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New Jersey pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2024 New Jersey pepper crop for the week ending Aug 4, when 62% was good or excellent, 10 points below the five-year average of 72%, versus 71% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 4, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

62%of the crop

10 points below the five-year average for this week, and 71% a year ago.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 15.

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, 2024

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 pepper crop condition, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 89%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 90%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 74%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 18%, Good 75%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 77%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 12%, Good 79%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 67%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 5%, Poor 9%, Fair 21%, Good 62%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 69%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 8%, Poor 11%, Fair 18%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 9%, Poor 11%, Fair 19%, Good 60%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 60%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 8%, Poor 11%, Fair 18%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 72%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 8%, Poor 11%, Fair 19%, Good 61%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 71%)−15 pts — week ending Jun 16−15 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Jun 30Harvest beginsJun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14Jul 28
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 62% good or excellent, week ending Aug 4. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

New Jersey pepper planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending May 5: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 31%)Planted, week ending May 12: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Planted, week ending May 19: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Planted, week ending May 26: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 80% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 89%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 90% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 94%)Planted, week ending Jun 16: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 5May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 16.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

New Jersey pepper harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 23: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jun 30: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 7: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Jul 14: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Jul 21: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Jul 28: 44% (5-yr avg 26%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 53% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 62% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 54%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 68% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 75% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 80% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Jun 23Jul 7Jul 21Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 15.

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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