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Louisiana sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Louisiana sweet potato crop for the week ending Sep 28, when 100% was good or excellent, 17 points above the five-year average of 83%, versus 80% at this point last year. 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 Sep 28, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

17 points above the five-year average for this week, and 80% a year ago.

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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, 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.

2026202520242023202220212020
Louisiana sweet potato crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 89%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 89%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 94%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 95%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 95%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 95%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 0%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 91%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 95%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 75%)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 75%)Week ending Sep 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 80%)−9 pts — week ending Aug 31−9 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 7Harvest beginsJun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% 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.

Louisiana sweet potato planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 20: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Apr 27: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 4: 0% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 2%)Planted, week ending May 11: 0% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 3%)Planted, week ending May 18: 5% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 13%)Planted, week ending May 25: 22% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 22%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 39% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 44%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 61% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 54%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 77% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 72%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 88% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 87%)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 96% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 94%)Planted, week ending Jul 6: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 98%)Apr 20May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 6 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Louisiana sweet potato harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 1% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 4% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 14% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 29% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 30%)Harvested, week ending Nov 16: 98% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Harvested, week ending Nov 23: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Nov 16Nov 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 23 (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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