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Louisiana sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Louisiana sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 8, when 76% was good or excellent, versus 60% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete (five-year average 94%). 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 8, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

76%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 8.

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100%

Harvested

+6 points against the five-year pace of 94%.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 95%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 9%, Good 89%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 7%, Good 92%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 86%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 9%, Good 85%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 85%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 68%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 89%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 71%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 9%, Fair 16%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 17%, Good 77%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 14%, Good 78%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 87%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 11%, Fair 14%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 9%, Poor 11%, Fair 8%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 73%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 8%, Poor 10%, Fair 10%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 63%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 7%, Poor 9%, Fair 15%, Good 69%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 57%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 2%, Poor 11%, Fair 13%, Good 74%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 69%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 2%, Poor 11%, Fair 13%, Good 74%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 78%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 2%, Poor 9%, Fair 13%, Good 76%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 78%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 2%, Poor 7%, Fair 15%, Good 76%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)−9 pts — week ending Jul 23−9 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 3Harvest beginsJun 11Jul 2Jul 23Aug 13Sep 3Sep 24
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 76% good or excellent, week ending Oct 8. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2023

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

Louisiana sweet potato planted, 20230%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 23: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Apr 30: 1% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 4%)Planted, week ending May 7: 3% (5-yr avg 12%, last year 8%)Planted, week ending May 14: 7% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 12%)Planted, week ending May 21: 13% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 23%)Planted, week ending May 28: 35% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 33%)Planted, week ending Jun 4: 60% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 39%)Planted, week ending Jun 11: 84% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 62%)Planted, week ending Jun 18: 89% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 76%)Planted, week ending Jun 25: 94% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Jul 2: 98% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 98%)Planted, week ending Jul 9: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 23May 7May 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 9 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Louisiana sweet potato harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 0% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 6%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 0% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 7% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 13% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 19% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 34% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 21%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 47% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 33%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 75% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 83% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 86% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 68%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 89% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Nov 5: 94% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Nov 12: 98% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Nov 19: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 93%)Aug 6Aug 20Sep 3Sep 17Oct 1Oct 15Oct 29Nov 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 19 (5-yr avg 94%).

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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