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New Jersey sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2022 New Jersey sweet corn crop for the week ending Oct 2, when 52% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 96% 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 Oct 2, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

52%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 2.

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96%

Harvested

As of Sep 25.

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 92%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 84%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 8%, Good 88%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 8%, Good 85%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 92%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 22%, Good 74%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 4%, Poor 10%, Fair 30%, Good 44%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 62%, Good 30%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 30% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 4%, Poor 12%, Fair 30%, Good 50%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 4%, Poor 12%, Fair 31%, Good 49%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 4%, Poor 9%, Fair 25%, Good 62%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 4%, Poor 11%, Fair 39%, Good 46%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 4%, Poor 11%, Fair 39%, Good 46%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 16%, Fair 38%, Good 46%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 15%, Fair 25%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 15%, Fair 25%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 16%, Fair 32%, Good 52%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 52% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−26 pts — week ending Jul 31−26 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 4Harvest beginsJun 5Jun 26Jul 17Aug 7Aug 28Sep 18
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 52% good or excellent, week ending Oct 2. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2022

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

New Jersey sweet corn planted, 20220%50%100%Planted, week ending May 8: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 15: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 23%)Planted, week ending May 22: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 35%)Planted, week ending May 29: 66% (5-yr avg —, last year 41%)Planted, week ending Jun 5: 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Planted, week ending Jun 12: 73% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 50%)Planted, week ending Jun 19: 80% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 71%)Planted, week ending Jun 26: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Planted, week ending Jul 3: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Planted, week ending Jul 10: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jul 17: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 8May 22Jun 5Jun 19Jul 3Jul 17
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 96% as of Jul 17.

Field progress

Emerged, 2022

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

New Jersey sweet corn emerged, 20220%50%100%Emerged, week ending Jun 19: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 55%)Emerged, week ending Jun 26: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 66%)Emerged, week ending Jul 3: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Emerged, week ending Jul 10: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Emerged, week ending Jul 17: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Emerged, week ending Jul 24: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 19Jun 26Jul 3Jul 10Jul 17Jul 24
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 96% as of Jul 24.

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

New Jersey sweet corn harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 82% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Sep 4Sep 11Sep 18Sep 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of Sep 25.

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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