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New Jersey sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2020 New Jersey sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 16, when 82% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 96% complete (five-year average 84%). 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 16, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

82%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 16.

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96%

Harvested

+12 points against the five-year pace of 84%.

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, 2020

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 sweet corn crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 60%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 25%, Good 56%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 28%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 23%, Good 77%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 22%, Good 78%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 26%, Good 74%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 68%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 64%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jul 5Harvest begins−13 pts — week ending Jul 5−13 ptsJun 28Jul 5Jul 12Jul 19Jul 26Aug 2Aug 9Aug 16
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 82% good or excellent, week ending Aug 16. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2020

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

New Jersey sweet corn planted, 20200%50%100%Planted, week ending Jun 7: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 58%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 64%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 0% as of Jun 21.

Field progress

Emerged, 2020

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

New Jersey sweet corn emerged, 20200%50%100%Emerged, week ending Jun 7: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 14: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 28: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 80% as of Jun 28.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

New Jersey sweet corn harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 6% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 34% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 83% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 26%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 85% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 57%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 90% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 96% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 93%)Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of Sep 20 (5-yr avg 84%).

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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