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New Hampshire sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Hampshire sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 17, when 95% was good or excellent, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 97% complete.

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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97%

Harvested

As of Sep 28.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 16 — 6 weeks ago

New Hampshire sweet corn holds strong condition

New Hampshire sweet corn was rated 97% good to excellent for the week ending August 16, 2026, down 3 points from the prior week but still ahead of last year's 95% at the same point. The crop went in fast, with planting complete by mid-June versus a 75% last-year pace and an 86% five-year average, and emergence reached 99% by early July, also ahead of both benchmarks. Harvest had reached 75% by August 30, slightly ahead of last year's 72%. The next condition rating will show whether the late-season dip in the good-excellent share continued.

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
New Hampshire sweet corn crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 83%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 96%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 95%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 27Harvest begins−5 pts — week ending Aug 17−5 ptsJul 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.

New Hampshire sweet corn planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending May 11: 6% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 4%)Planted, week ending May 18: 42% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 38%)Planted, week ending May 25: 59% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 44%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 67% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 51%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 70% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 66%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 76% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 90% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 99% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 99% as of Jun 29 (5-yr avg 94%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2025

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

New Hampshire sweet corn emerged, 20250%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 25: 0% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 1: 5% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 20%)Emerged, week ending Jun 8: 25% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 50%)Emerged, week ending Jun 15: 25% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 89%)Emerged, week ending Jun 22: 44% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 97%)Emerged, week ending Jun 29: 90% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 98%)Emerged, week ending Jul 6: 91% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Emerged, week ending Jul 13: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29Jul 6Jul 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 100% as of Jul 13.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Hampshire sweet corn harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 30% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 48% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 74% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 84% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 90% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 95% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 97% as of Sep 28.

Utilization

Where the crop went

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

New Hampshire sweet corn crop: fresh market vs processing00.00.10.10.1million cwt2010: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20102011: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20112012: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20122013: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20132014: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 0.1, 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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