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Mississippi blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Mississippi blueberry crop for the week ending Nov 29, when 85% was good or excellent, versus 16% at this point last year.

Last rated week ending Nov 29, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

85%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Nov 29.

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, 2020

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.

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Mississippi blueberry crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Week ending Mar 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 76%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 79%)Week ending Mar 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 26%, Good 69%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 82%)Week ending Apr 5: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 73%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 86%)Week ending Apr 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 79%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 89%)Week ending Apr 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 85%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 89%)Week ending Apr 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 79%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 88%)Week ending May 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 79%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 81%)Week ending May 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 11%, Good 85%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 73%)Week ending May 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 19%, Good 79%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 82%)Week ending May 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 25%, Good 71%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 79%)Week ending May 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 76%)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 79%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 86%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 19%, Good 77%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 76%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 82%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 73%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 15%, Good 81%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 16%, Good 79%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 82%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 73%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 16%, Good 81%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 64%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 54%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 20%, Good 77%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 50%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 83%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 63%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 12%, Good 85%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 68%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 79%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 60%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 83%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 61%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 79%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 61%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 19%, Good 79%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 52%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 72%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 48%)Week ending Oct 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 21%, Good 76%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 40%)Week ending Oct 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 13%, Good 83%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 32%)Week ending Oct 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 81%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 31%)Week ending Oct 25: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 17%, Good 79%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 26%)Week ending Nov 1: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 23%)Week ending Nov 8: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 12%, Good 83%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 21%)Week ending Nov 15: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 8%, Good 87%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 31%)Week ending Nov 22: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 8%, Good 89%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 25%)Week ending Nov 29: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 12%, Good 84%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 16%)−8 pts — week ending Mar 29−8 ptsMar 15Apr 19May 24Jun 28Aug 2Sep 6Oct 11Nov 15
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 85% good or excellent, week ending Nov 29. 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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