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Squash by state

13 states have USDA production forecasts or finals.

All states

Squash at a glance

Every state USDA reports, with the latest weekly rating and its most recent production numbers.

StateGood+excellentvs 5-yr avgHarvestedLatest forecast (million cwt)Last final
California————1.5 2025
Michigan————1.5 2025
Florida————1.1 2025
Georgia————0.6 2025
New York————0.6 2025
Oregon————0.5 2025
Ohio————0.3 2015
New Jersey————0.3 2025
North Carolina————0.3 2025
South Carolina————0.2 2015
Texas————0.1 2018
Tennessee————0.0 2015
Other states————0.0 2025

Dashes mean USDA does not publish that series for the state. Weekly ratings run April through November.

National record

US squash crop: forecast vs final

The national crop's first forecast against the final estimate, by year.

US squash crop: USDA first forecast vs final02.557.510million cwt2014: no forecast · final 6.0 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 6.0 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 8.2 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 8.0 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 7.4 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 7.3 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 6.6 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 7.0 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 6.6 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 6.0 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 6.2 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 6.4 million cwt2025
First forecastFinalFinal pending
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop value
20256.4 million cwt$229M
20246.2 million cwt$219M
20236.0 million cwt$235M
20226.6 million cwt$222M
20217.0 million cwt$220M
20206.6 million cwt$235M
20197.3 million cwt$234M
20187.4 million cwt$202M
20178.0 million cwt$236M
20168.2 million cwt$200M
20156.0 million cwt$174M
20146.0 million cwt$188M

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.

Updated September 29, 2026

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