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New Jersey sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2024 New Jersey sweet corn crop for the week ending Sep 8, when 76% was good or excellent, versus 75% at this point last year. 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 Sep 8, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

76%of the crop

Share of the 2024 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 8.

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96%

Harvested

As of Oct 20.

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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 20%, Good 72%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 99%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 5%, Good 90%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 91%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 59%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 80%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 15%, Good 73%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 7%, Good 82%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 6%, Good 85%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 99%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Week ending Sep 8: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 19%, Good 65%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 11Harvest begins−23 pts — week ending Sep 8−23 ptsJul 7Jul 21Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 76% good or excellent, week ending Sep 8. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

New Jersey sweet corn planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending May 5: 14% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Planted, week ending May 12: 26% (5-yr avg —, last year 29%)Planted, week ending May 19: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Planted, week ending May 26: 52% (5-yr avg —, last year 68%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 85% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 89%)May 5May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 85% as of Jun 9 (5-yr avg 54%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2024

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

New Jersey sweet corn emerged, 20240%50%100%Emerged, week ending Jun 9: 21% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Emerged, week ending Jun 16: 38% (5-yr avg —, last year 34%)Emerged, week ending Jun 23: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 56%)Emerged, week ending Jun 30: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Emerged, week ending Jul 7: 77% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Emerged, week ending Jul 14: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Emerged, week ending Jul 21: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23Jun 30Jul 7Jul 14Jul 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jul 21.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

New Jersey sweet corn harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 24% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 33% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 43% (5-yr avg —, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 49%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 64%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 77% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Oct 6: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 13: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 20: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Aug 11Aug 25Sep 8Sep 22Oct 6Oct 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of Oct 20.

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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