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New York sweet corn crop

Harvest is 90% complete (five-year average 85%). The 2025 crop finished at 2.2 million cwt.

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90%

Harvested

+5 points against the five-year pace of 85%.

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2.2

million cwt, 2025 final

Final USDA estimate.

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2026

No weekly ratings published for 2026.

Field progress

Planted, 2026

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

New York sweet corn planted, 20260%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 5: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 12: 0% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 2%)Planted, week ending Apr 19: 2% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 3%)Planted, week ending Apr 26: 4% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 4%)Planted, week ending May 3: 8% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 7%)Planted, week ending May 10: 10% (5-yr avg 12%, last year 11%)Planted, week ending May 17: 14% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 18%)Planted, week ending May 24: 23% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 24%)Planted, week ending May 31: 32% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 32%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 40% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 37%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 49% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 48%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 60% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 53%)Planted, week ending Jun 28: 71% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 68%)Planted, week ending Jul 5: 75% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 72%)Planted, week ending Jul 12: 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Planted, week ending Jul 19: 91% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Jul 26: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Apr 5Apr 26May 17Jun 7Jun 28Jul 19
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 98% as of Jul 26.

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

New York sweet corn harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 5% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 10% (5-yr avg 15%, last year 10%)Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 19% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 31% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 26%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 40% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 33%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 45% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 62% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 55%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 73% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 85% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 87% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 81%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 90% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 86%)Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 90% as of Sep 27 (5-yr avg 85%).

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2025

USDA published production estimates for New York sweet corn through 2025 and has not surveyed the state since.

New York sweet corn crop: final estimate by year01234million cwt2016: no forecast · final 2.5 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 3.3 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 2.8 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 3.4 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 2.7 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 2.9 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 2.4 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 2.3 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 2.8 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 2.2 million cwt2025
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20252.2 million cwt$37M3.8%
20242.8 million cwt$31M5.2%
20232.3 million cwt$41M3.8%
20222.4 million cwt$38M4.0%
20212.9 million cwt$39M4.8%
20202.7 million cwt$35M4.4%
20193.4 million cwt$40M5.5%
20182.8 million cwt$36M3.8%
20173.3 million cwt$32M4.4%
20162.5 million cwt$49M3.5%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2025. 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 York sweet corn crop: fresh market vs processing00.511.52million cwt2014: fresh 1.8, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 1.4, 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% fresh20182019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh2025
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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