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Massachusetts sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Massachusetts sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 17, when 95% was good or excellent, versus 95% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 93% complete (five-year average 92%).

Last rated week ending Aug 17, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

95%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 17.

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93%

Harvested

+1 points against the five-year pace of 92%.

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, 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.

2026202520242023202220212020
Massachusetts sweet corn crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 83%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 70%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 63%, Excellent 27% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 65%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 3Harvest beginsJul 27Aug 3Aug 10Aug 17
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 95% good or excellent, week ending Aug 17. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

Massachusetts sweet corn planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending May 11: 9% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 18: 15% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 10%)Planted, week ending May 25: 27% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 22%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 50% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 33%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 70% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 55%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 84% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 75%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 90% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 87%)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 95% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 94%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 29 (5-yr avg 94%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2025

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

Massachusetts sweet corn emerged, 20250%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 25: 0% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 1: 20% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 8: 25% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 12%)Emerged, week ending Jun 15: 38% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 32%)Emerged, week ending Jun 22: 55% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 56%)Emerged, week ending Jun 29: 80% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 77%)Emerged, week ending Jul 6: 88% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 89%)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29Jul 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 88% as of Jul 6 (5-yr avg 87%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Massachusetts sweet corn harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 30% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 26%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 40%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 56% (5-yr avg —, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 67% (5-yr avg —, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 70% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 73% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 78% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 93% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 93%)Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 93% as of Sep 28 (5-yr avg 92%).

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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