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New Jersey sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2026 New Jersey sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 23, when 93% was good or excellent. Harvest is 95% complete. USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2018, when the crop finished at 0.6 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Aug 23, 2026

Good to excellent · last reading

93%of the crop

Share of the 2026 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 23.

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95%

Harvested

As of Sep 27.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 23 — 5 weeks ago

New Jersey sweet corn rated 93% good to excellent

For the week ended Aug. 23, New Jersey rated 93% of its sweet corn crop good to excellent, unchanged from the prior week, with 72% good and 21% excellent. Planting reached 95% as of June 28, ahead of last year's 91%, and emergence hit 95% by July 12, ahead of both last year's 93% and the five-year average of 90%. Harvest reached 59% by Aug. 30, trailing last year's 65% at the same point. The next progress report will show whether harvest closes that gap.

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 sweet corn crop condition, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 86%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 14%, Good 72%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 23%, Good 64%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 74%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 8%, Good 85%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 71%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 5%, Good 81%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 6%, Good 71%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 4%, Good 81%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 88%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 4%, Good 81%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 83%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 3%, Good 72%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−15 pts — week ending Jul 5−15 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 9Harvest beginsJun 21Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 93% good or excellent, week ending Aug 23. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2026

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

New Jersey sweet corn planted, 20260%50%100%Planted, week ending May 3: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 10: 21% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 23%)Planted, week ending May 17: 37% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 34%)Planted, week ending May 24: 46% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 47%)Planted, week ending May 31: 63% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 57%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 71% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 68%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Planted, week ending Jun 28: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)May 3May 17May 31Jun 14Jun 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 28.

Field progress

Emerged, 2026

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

New Jersey sweet corn emerged, 20260%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 24: 14% (5-yr avg —, last year 23%)Emerged, week ending May 31: 34% (5-yr avg —, last year 37%)Emerged, week ending Jun 7: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year 51%)Emerged, week ending Jun 14: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Emerged, week ending Jun 21: 75% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 75%)Emerged, week ending Jun 28: 85% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 83%)Emerged, week ending Jul 5: 90% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 87%)Emerged, week ending Jul 12: 95% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 93%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28Jul 5Jul 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jul 12 (5-yr avg 90%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

New Jersey sweet corn harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year 49%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 69% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Aug 9Aug 16Aug 23Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 27.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2018

USDA published production estimates for New Jersey sweet corn through 2018 and has not surveyed the state since.

New Jersey sweet corn crop: final estimate by year00.20.40.60.8million cwt2016: no forecast · final 0.6 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 0.6 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 0.6 million cwt2018
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20180.6 million cwt$14M0.8%
20170.6 million cwt$18M0.8%
20160.6 million cwt$16M0.8%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2018. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

New Jersey sweet corn crop: fresh market vs processing00.20.40.6million cwt2010: fresh 0.5, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20102011: fresh 0.6, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20112012: fresh 0.6, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20122013: fresh 0.5, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20132014: fresh 0.5, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 0.5, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20152016: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20162017: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh2018
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

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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