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Mississippi sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Mississippi sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 18, when 55% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% complete (five-year average 99%). The 2025 crop finished at 4.7 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Oct 18, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

55%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 18.

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100%

Harvested

+1 points against the five-year pace of 99%.

–

4.7

million cwt, 2025 final

Final USDA estimate.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Mississippi sweet potato harvest running well ahead of pace

For the week ending September 27, 2026, Mississippi rated 69% of its sweet potato crop good to excellent, down 9 points from the prior week but above both the five-year average of 56% and last year's 60% at the same point. Harvest reached 40% complete, well ahead of the five-year average of 29% and more than double last year's 17% pace. The crop was fully planted as of early August, matching the five-year norm. With harvest moving quickly, the next condition report will show whether the good-excellent share holds as digging advances.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2020

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 sweet potato crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 55%, Good 33%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 41% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 37%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 55%, Good 35%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 44%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 53%, Good 40%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 45% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 53%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 52%, Good 41%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 56%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 52%, Good 42%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 58%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 57%, Good 35%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 57%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 57%, Good 35%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 41% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 56%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 56%, Good 35%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 57%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 56%, Good 35%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 58%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 58%, Good 34%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 57%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 60%, Good 30%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 34% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 60%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 62%, Good 28%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 32% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 59%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 64%, Good 30%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 31% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 59%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 64%, Good 26%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 29% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 58%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 55%, Good 30%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 38% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 59%)Week ending Oct 4: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 46%, Good 38%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg —, last year 65%)Week ending Oct 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 41%, Good 45%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Oct 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 42%, Good 43%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−6 pts — week ending Aug 30−6 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 6Harvest beginsJun 21Jul 12Aug 2Aug 23Sep 13Oct 4
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 55% good or excellent, week ending Oct 18. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2020

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Mississippi sweet potato planted, 20200%50%100%Planted, week ending May 3: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 10: 1% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 17: 2% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 2%)Planted, week ending May 24: 8% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 8%)Planted, week ending May 31: 19% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 21%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 31% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 40%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 51% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 53%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 63% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 61%)Planted, week ending Jun 28: 71% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 71%)Planted, week ending Jul 5: 82% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 75%)Planted, week ending Jul 12: 92% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 80%)Planted, week ending Jul 19: 94% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 84%)Planted, week ending Jul 26: 98% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 92%)Planted, week ending Aug 2: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 98%)May 3May 17May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Aug 2 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Mississippi sweet potato harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 0% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 5% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 12%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 10% (5-yr avg 15%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 16% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 38%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 20% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 48%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 32% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 54%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 42% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 62%)Harvested, week ending Oct 18: 52% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 67% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Nov 1: 79% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Nov 8: 86% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 86%)Harvested, week ending Nov 15: 93% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 91%)Harvested, week ending Nov 22: 98% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Nov 29: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 97%)Aug 9Aug 30Sep 20Oct 11Nov 1Nov 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 29 (5-yr avg 99%).

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2025

USDA published production estimates for Mississippi sweet potato through 2025 and has not surveyed the state since.

Mississippi sweet potato crop: final estimate by year0246million cwt2014: no forecast · final 3.8 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 3.8 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 4.9 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 4.9 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 4.6 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 4.5 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 5.9 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 4.2 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 4.5 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 3.6 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 3.8 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 4.7 million cwt2025
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20254.7 million cwt$108M14.5%
20243.8 million cwt$82M15.2%
20233.6 million cwt$78M14.6%
20224.5 million cwt$96M16.2%
20214.2 million cwt$98M14.0%
20205.9 million cwt$122M19.1%
20194.5 million cwt$80M14.9%
20184.6 million cwt$82M16.6%
20174.9 million cwt$91M13.8%
20164.9 million cwt$112M15.6%
20153.8 million cwt$79M12.2%
20143.8 million cwt$73M12.8%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2025. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

Mississippi sweet potato crop: fresh market vs processing00.00.10.10.1million cwt2019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 million cwt — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh2025
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

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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