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Massachusetts sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Massachusetts sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 25, when 100% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 93% complete (five-year average 93%).

Last rated week ending Aug 25, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

Share of the 2024 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 25.

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93%

Harvested

0 points against the five-year pace of 93%.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 23 — 5 weeks ago

Massachusetts sweet corn rated fully good to excellent

Massachusetts sweet corn was rated 100% good to excellent for the week ending August 23, 2026, up 5 points from the previous week. Planting finished at 100%, well ahead of the five-year average of 83% and last year's 82% pace. Emergence reached 96%, also ahead of the 93% five-year average and 87% a year earlier. Harvest, though, lagged: as of August 30 only 55% of the crop was in, behind last year's 65% pace at the same point. With the crop rated strongly but harvest running slower than last year, the coming weeks of picking bear watching.

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, 2024

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
Massachusetts sweet corn crop condition, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 70%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 60%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 59%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 65%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 65%, Excellent 35% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 11Harvest begins−10 pts — week ending Aug 11−10 ptsAug 4Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Aug 25. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

Massachusetts sweet corn planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 5: 0% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 7%)Planted, week ending May 12: 0% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 11%)Planted, week ending May 19: 12% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 23%)Planted, week ending May 26: 24% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 42%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 35% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 64%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 58% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 77%)Planted, week ending Jun 16: 78% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Jun 23: 88% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 99%)Planted, week ending Jun 30: 95% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Apr 21May 5May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 30 (5-yr avg 93%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2024

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

Massachusetts sweet corn emerged, 20240%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 1%)Emerged, week ending May 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Emerged, week ending Jun 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 28%)Emerged, week ending Jun 9: 14% (5-yr avg —, last year 53%)Emerged, week ending Jun 16: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Emerged, week ending Jun 23: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Emerged, week ending Jun 30: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Emerged, week ending Jul 7: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Emerged, week ending Jul 14: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jul 14.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Massachusetts sweet corn harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 0% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 29%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 30% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 42% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 58% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 67% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 72% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 78% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 70%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 90% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 93% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 87%)Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 93% as of Sep 29 (5-yr avg 93%).

Utilization

Where the crop went

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

Massachusetts sweet corn crop: fresh market vs processing00.10.20.30.4million cwt2010: fresh 0.4, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20102011: fresh 0.3, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20112012: fresh 0.3, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20122013: fresh 0.3, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20132014: fresh 0.3, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 0.3, 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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