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Massachusetts peach crop

USDA last rated the 2021 Massachusetts peach crop for the week ending Sep 5, when 100% was good or excellent, versus 60% at this point last year. 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 5, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 5.

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100%

Harvested

As of Oct 31.

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, 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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Massachusetts peach crop condition, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 25%, Fair 50%, Good 25%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 25% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 25%, Fair 50%, Good 25%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 25% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 25%, Fair 50%, Good 25%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 25% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 25%, Fair 50%, Good 25%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 25% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 50%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 50%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 40%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 90%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 20%, Excellent 80% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 58%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 9%, Excellent 91% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 60%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 5%, Excellent 95% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 60%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 18%, Excellent 82% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 60%)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 25%, Excellent 75% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 35%, Excellent 65% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 25Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 15USDA forecastJun 13Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Sep 5. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2021

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

Massachusetts peach green tip, 20210%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 11: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 18: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Green tip, week ending Apr 25: 23% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 2: 40% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 9: 80% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 16: 88% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 23: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 30: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending Jun 6: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 11Apr 25May 9May 23Jun 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of Jun 6.

Field progress

Pink, 2021

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

Massachusetts peach pink, 20210%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 25: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 2: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 9: 39% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 27%)Pink, week ending May 16: 67% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 73%)Pink, week ending May 23: 77% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 86%)Pink, week ending May 30: 82% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 93%)Pink, week ending Jun 6: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 25May 2May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 95% as of Jun 6.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2021

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

Massachusetts peach full bloom, 20210%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 9: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 16: 49% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 23: 62% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 47%)Full bloom, week ending May 30: 67% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 68%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 6: 70% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 75%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 13: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6Jun 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 13.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2021

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

Massachusetts peach petal fall, 20210%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 16: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 23: 46% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 30: 49% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 49%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 6: 55% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 55%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 13: 97% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 66%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 20: 100% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 76%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 27: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6Jun 13Jun 20Jun 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 27.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2021

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

Massachusetts peach fruit set, 20210%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 23: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 30: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 6: 12% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 27%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 13: 96% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 48%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 20: 98% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 61%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 27: 100% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 70%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 4: 100% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 72%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 11: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 18: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 25: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Fruit set, week ending Aug 1: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 23Jun 6Jun 20Jul 4Jul 18Aug 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Aug 1.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

Massachusetts peach harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 18: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 25: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 1: 20% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Aug 8: 35% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 21%)Harvested, week ending Aug 15: 42% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 25%)Harvested, week ending Aug 22: 61% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Aug 29: 75% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 58%)Harvested, week ending Sep 5: 90% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 64%)Harvested, week ending Sep 12: 95% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Sep 19: 100% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Sep 26: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Oct 3: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Harvested, week ending Oct 17: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 18Aug 1Aug 15Aug 29Sep 12Sep 26Oct 17Oct 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Oct 31.

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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