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New Jersey pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2020 New Jersey pepper crop for the week ending Aug 16, when 79% was good or excellent, versus 67% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 16, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

79%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 Sep 27.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 9 — 7 weeks ago

New Jersey pepper condition eased in August

USDA rated New Jersey's pepper crop for the week ending August 9, when 70% of the crop was good to excellent, down 7 points from the prior week, with 8% rated poor. Planting had run ahead of last year, reaching 95% by June 14 versus 87% a year earlier. Harvest lagged by comparison: as of August 30, 73% of the crop was in, behind both the five-year average of 84% and last year's 76% at that point. The next condition report will show whether the slide in quality 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, 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.

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New Jersey pepper crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 50%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 53%, Excellent 36% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 88%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 95%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 81%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 14%, Good 79%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 5Harvest begins−12 pts — week ending Aug 16−12 ptsJun 28Jul 5Jul 12Jul 19Jul 26Aug 2Aug 9Aug 16
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 79% good or excellent, week ending Aug 16. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2020

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

New Jersey pepper planted, 20200%50%100%Planted, week ending May 31: 71% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 83%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 97% as of Jun 21.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

New Jersey pepper harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 14% (5-yr avg —, last year 22%)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 47% (5-yr avg —, last year 42%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 61% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 67% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 85% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 27.

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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