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New Jersey blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2020 New Jersey blueberry crop for the week ending Aug 16, when 40% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 16, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

40%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 16.

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95%

Harvested

As of Aug 23.

Analysis

Week ending Jul 5 — 12 weeks ago

New Jersey blueberry condition dropped well below last year

New Jersey's blueberry crop was rated 26% good to excellent for the week ending July 5, 2026, the most recent condition reading USDA has published for the state. That share was down 14 points from the prior week and far below the 50% good-to-excellent rating reported the same week last year. Poor and very poor ratings together made up 37% of the crop, and none was rated excellent. Harvest, by contrast, moved ahead of last year's pace, reaching 95% complete by the week ending July 26 versus 62% complete at the same point last year.

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, 2020

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 Jersey blueberry crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 75%, Good 25%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 25% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 60%, Good 40%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 51%, Good 49%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 49% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 60%, Good 40%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 60%, Good 40%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 73%, Good 19%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 27% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 60%, Good 27%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−75 pts — week ending Jul 5−75 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 9Harvest beginsApr 5Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 40% good or excellent, week ending Aug 16. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2020

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

New Jersey blueberry green tip, 20200%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 5: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 0% as of Apr 5.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

New Jersey blueberry harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Aug 23.

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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