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Mississippi blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Mississippi blueberry crop for the week ending Nov 26, when 32% was good or excellent, 35 points below the five-year average of 67%, versus 81% at this point last year.

Last rated week ending Nov 26, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

32%of the crop

35 points below the five-year average for this week, and 81% 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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 12: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 56%, Good 40%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 90%)Week ending Mar 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 48%, Good 49%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 90%)Week ending Mar 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 49%, Good 46%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 84%)Week ending Apr 2: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 40%, Good 52%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 82%)Week ending Apr 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 44%, Good 48%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 82%)Week ending Apr 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 49%, Good 40%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 43% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 81%)Week ending Apr 23: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 49%, Good 40%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 43% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 81%)Week ending Apr 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 51%, Good 42%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 44% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 83%)Week ending May 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 48%, Good 42%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 45% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 88%)Week ending May 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 8%, Fair 49%, Good 39%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 82%)Week ending May 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 49%, Good 44%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 75%)Week ending May 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 51%, Good 46%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 48% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 79%)Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 57%, Good 40%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 41% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 72%)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 62%, Good 34%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 35% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 76%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 58%, Good 38%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 65%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 60%, Good 36%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 37% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 75%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 2%, Poor 7%, Fair 51%, Good 39%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 46%, Good 48%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 49% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 71%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 52%, Good 44%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 44% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 64%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 57%, Good 40%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 41% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 71%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 54%, Good 43%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 44% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 62%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 3%, Poor 4%, Fair 55%, Good 37%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 38% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 67%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 3%, Poor 3%, Fair 55%, Good 38%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 74%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 56%, Good 37%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 38% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 50%, Good 45%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 89%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 3%, Poor 3%, Fair 44%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 90%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 3%, Poor 4%, Fair 52%, Good 41%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 41% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 81%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 4%, Poor 5%, Fair 55%, Good 36%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 36% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 86%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 5%, Poor 6%, Fair 59%, Good 30%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 30% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 86%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 4%, Poor 5%, Fair 55%, Good 35%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 36% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 87%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 5%, Poor 6%, Fair 57%, Good 32%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 32% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 78%)Week ending Oct 15: Very poor 4%, Poor 5%, Fair 60%, Good 30%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 31% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 83%)Week ending Oct 22: Very poor 3%, Poor 4%, Fair 60%, Good 32%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 33% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 88%)Week ending Oct 29: Very poor 4%, Poor 5%, Fair 61%, Good 30%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 30% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 86%)Week ending Nov 5: Very poor 4%, Poor 5%, Fair 60%, Good 31%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 31% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 82%)Week ending Nov 12: Very poor 6%, Poor 8%, Fair 54%, Good 32%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 32% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 79%)Week ending Nov 19: Very poor 7%, Poor 6%, Fair 56%, Good 31%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 31% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 82%)Week ending Nov 26: Very poor 6%, Poor 7%, Fair 55%, Good 32%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 32% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 81%)−9 pts — week ending Sep 10−9 ptsMar 12Apr 16May 21Jun 25Jul 30Sep 3Oct 8Nov 12
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 32% good or excellent, week ending Nov 26. 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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