ProduceWire ProduceWire

Mississippi · crop watch

Mississippi blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2021 Mississippi blueberry crop for the week ending Nov 28, when 79% was good or excellent, versus 85% at this point last year.

Last rated week ending Nov 28, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

79%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Nov 28.

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, 2021

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, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 14: Very poor 2%, Poor 7%, Fair 28%, Good 61%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)Week ending Mar 21: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 22%, Good 70%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 81%)Week ending Mar 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 31%, Good 66%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 73%)Week ending Apr 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 22%, Good 75%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 81%)Week ending Apr 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 83%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 80%)Week ending Apr 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 10%, Good 84%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 87%)Week ending Apr 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 78%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 82%)Week ending May 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 79%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 81%)Week ending May 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 81%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 88%)Week ending May 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 75%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 81%)Week ending May 23: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 24%, Good 59%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 73%)Week ending May 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 28%, Good 67%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 82%)Week ending Jun 6: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 20%, Good 75%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 82%)Week ending Jun 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 78%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 82%)Week ending Jun 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 77%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 80%)Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 80%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 10%, Good 82%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 83%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 14%, Good 79%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 15%, Good 79%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 14%, Good 82%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 83%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 83%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 12%, Good 82%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 10%, Good 83%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 10%, Good 85%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 87%)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 83%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 81%)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 13%, Good 85%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 86%)Week ending Sep 12: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 15%, Good 79%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 81%)Week ending Sep 19: Very poor 4%, Poor 2%, Fair 15%, Good 77%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 26: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 22%, Good 60%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 73%)Week ending Oct 3: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 17%, Good 69%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 77%)Week ending Oct 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 13%, Good 78%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 85%)Week ending Oct 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 22%, Good 76%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 83%)Week ending Oct 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 80%)Week ending Oct 31: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 16%, Good 81%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 81%)Week ending Nov 7: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 13%, Good 81%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 85%)Week ending Nov 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 89%)Week ending Nov 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 90%)Week ending Nov 28: Very poor 3%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 78%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 85%)−12 pts — week ending May 23−12 ptsMar 14Apr 18May 23Jun 27Aug 1Sep 5Oct 10Nov 14
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 79% good or excellent, week ending Nov 28. 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

Get the Weekly Market Brief

Price moves, freight signals, and the produce stories that matter — one email, every week. Built for buyers, category managers, and brokers.

Subscribe free →