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New Jersey pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2023 New Jersey pepper crop for the week ending Aug 20, when 64% was good or excellent, versus 59% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 97% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 20, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

64%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 20.

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97%

Harvested

As of Sep 17.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 55%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 88%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 7%, Good 81%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 67%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 20%, Good 66%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 26%, Good 67%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 86%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 24%, Good 68%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 3%, Poor 8%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 91%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 4%, Poor 13%, Fair 23%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 77%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 4%, Poor 7%, Fair 17%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 72%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 4%, Poor 9%, Fair 16%, Good 70%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg —, last year 59%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 4%, Poor 12%, Fair 18%, Good 64%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 4%, Poor 11%, Fair 21%, Good 62%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg —, last year 59%)−12 pts — week ending Jun 4−12 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Jul 9Harvest beginsMay 28Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 6Aug 20
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 64% good or excellent, week ending Aug 20. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2023

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

New Jersey pepper planted, 20230%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 30: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 7: 36% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 14: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 59%)Planted, week ending May 21: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 65%)Planted, week ending May 28: 86% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Planted, week ending Jun 4: 90% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Jun 11: 95% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 94%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 86%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

New Jersey pepper harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 9: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 16: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Jul 23: 19% (5-yr avg —, last year 30%)Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 41% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 50% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 64%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 56% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 70% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 81%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 88% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 89% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Jul 2Jul 16Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 97% as of Sep 17.

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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