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New Jersey sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Jersey sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 17, when 83% was good or excellent, versus 90% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 99% 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 Aug 17, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

83%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 17.

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99%

Harvested

As of Nov 16.

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, 2025

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, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 14%, Good 64%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 80%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 85%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 23%, Good 65%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 18%, Good 63%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 99%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 19%, Good 43%, Excellent 28% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 93%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 63%, Excellent 22% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 7%, Good 83%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 10%, Good 78%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 14%, Good 75%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)−22 pts — week ending Jul 6−22 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 10Harvest beginsJun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27Aug 10
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 83% good or excellent, week ending Aug 17. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

New Jersey sweet corn planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending May 4: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 11: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 24%)Planted, week ending May 18: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 42%)Planted, week ending May 25: 49% (5-yr avg —, last year 51%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 58% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 70% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 84%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 6: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Jul 6.

Field progress

Emerged, 2025

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

New Jersey sweet corn emerged, 20250%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 18: 11% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending May 25: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 1: 39% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 8: 53% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 15: 63% (5-yr avg —, last year 36%)Emerged, week ending Jun 22: 77% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 48%)Emerged, week ending Jun 29: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 63%)Emerged, week ending Jul 6: 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Emerged, week ending Jul 13: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Emerged, week ending Jul 20: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29Jul 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 97% as of Jul 20.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Jersey sweet corn harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 42%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 67% (5-yr avg —, last year 57%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 72% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 77% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Nov 16: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21Nov 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 99% as of Nov 16.

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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