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Mississippi blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Mississippi blueberry crop for the week ending Nov 24, when 64% was good or excellent, 4 points above the five-year average of 60%, versus 32% at this point last year.

Last rated week ending Nov 24, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

64%of the crop

4 points above the five-year average for this week, and 32% 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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 35%, Good 58%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 42%)Week ending Mar 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 37%, Good 56%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 51%)Week ending Mar 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 35%, Good 57%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 47%)Week ending Mar 31: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 32%, Good 61%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 54%)Week ending Apr 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 31%, Good 62%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 50%)Week ending Apr 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 38%, Good 53%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 58% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 43%)Week ending Apr 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 37%, Good 56%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 43%)Week ending Apr 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 36%, Good 57%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 44%)Week ending May 5: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 39%, Good 50%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 57% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 45%)Week ending May 12: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 40%, Good 53%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 57% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 42%)Week ending May 19: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 38%, Good 55%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 47%)Week ending May 26: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 37%, Good 56%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 48%)Week ending Jun 2: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 29%, Good 63%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 41%)Week ending Jun 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 30%, Good 63%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 35%)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 28%, Good 63%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 39%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 28%, Good 63%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 37%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 30%, Good 58%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 40%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 31%, Good 59%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 49%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 40%, Good 50%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 44%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 34%, Good 56%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 41%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 29%, Good 62%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 44%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 30%, Good 61%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 38%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 29%, Good 63%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 39%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 2%, Poor 2%, Fair 33%, Good 59%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 38%)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 33%, Good 58%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 47%)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 37%, Good 54%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 58% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 8: Very poor 4%, Poor 5%, Fair 38%, Good 46%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 41%)Week ending Sep 15: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 34%, Good 54%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 36%)Week ending Sep 22: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 38%, Good 51%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 30%)Week ending Sep 29: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 38%, Good 53%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 36%)Week ending Oct 6: Very poor 2%, Poor 3%, Fair 33%, Good 55%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 32%)Week ending Oct 13: Very poor 3%, Poor 4%, Fair 31%, Good 56%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 31%)Week ending Oct 20: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 31%, Good 52%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 33%)Week ending Oct 27: Very poor 5%, Poor 8%, Fair 39%, Good 46%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 48% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 30%)Week ending Nov 3: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 39%, Good 49%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 31%)Week ending Nov 10: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 31%, Good 58%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 32%)Week ending Nov 17: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 32%, Good 57%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 31%)Week ending Nov 24: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 30%, Good 60%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 32%)−13 pts — week ending Oct 27−13 ptsMar 10Apr 14May 19Jun 23Jul 28Sep 1Oct 6Nov 10
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 64% good or excellent, week ending Nov 24. 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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