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Rhode Island sweet corn crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Rhode Island sweet corn crop for the week ending Aug 17, when 100% was good or excellent, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 90% complete (five-year average 90%).

Last rated week ending Aug 17, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

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

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90%

Harvested

0 points against the five-year pace of 90%.

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, 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
Rhode Island sweet corn crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 75%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 70%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 60%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 3Harvest beginsJul 27Aug 3Aug 10Aug 17
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% 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.

Rhode Island sweet corn planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending May 11: 10% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 9%)Planted, week ending May 18: 50% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 19%)Planted, week ending May 25: 75% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 24%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 80% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 34%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 85% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 55%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 90% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 68%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 95% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 85%)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 98% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 95%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 98% as of Jun 29 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2025

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

Rhode Island sweet corn emerged, 20250%50%100%Emerged, week ending May 25: 0% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 1: 20% (5-yr avg 15%, last year 0%)Emerged, week ending Jun 8: 28% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 13%)Emerged, week ending Jun 15: 40% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 32%)Emerged, week ending Jun 22: 65% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 58%)Emerged, week ending Jun 29: 80% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 76%)Emerged, week ending Jul 6: 88% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 88%)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29Jul 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 88% as of Jul 6 (5-yr avg 89%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Rhode Island sweet corn harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 29% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 43% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 39%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 57% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 65% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 71% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 81% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 84% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 84%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 90% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 87%)Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 90% as of Sep 28 (5-yr avg 90%).

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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