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Louisiana sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Louisiana sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 16, when 56% was good or excellent, versus 94% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 98% 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 16, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

56%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 16.

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98%

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, 2022

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.

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Louisiana sweet potato crop condition, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 88%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 70%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 12%, Good 84%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 14%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 32%, Good 68%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 64%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 29%, Good 71%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 60%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 28%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 66%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 19%, Good 79%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 83%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 11%, Good 87%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 83%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 14%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 81%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 73%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 84%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 28%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 93%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 7%, Poor 7%, Fair 29%, Good 57%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 57% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 90%)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 26%, Good 69%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 90%)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 19%, Good 78%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 93%)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 18%, Good 78%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Week ending Oct 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 16%, Fair 24%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Week ending Oct 16: Very poor 9%, Poor 19%, Fair 16%, Good 56%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 14Harvest begins−18 pts — week ending Oct 9−18 ptsJun 19Jul 10Jul 31Aug 21Sep 11Oct 2
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 56% good or excellent, week ending Oct 16. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2022

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

Louisiana sweet potato planted, 20220%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 24: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 1: 5% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 1%)Planted, week ending May 8: 8% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 8%)Planted, week ending May 15: 13% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 19%)Planted, week ending May 22: 25% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 27%)Planted, week ending May 29: 34% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 34%)Planted, week ending Jun 5: 40% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 44%)Planted, week ending Jun 12: 66% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 56%)Planted, week ending Jun 19: 78% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 63%)Planted, week ending Jun 26: 93% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 82%)Planted, week ending Jul 3: 99% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jul 10: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 24May 8May 22Jun 5Jun 19Jul 3
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 10 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

Louisiana sweet potato harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 14: 1% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 21: 7% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 9% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 11% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 13% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 18% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 21% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Oct 2: 35% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Oct 9: 44% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 54%)Harvested, week ending Oct 16: 58% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 61%)Harvested, week ending Oct 23: 70% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Oct 30: 77% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Nov 6: 86% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Nov 13: 90% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Nov 20: 94% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Nov 27: 98% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25Oct 9Oct 23Nov 6Nov 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 98% as of Nov 27 (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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