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Arkansas sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Arkansas sweet potato crop for the week ending Sep 28, when 51% was good or excellent, versus 81% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 99% complete. USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2018, when the crop finished at 1.1 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Sep 28, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

51%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 28.

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99%

Harvested

As of Nov 23.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Arkansas sweet potatoes rated far ahead of last year

Arkansas sweet potatoes were rated 84% good to excellent for the week ending Sept. 27, down 1 point from the prior week but far above the 51% mark recorded at the same point last year. Fair-rated acreage stood at 16%, with none rated poor or very poor. Harvest reached 39% complete, trailing last year's 51% pace for this date. Planting had wrapped up at 100% back in mid-July. With harvest running behind last year, the coming weeks of digging will show whether that pace narrows before the season's next condition report.

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.

202620252024
Arkansas sweet potato crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 45%, Fair 50%, Good 5%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 47%, Fair 52%, Good 1%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 1% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 42%, Fair 48%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 40%, Fair 50%, Good 10%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 47%, Good 51%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 40%, Good 52%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 52% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 49%, Good 45%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 45% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 51%, Good 39%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 49%, Good 51%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 58%, Good 42%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 58%, Good 37%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 37% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 53%, Good 46%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 53%, Good 37%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 37% (5-yr avg —, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 45%, Good 54%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 88%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 32%, Good 68%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 9%, Fair 35%, Good 56%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 18%, Fair 35%, Good 47%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Week ending Sep 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 50%, Good 40%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Week ending Sep 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 48%, Good 51%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Harvest begins — week ending Sep 7Harvest begins−12 pts — week ending Sep 7−12 ptsMay 25Jun 15Jul 6Jul 27Aug 17Sep 7Sep 28
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 51% good or excellent, week ending Sep 28. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

Arkansas sweet potato planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 20: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 27: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 4: 37% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 11: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 18: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 25: 50% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 68% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 72% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 86% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 6: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jul 13: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 20May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29Jul 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 13.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Arkansas sweet potato harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 53% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Harvested, week ending Nov 16: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Harvested, week ending Nov 23: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Nov 16Nov 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 99% as of Nov 23.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2018

USDA published production estimates for Arkansas sweet potato through 2018 and has not surveyed the state since.

Arkansas sweet potato crop: final estimate by year00.511.5million cwt2010: no forecast · final 0.5 million cwt20102011: no forecast · final 0.6 million cwt20112012: no forecast · final 0.8 million cwt20122013: no forecast · final 0.7 million cwt20132014: no forecast · final 0.7 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 0.7 million cwt20152018: no forecast · final 1.1 million cwt2018
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20181.1 million cwt$24M3.9%
20150.7 million cwt$20M2.4%
20140.7 million cwt—2.2%
20130.7 million cwt$21M2.7%
20120.8 million cwt$24M2.9%
20110.6 million cwt$10M2.3%
20100.5 million cwt$7M2.0%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2018. 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.

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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