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New Jersey sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2023 New Jersey sweet corn crop for the week ending Sep 24, when 96% was good or excellent, versus 60% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 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 Sep 24, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

96%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 24.

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95%

Harvested

As of Oct 1.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 73%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 31%, Good 52%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 78%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 89%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 56%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 41%, Good 55%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 30%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 88%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 54%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 11%, Good 67%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 53%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 15%, Good 65%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 98%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 6%, Good 88%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 17%, Good 69%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 16%, Good 69%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 95%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)−39 pts — week ending Jul 30−39 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 20Harvest beginsJul 2Jul 16Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 96% good or excellent, week ending Sep 24. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2023

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

New Jersey sweet corn planted, 20230%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 30: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 7: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 14: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 38%)Planted, week ending May 21: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)Planted, week ending May 28: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 63%)Planted, week ending Jun 4: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Planted, week ending Jun 11: 90% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 72%)Planted, week ending Jun 18: 95% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 79%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jun 18 (5-yr avg 59%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2023

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

New Jersey sweet corn emerged, 20230%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 4: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 11: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 18: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 25: 62% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Emerged, week ending Jul 2: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 83%)Emerged, week ending Jul 9: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Emerged, week ending Jul 16: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Emerged, week ending Jul 23: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)May 28Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jul 23.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

New Jersey sweet corn harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 28% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 46% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Aug 20Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Oct 1.

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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