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Louisiana sweet potato crop

As of the week ending Sep 27, 95% of the 2026 Louisiana sweet potato crop is rated good or excellent, 9 points above the five-year average of 86%, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest is 33% complete (five-year average 32%). USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2018, when the crop finished at 2.2 million cwt.

Week ending Sep 27, 2026

Good to excellent

95%of the crop

9 points above the five-year average for this week, and 100% a year ago.

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33%

Harvested

+1 points against the five-year pace of 32%.

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, 2026

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, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 89%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 80%, Good 19%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 20% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 94%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 71%, Good 28%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 29% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 62%, Good 37%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 38% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 53%, Good 46%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 44%, Good 47%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 35%, Good 56%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 26%, Good 65%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 21%, Good 67%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 67%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 69%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 91%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 67%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 95%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 76%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 72%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 81%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 100%)Harvest begins — week ending Sep 6Harvest beginsJun 21Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 95% good or excellent, week ending Sep 27. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2026

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

Louisiana sweet potato planted, 20260%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 19: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Apr 26: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 3: 1% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 10: 3% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 17: 5% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 4%)Planted, week ending May 24: 13% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 20%)Planted, week ending May 31: 38% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 37%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 44% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 58%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 60% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 75%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 64% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 86%)Planted, week ending Jun 28: 83% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jul 5: 90% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 99%)Planted, week ending Jul 12: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 19May 3May 17May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 12 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

Louisiana sweet potato harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 0% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 1% (5-yr avg 7%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 6% (5-yr avg 12%, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 25% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 33% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 27%)Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 33% as of Sep 27 (5-yr avg 32%).

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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