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Louisiana sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Louisiana sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 6, when 89% was good or excellent, versus 76% 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 6, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

89%of the crop

Share of the 2024 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 6.

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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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 96%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 89%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 92%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 85%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 85%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 89%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 72%)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 72%)Week ending Sep 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 69%)Week ending Sep 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 74%)Week ending Sep 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 74%)Week ending Sep 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 76%)Week ending Oct 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 89%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)−100 pts — week ending Aug 25−100 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 8Harvest beginsJun 9Jun 30Jul 21Aug 11Sep 1Sep 22
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 89% good or excellent, week ending Oct 6. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

Louisiana sweet potato planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Apr 28: 0% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 1%)Planted, week ending May 5: 2% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 2%)Planted, week ending May 12: 3% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 6%)Planted, week ending May 19: 15% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 11%)Planted, week ending May 26: 23% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 29%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 47% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 53%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 55% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 77%)Planted, week ending Jun 16: 75% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 88%)Planted, week ending Jun 23: 89% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 93%)Planted, week ending Jun 30: 95% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 97%)Planted, week ending Jul 7: 98% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 99%)Planted, week ending Jul 14: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 21May 5May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 14 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Louisiana sweet potato harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 0% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 0% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 0% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 5% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 10% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 25% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 30%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 31% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Oct 6: 50% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 67%)Harvested, week ending Oct 13: 64% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 81%)Harvested, week ending Oct 20: 78% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Oct 27: 91% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 88%)Harvested, week ending Nov 3: 94% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Nov 10: 97% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Nov 17: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 99%)Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29Oct 13Oct 27Nov 10
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 17 (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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