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New Jersey pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2022 New Jersey pepper crop for the week ending Oct 2, when 43% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 97% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 2, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

43%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 2.

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97%

Harvested

As of Oct 2.

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 83%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 83%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 7%, Good 80%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 9%, Good 87%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 10%, Good 86%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 75%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 9%, Good 87%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 78%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 83%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 70%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 4%, Poor 7%, Fair 12%, Good 66%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 71%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 28%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 90%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 8%, Poor 12%, Fair 21%, Good 59%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 8%, Poor 12%, Fair 18%, Good 62%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 8%, Poor 13%, Fair 20%, Good 59%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 65%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 8%, Poor 12%, Fair 22%, Good 58%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 58% (5-yr avg —, last year 55%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 12%, Poor 12%, Fair 30%, Good 46%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg —, last year 59%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 12%, Poor 12%, Fair 32%, Good 44%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 44% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 12%, Poor 12%, Fair 32%, Good 44%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 44% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 12%, Poor 12%, Fair 32%, Good 44%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 44% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 12%, Poor 12%, Fair 33%, Good 43%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 43% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 10Harvest begins−14 pts — week ending Jul 24−14 ptsJun 5Jun 26Jul 17Aug 7Aug 28Sep 18
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 43% good or excellent, week ending Oct 2. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2022

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

New Jersey pepper planted, 20220%50%100%Planted, week ending May 8: 38% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 15: 63% (5-yr avg —, last year 48%)Planted, week ending May 22: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Planted, week ending May 29: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Planted, week ending Jun 5: 91% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 81%)Planted, week ending Jun 12: 94% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 86%)Planted, week ending Jun 19: 95% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 94%)May 8May 15May 22May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 19 (5-yr avg 93%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

New Jersey pepper harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 10: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 22%)Harvested, week ending Jul 17: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 30%)Harvested, week ending Jul 24: 32% (5-yr avg —, last year 40%)Harvested, week ending Jul 31: 35% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 45%)Harvested, week ending Aug 7: 69% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 61%)Harvested, week ending Aug 14: 75% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 73%)Harvested, week ending Aug 21: 82% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 85% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 89% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 99%)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 2: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 10Jul 24Aug 7Aug 21Sep 4Sep 18Oct 2
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 97% as of Oct 2.

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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