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Oregon onion crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Oregon onion crop for the week ending Sep 20, when 84% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Sep 20, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

84%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 20.

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95%

Harvested

As of Oct 25.

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2020

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.

202520242023202220212020
Oregon onion crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 26: Very poor 4%, Poor 12%, Fair 29%, Good 39%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending May 3: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 24%, Good 58%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Week ending May 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 23%, Good 58%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg —, last year 58%)Week ending May 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 20%, Good 65%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg —, last year 64%)Week ending May 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 55%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Week ending May 31: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 15%, Good 55%, Excellent 23% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 12%, Good 55%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 12%, Good 53%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 57%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 12%, Good 60%, Excellent 23% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 12%, Good 60%, Excellent 23% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 53%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 3%, Poor 3%, Fair 13%, Good 63%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 52%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 15%, Good 53%, Excellent 29% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 53%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 51%, Excellent 36% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 77%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 13%, Good 66%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 14%, Good 66%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 17%, Good 58%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 52%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 10%, Fair 13%, Good 58%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 58%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 11%, Good 69%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 53%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 11%, Good 69%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 54%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 10%, Good 70%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 53%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 10%, Good 71%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg —, last year 54%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 9%, Good 70%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−7 pts — week ending May 31−7 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 2Harvest beginsApr 26May 17Jun 7Jun 28Jul 19Aug 9Aug 30Sep 20
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 84% good or excellent, week ending Sep 20. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2020

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

Oregon onion planted, 20200%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 5: 59% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Planted, week ending Apr 12: 70% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 41%)Planted, week ending Apr 19: 90% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 54%)Planted, week ending Apr 26: 95% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 74%)Apr 5Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of Apr 26 (5-yr avg 55%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2020

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

Oregon onion emerged, 20200%50%100%Emerged, week ending Apr 12: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Apr 19: 42% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Apr 26: 71% (5-yr avg —, last year 34%)Emerged, week ending May 3: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 47%)Emerged, week ending May 10: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 66%)Emerged, week ending May 17: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Emerged, week ending May 24: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 3May 10May 17May 24
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of May 24.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

Oregon onion harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 9% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 13% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 22% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 28%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 29% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 35% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 59%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 42% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 72%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 50% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 70% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 75% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Oct 18: 87% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27Oct 11Oct 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Oct 25.

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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