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Rhode Island sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Rhode Island sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 25, when 100% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 87% complete (five-year average 92%).

Last rated week ending Aug 25, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

Share of the 2024 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 25.

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87%

Harvested

−5 points against the five-year pace of 92%.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 16 — 6 weeks ago

Rhode Island sweet corn rated fully good to excellent

USDA rated Rhode Island's sweet corn 100% good to excellent for the week ending August 16, 2026, up 10 points from the prior week and level with last year's mark for the same week. The crop got off to a fast start, with planting complete by June 14 versus the five-year average of 80%, and emergence complete by July 5 against a 92% average. Harvest, though, has lagged that early pace: as of August 30 growers had cut 55% of the crop, behind both the five-year average of 60% and last year's 64% at the same point.

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
Rhode Island sweet corn crop condition, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 70%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 70%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 65%, Excellent 35% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 60%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 11Harvest beginsAug 4Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Aug 25. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

Rhode Island sweet corn planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 28: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 5: 0% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 6%)Planted, week ending May 12: 10% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 10%)Planted, week ending May 19: 20% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 21%)Planted, week ending May 26: 25% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 39%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 35% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 63%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 58% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 81%)Planted, week ending Jun 16: 70% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 92%)Planted, week ending Jun 23: 87% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 99%)Planted, week ending Jun 30: 96% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Apr 21May 5May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 96% as of Jun 30 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2024

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

Rhode Island sweet corn emerged, 20240%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 7%)Emerged, week ending May 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Emerged, week ending Jun 2: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 26%)Emerged, week ending Jun 9: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 43%)Emerged, week ending Jun 16: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Emerged, week ending Jun 23: 62% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Emerged, week ending Jun 30: 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Emerged, week ending Jul 7: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Emerged, week ending Jul 14: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jul 21: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 100% as of Jul 21.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Rhode Island sweet corn harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 0% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 27% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 49%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 41% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 54%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 59% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 58%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 68% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 62%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 72% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 78% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 69%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 85% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 87% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 87%)Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 87% as of Sep 29 (5-yr avg 92%).

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

Rhode Island sweet corn crop: fresh market vs processing00.00.00.10.1million cwt2010: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20102011: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20112012: fresh 0.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20122014: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh2014
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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