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New Jersey sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2021 New Jersey sweet corn crop for the week ending Sep 5, when 82% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete (five-year average 72%). USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2018, when the crop finished at 0.6 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Sep 5, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

82%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 5.

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95%

Harvested

+23 points against the five-year pace of 72%.

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, 2021

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, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 8%, Good 71%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 72%, Excellent 22% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 76%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 7%, Good 71%, Excellent 22% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 7%, Good 59%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 36%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 4%, Poor 9%, Fair 19%, Good 63%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 54%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 12%, Good 55%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 51%, Excellent 28% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 11%, Good 49%, Excellent 33% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−28 pts — week ending Aug 8−28 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 15Harvest beginsJun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 82% good or excellent, week ending Sep 5. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2021

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

New Jersey sweet corn planted, 20210%50%100%Planted, week ending May 9: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 16: 26% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 23: 37% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 30: 42% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 6: 47% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 13: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Jun 20: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Jun 27: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 4: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 11: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 9May 23Jun 6Jun 20Jul 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jul 11.

Field progress

Emerged, 2021

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

New Jersey sweet corn emerged, 20210%50%100%Emerged, week ending Jun 6: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 13: 29% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 20: 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 27: 67% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Emerged, week ending Jul 4: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jul 11: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jul 18: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 6Jun 13Jun 20Jun 27Jul 4Jul 11Jul 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 99% as of Jul 18.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

New Jersey sweet corn harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 15: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Harvested, week ending Aug 22: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Aug 29: 90% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Sep 5: 95% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 85%)Aug 15Aug 22Aug 29Sep 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Sep 5 (5-yr avg 72%).

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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