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New Jersey pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Jersey pepper crop for the week ending Aug 3, when 81% was good or excellent, 11 points above the five-year average of 70%, versus 62% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 3, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

81%of the crop

11 points above the five-year average for this week, and 62% a year ago.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 21.

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, 2025

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, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 41%, Good 56%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year 97%)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 29%, Good 67%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 29%, Good 64%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 77%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 79%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 17%, Good 83%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 79%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 21%, Good 69%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 20%, Good 64%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 63%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 15%, Good 47%, Excellent 34% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 61%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 67%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 63%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 16%, Good 76%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 62%)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 29Harvest begins−7 pts — week ending Jul 6−7 ptsJun 1Jun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 81% good or excellent, week ending Aug 3. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

New Jersey pepper planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending May 4: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 11: 32% (5-yr avg —, last year 36%)Planted, week ending May 18: 49% (5-yr avg —, last year 53%)Planted, week ending May 25: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 71% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 79%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 80% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 89%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 6: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 99% as of Jul 6.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Jersey pepper harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 29: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Jul 6: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 8% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 25% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 34%)Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 40% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 49% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 52%)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 56% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 61%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 66% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 71% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 77% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 82% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 21.

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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