach pink, 20200%50%100%Pink, week ending May 3: 20% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 5%)Pink, week ending May 10: 28% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 7%)Pink, week ending May 17: 80% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 23%)Pink, week ending May 24: 87% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 48%)Pink, week ending May 31: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 94% as of May 31.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2020

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

Massachusetts peach full bloom, 20200%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 17: 45% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 7%)Full bloom, week ending May 24: 47% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 10%)Full bloom, week ending May 31: 72% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 24%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 7: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 51%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 14: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 21: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)May 17May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 95% as of Jun 21.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2020

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

Massachusetts peach petal fall, 20200%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 24: 24% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 31: 53% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 7%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 7: 55% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 31%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 14: 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 54%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 21: 77% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 28: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Petal fall, week ending Jul 5: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28Jul 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 90% as of Jul 5.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2020

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

Massachusetts peach fruit set, 20200%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 31: 19% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 7: 28% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 7%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 14: 51% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 28%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 21: 63% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 64%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 28: 71% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 86%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 5: 72% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 12: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 19: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 97%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 26: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 96% as of Jul 26.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

Massachusetts peach harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 19% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 21% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 26% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 12%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 43% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 61% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 46%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 64% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 76% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 88% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 95% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20Oct 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Oct 11.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2015

USDA published production estimates for Massachusetts peach through 2015 and has not surveyed the state since.

Massachusetts peach crop: final estimate by year00.511.52thousand tons2010: no forecast · final 1.8 thousand tons20102011: no forecast · final 1.8 thousand tons20112012: no forecast · final 1.6 thousand tons20122013: no forecast · final 1.4 thousand tons20132014: no forecast · final 1.2 thousand tons20142015: no forecast · final 1.5 thousand tons2015
Crop yearFinal (thousand tons)Crop valueShare of US
20151.5 thousand tons$3M0.2%
20141.2 thousand tons$3M0.1%
20131.4 thousand tons$4M0.2%
20121.6 thousand tons$5M0.2%
20111.8 thousand tons$5M0.2%
20101.8 thousand tons$5M0.2%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2015. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

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

Massachusetts peach crop: fresh market vs processing00.511.5thousand tons2012: fresh 1.5, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 100% fresh20122013: fresh 1.3, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 98% fresh20132014: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 0% fresh20142015: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 0% 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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