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New Jersey pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2021 New Jersey pepper crop for the week ending Sep 5, when 59% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% complete.

Last rated week ending Sep 5, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

59%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 5.

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100%

Harvested

As of Sep 5.

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, 2021

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, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 14%, Good 77%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 73%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 74%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 79%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 82%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 4%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 71%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 4%, Poor 7%, Fair 11%, Good 71%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 4%, Poor 8%, Fair 18%, Good 56%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 4%, Poor 7%, Fair 18%, Good 57%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 4%, Poor 8%, Fair 18%, Good 57%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 23%, Good 65%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 4%, Poor 8%, Fair 23%, Good 65%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 5%, Poor 15%, Fair 25%, Good 55%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 4%, Poor 13%, Fair 24%, Good 57%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 4Harvest begins−20 pts — week ending Aug 8−20 ptsMay 30Jun 13Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 59% good or excellent, week ending Sep 5. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2021

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

New Jersey pepper planted, 20210%50%100%Planted, week ending May 9: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 16: 54% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 23: 71% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 30: 78% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 6: 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Planted, week ending Jun 13: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Planted, week ending Jun 20: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)May 9May 16May 23May 30Jun 6Jun 13Jun 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 20.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

New Jersey pepper harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 27: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 4: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Jul 11: 23% (5-yr avg —, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Jul 18: 31% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Jul 25: 41% (5-yr avg —, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Aug 1: 46% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Aug 8: 64% (5-yr avg —, last year 42%)Harvested, week ending Aug 15: 74% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 59%)Harvested, week ending Aug 22: 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Aug 29: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Sep 5: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Sep 5.

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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