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Massachusetts peach crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Massachusetts peach crop for the week ending Sep 17, when 100% 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 17, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 17.

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100%

Harvested

As of Oct 15.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 30%, Poor 25%, Fair 25%, Good 20%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 20% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 25%, Good 65%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 24%, Good 66%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 70%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 20%, Poor 29%, Fair 10%, Good 41%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 41% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 74%, Poor 19%, Fair 7%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 74%, Poor 19%, Fair 7%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 60%, Poor 35%, Fair 5%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 40%, Poor 45%, Fair 10%, Good 5%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 5% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 60%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 35%, Poor 45%, Fair 14%, Good 6%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 6% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 72%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 25%, Excellent 75% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 25%, Excellent 75% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−41 pts — week ending Jul 16−41 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Aug 13Harvest beginsJun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 6Sep 10
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Sep 17. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2023

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

Massachusetts peach green tip, 20230%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 16: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Green tip, week ending Apr 23: 16% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 24%)Green tip, week ending Apr 30: 38% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 38%)Green tip, week ending May 7: 60% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 66%)Green tip, week ending May 14: 90% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 89%)Green tip, week ending May 21: 94% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 99%)Green tip, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 28 (5-yr avg 91%).

Field progress

Pink, 2023

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

Massachusetts peach pink, 20230%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 30: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Pink, week ending May 7: 30% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 21%)Pink, week ending May 14: 55% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 52%)Pink, week ending May 21: 75% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 84%)Pink, week ending May 28: 95% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 98%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 95% as of May 28 (5-yr avg 79%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

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

Massachusetts peach full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 14: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 39%)Full bloom, week ending May 21: 45% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 75%)Full bloom, week ending May 28: 75% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 92%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 99%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 11: 100% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 79%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

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

Massachusetts peach petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 14: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 13%)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 58%)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 40% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 83%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 4: 75% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 95%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 11: 95% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 99%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 18: 100% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 18 (5-yr avg 79%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

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

Massachusetts peach fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 28: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 40% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 49%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 70% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 73%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 89% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 97%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 25: 95% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 9: 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 16: 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)May 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 16 (5-yr avg 93%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Massachusetts peach harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 16: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Jul 23: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 0% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 10%)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 0% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 21% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 37% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 42% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 45% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 91%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 50% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 99%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 9Jul 23Aug 6Sep 3Sep 17Oct 1Oct 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Oct 15.

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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