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Mississippi blueberry crop

As of the week ending Sep 27, 38% of the 2026 Mississippi blueberry crop is rated good or excellent, 27 points below the five-year average of 65%, versus 66% at this point last year.

Week ending Sep 27, 2026

Good to excellent

38%of the crop

27 points below the five-year average for this week, and 66% a year ago.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Mississippi blueberries rated well below normal

Mississippi's blueberry crop was rated 38% good to excellent for the week ending September 27, 2026, down 2 points from the prior week. That reading sat 27 points below the five-year average of 65% and 28 points below the same week last year, when 66% of the crop was rated good to excellent. Fair-rated fruit made up nearly half the crop at 48%, with poor and very poor combined at 14%. The season's 29th week of ratings offered no sign of improvement from the prior week's already soft mark.

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
Mississippi blueberry crop condition, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 15: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 29%, Good 62%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 79%)Week ending Mar 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 28%, Good 64%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 71%)Week ending Mar 29: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 31%, Good 59%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 64%)Week ending Apr 5: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 29%, Good 61%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 68%)Week ending Apr 12: Very poor 3%, Poor 4%, Fair 28%, Good 59%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 64%)Week ending Apr 19: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 31%, Good 54%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 69%)Week ending Apr 26: Very poor 3%, Poor 6%, Fair 30%, Good 54%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 67%)Week ending May 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 30%, Good 58%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 66%)Week ending May 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 35%, Good 54%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 64%)Week ending May 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 36%, Good 55%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 64%)Week ending May 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 35%, Good 55%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 69%)Week ending May 31: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 34%, Good 55%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 63%)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 34%, Good 56%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 67%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 43%, Good 46%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 72%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 40%, Good 50%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 70%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 11%, Fair 36%, Good 47%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 52% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 70%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 45%, Good 42%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 66%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 1%, Poor 8%, Fair 51%, Good 36%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 66%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 4%, Poor 8%, Fair 49%, Good 33%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 63%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 3%, Poor 8%, Fair 49%, Good 35%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 61%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 6%, Poor 11%, Fair 54%, Good 25%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 29% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 67%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 5%, Poor 10%, Fair 54%, Good 28%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 31% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 66%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 4%, Poor 8%, Fair 49%, Good 36%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 64%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 2%, Poor 10%, Fair 52%, Good 34%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 36% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 66%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 2%, Poor 10%, Fair 49%, Good 37%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 66%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 1%, Poor 9%, Fair 50%, Good 38%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 70%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 53%, Good 35%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 65%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 2%, Poor 8%, Fair 50%, Good 37%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 57%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 6%, Poor 8%, Fair 48%, Good 34%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 38% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 66%)−11 pts — week ending Aug 2−11 ptsMar 15Apr 12May 10Jun 7Jul 5Aug 2Aug 30Sep 27
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 38% good or excellent, week ending Sep 27. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

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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