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Vermont strawberry crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Vermont strawberry crop for the week ending Jul 6, when 81% was good or excellent, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 98% complete.

Last rated week ending Jul 6, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

81%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jul 6.

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98%

Harvested

As of Jul 27.

Analysis

Week ending Jul 12 — 11 weeks ago

Vermont strawberries held at 64% good to excellent

USDA rated Vermont's strawberry crop for the week ending July 12, 2026, the most recent reading published for the state. Good-to-excellent condition stood at 64%, unchanged from the prior week, while 12% of the crop was rated very poor. Growth had moved fast: planting, green tip, pink, full bloom and petal fall were each complete, with fruit set at 99% by July 19 and harvest finished by August 2. No five-year-average or year-ago figures were available for comparison. The next USDA condition rating will show whether the 64% mark held into harvest.

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
Vermont strawberry crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 4%, Good 73%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 12%, Good 51%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 29Harvest begins−12 pts — week ending Jul 6−12 ptsJun 22Jun 29Jul 6
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 81% good or excellent, week ending Jul 6. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2025

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

Vermont strawberry green tip, 20250%50%100%Green tip, week ending May 4: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Green tip, week ending May 11: 96% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 18: 98% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 25: 99% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending Jun 1: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 4May 11May 18May 25Jun 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of Jun 1.

Field progress

Pink, 2025

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

Vermont strawberry pink, 20250%50%100%Pink, week ending May 18: 18% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 57%)Pink, week ending May 25: 31% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 86%)Pink, week ending Jun 1: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Pink, week ending Jun 8: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Pink, week ending Jun 15: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 15.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

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

Vermont strawberry full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending Jun 8: 20% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 15: 80% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 22: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 97% as of Jun 22.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2025

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

Vermont strawberry petal fall, 20250%50%100%Petal fall, week ending Jun 15: 21% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 98%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 22: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 29: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 97% as of Jun 29.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2025

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

Vermont strawberry fruit set, 20250%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jun 29: 36% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 6: 96% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Jun 29Jul 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 96% as of Jul 6 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Vermont strawberry harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 29: 30% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Jul 6: 51% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 77% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 96% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 98%)Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 29Jul 6Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 98% as of Jul 27.

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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