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New Jersey pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2026 New Jersey pepper crop for the week ending Aug 9, when 70% was good or excellent. Harvest is 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 9, 2026

Good to excellent · last reading

70%of the crop

Share of the 2026 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 9.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 20.

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, 2026

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, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 11%, Good 74%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 56%)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 9%, Good 80%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 68%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 70%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 66%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 79%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 80%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 81%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 83%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 14%, Good 81%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 18%, Good 78%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 78%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 16%, Good 78%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 17%, Good 73%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 86%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 17%, Good 72%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 22%, Good 65%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−10 pts — week ending Jun 14−10 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Jul 5Harvest beginsMay 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 70% good or excellent, week ending Aug 9. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2026

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

New Jersey pepper planted, 20260%50%100%Planted, week ending May 3: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 10: 31% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 30%)Planted, week ending May 17: 65% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 47%)Planted, week ending May 24: 73% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 63%)Planted, week ending May 31: 82% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 70%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 90% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 79%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 14.

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

New Jersey pepper harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 1% (5-yr avg —, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 10% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 20% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 30% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 38%)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 40% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 48%)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 50% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 55%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 60% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 70% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 70%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 73% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 20.

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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