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Louisiana sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2021 Louisiana sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 17, when 94% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% complete (five-year average 99%). USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2018, when the crop finished at 2.2 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Oct 17, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

94%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 17.

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100%

Harvested

+1 points against the five-year pace of 99%.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Louisiana sweet potato condition rises above average

Louisiana's sweet potato crop was rated 95% good to excellent for the week ending September 27, 2026, up 4 points from the prior week and 9 points above the five-year average of 86%, though 5 points below last year's mark of 100% at the same point. Harvest reached 33% complete, slightly ahead of the five-year average of 32% and ahead of last year's 27% for the same week. Planting had wrapped at 100% by mid-July. With harvest running ahead of pace, the next USDA condition report will show whether the gains hold as digging continues.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2021

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
Louisiana sweet potato crop condition, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 87%)Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 31%, Good 65%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 89%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 35%, Good 61%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 88%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 36%, Good 59%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 88%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 88%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 34%, Good 62%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 71%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 76%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 17%, Good 79%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 17%, Good 78%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 76%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 76%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 75%)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 7%, Good 89%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 76%)Week ending Sep 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 85%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 85%)Week ending Sep 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 9%, Good 85%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 85%)Week ending Sep 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 7%, Good 88%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 82%)Week ending Oct 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 89%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Week ending Oct 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 89%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Oct 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 89%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−5 pts — week ending Jun 27−5 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 29Harvest beginsJun 20Jul 11Aug 1Aug 22Sep 12Oct 3
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 94% good or excellent, week ending Oct 17. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2021

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

Louisiana sweet potato planted, 20210%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 25: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 2: 1% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 9%)Planted, week ending May 9: 9% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 29%)Planted, week ending May 16: 21% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 47%)Planted, week ending May 23: 28% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 53%)Planted, week ending May 30: 35% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 63%)Planted, week ending Jun 6: 45% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 77%)Planted, week ending Jun 13: 58% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 89%)Planted, week ending Jun 20: 64% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 98%)Planted, week ending Jun 27: 85% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Jul 4: 97% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Jul 11: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 25May 9May 23Jun 6Jun 20Jul 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 11 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

Louisiana sweet potato harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 8: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 15: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Aug 22: 0% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Aug 29: 1% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 10%)Harvested, week ending Sep 5: 7% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Sep 12: 15% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 22%)Harvested, week ending Sep 19: 24% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 33%)Harvested, week ending Sep 26: 37% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Oct 3: 42% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 52%)Harvested, week ending Oct 10: 56% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 60%)Harvested, week ending Oct 17: 62% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 73%)Harvested, week ending Oct 24: 80% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Oct 31: 86% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 81%)Harvested, week ending Nov 7: 91% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Nov 14: 94% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Nov 21: 98% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Nov 28: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Aug 8Aug 29Sep 19Oct 10Oct 31Nov 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 28 (5-yr avg 99%).

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2018

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

Louisiana sweet potato crop: final estimate by year0123million cwt2010: no forecast · final 2.5 million cwt20102011: no forecast · final 2.4 million cwt20112012: no forecast · final 1.9 million cwt20122013: no forecast · final 1.7 million cwt20132014: no forecast · final 2.0 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 2.0 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 1.5 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 2.2 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 2.2 million cwt2018
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20182.2 million cwt$44M8.0%
20172.2 million cwt$43M6.1%
20161.5 million cwt$32M4.8%
20152.0 million cwt$43M6.4%
20142.0 million cwt$35M6.9%
20131.7 million cwt$30M6.7%
20121.9 million cwt$36M7.4%
20112.4 million cwt$41M8.9%
20102.5 million cwt$47M10.4%

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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