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Mississippi blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Mississippi blueberry crop for the week ending Nov 27, when 81% was good or excellent, versus 79% at this point last year.

Last rated week ending Nov 27, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

81%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Nov 27.

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 7%, Good 88%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 63%)Week ending Mar 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 7%, Good 88%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 72%)Week ending Mar 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 82%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 68%)Week ending Apr 3: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 78%)Week ending Apr 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 86%)Week ending Apr 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 77%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 88%)Week ending Apr 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 77%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 87%)Week ending May 1: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 80%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 86%)Week ending May 8: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 10%, Good 85%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 85%)Week ending May 15: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 16%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 81%)Week ending May 22: Very poor 2%, Poor 1%, Fair 22%, Good 71%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 69%)Week ending May 29: Very poor 1%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 76%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 70%)Week ending Jun 5: Very poor 1%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 70%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 78%)Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 22%, Good 71%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 84%)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 1%, Poor 10%, Fair 24%, Good 62%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 82%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 21%, Good 71%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 86%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 3%, Poor 2%, Fair 30%, Good 62%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 25%, Good 67%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 83%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 4%, Poor 6%, Fair 26%, Good 58%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 25%, Good 67%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 34%, Good 58%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 82%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 27%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 86%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 18%, Good 71%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 87%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 12%, Good 80%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 87%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 9%, Good 87%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 84%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 8%, Good 88%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 86%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 17%, Good 79%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 11%, Good 84%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 79%)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 12%, Good 84%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 70%)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 12%, Good 85%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 76%)Week ending Oct 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 0%, Fair 21%, Good 78%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 83%)Week ending Oct 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 14%, Good 81%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 77%)Week ending Oct 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 11%, Good 86%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 82%)Week ending Oct 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 12%, Good 84%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 86% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 82%)Week ending Nov 6: Very poor 2%, Poor 1%, Fair 15%, Good 80%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 83%)Week ending Nov 13: Very poor 2%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 79%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 81%)Week ending Nov 20: Very poor 3%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 81%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 81%)Week ending Nov 27: Very poor 3%, Poor 4%, Fair 12%, Good 81%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)−11 pts — week ending Jun 19−11 ptsMar 13Apr 17May 22Jun 26Jul 31Sep 4Oct 9Nov 13
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 81% good or excellent, week ending Nov 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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