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Mississippi blueberry crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Mississippi blueberry crop for the week ending Nov 23, when 62% was good or excellent, 7 points below the five-year average of 69%, versus 64% at this point last year.

Last rated week ending Nov 23, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

62%of the crop

7 points below the five-year average for this week, and 64% 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, 2025

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, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Mar 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 19%, Good 74%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 62%)Week ending Mar 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 18%, Good 76%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 59%)Week ending Mar 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 26%, Good 67%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 61%)Week ending Mar 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 33%, Good 60%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 65%)Week ending Apr 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 29%, Good 63%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 66%)Week ending Apr 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 30%, Good 59%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 58%)Week ending Apr 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 26%, Good 65%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 60%)Week ending Apr 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 27%, Good 62%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 61%)Week ending May 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 30%, Good 60%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 57%)Week ending May 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 33%, Good 57%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 57%)Week ending May 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 30%, Good 56%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 59%)Week ending May 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 28%, Good 63%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 60%)Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 34%, Good 54%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 68%)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 29%, Good 60%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 68%)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 25%, Good 65%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 69%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 26%, Good 63%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 69%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 26%, Good 62%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 66%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 30%, Good 55%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 27%, Good 57%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 55%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 30%, Good 56%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 61%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 8%, Fair 30%, Good 54%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 66%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 27%, Good 60%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 65%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 27%, Good 60%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 67%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 29%, Good 60%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 63%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 28%, Good 62%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 62%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 28%, Good 61%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 58%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 26%, Good 62%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 53%)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 28%, Good 60%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 61%)Week ending Sep 21: Very poor 3%, Poor 7%, Fair 33%, Good 52%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 57% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 59%)Week ending Sep 28: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 28%, Good 61%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 59%)Week ending Nov 16: Very poor 5%, Poor 3%, Fair 30%, Good 57%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 61%)Week ending Nov 23: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 30%, Good 57%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 64%)−8 pts — week ending Mar 23−8 ptsMar 9Apr 6May 4Jun 1Jun 29Jul 27Aug 24Sep 21
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 62% good or excellent, week ending Nov 23. 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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