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Massachusetts peach crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Massachusetts peach crop for the week ending Aug 10, when 80% was good or excellent, 20 points above the five-year average of 60%, versus 60% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete (five-year average 81%). USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 1.5 thousand tons.

Last rated week ending Aug 10, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

80%of the crop

20 points above the five-year average for this week, and 60% a year ago.

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100%

Harvested

+19 points against the five-year pace of 81%.

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, 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.

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Massachusetts peach crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 40%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 70%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 50%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 10%, Good 40%, Excellent 49% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 40%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 40%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 45%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 65%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 10%, Good 40%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 65%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 10%, Good 30%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 60%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 6Harvest begins−15 pts — week ending Aug 3−15 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 10USDA forecastJun 22Jun 29Jul 6Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27Aug 3Aug 10
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 80% good or excellent, week ending Aug 10. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2025

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

Massachusetts peach green tip, 20250%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 13: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 20: 40% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 42%)Green tip, week ending Apr 27: 65% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 64%)Green tip, week ending May 4: 95% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 88%)Green tip, week ending May 11: 100% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 99%)Green tip, week ending May 18: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27May 4May 11May 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 18 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Pink, 2025

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

Massachusetts peach pink, 20250%50%100%Pink, week ending May 4: 30% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 21%)Pink, week ending May 11: 65% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 46%)Pink, week ending May 18: 95% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 72%)Pink, week ending May 25: 98% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 95%)Pink, week ending Jun 1: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 4May 11May 18May 25Jun 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 99% as of Jun 1.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

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

Massachusetts peach full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 11: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 18: 79% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 47%)Full bloom, week ending May 25: 88% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 77%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 1: 97% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 89%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 8: 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 94%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 8 (5-yr avg 90%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2025

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

Massachusetts peach petal fall, 20250%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 25: 30% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 38%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 1: 79% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 47%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 8: 94% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 75%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 15: 98% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 97%)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 98% as of Jun 15 (5-yr avg 92%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2025

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

Massachusetts peach fruit set, 20250%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jun 1: 30% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 23%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 8: 74% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 57%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 15: 94% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 90%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 22: 98% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 98%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 29: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jun 29.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Massachusetts peach harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 6: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 19% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 25% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 40% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 46%)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 50% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 99% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 100% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 99%)Jul 6Jul 20Aug 3Aug 17Aug 31Sep 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Sep 14 (5-yr avg 81%).

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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