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Mississippi sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2021 Mississippi sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 24, when 61% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 97% complete (five-year average 99%). The 2025 crop finished at 4.7 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Oct 24, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

61%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 24.

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97%

Harvested

−2 points against the five-year pace of 99%.

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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, 2021

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, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 7%, Good 71%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 42%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 64%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 45%)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 64%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 46%)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 64%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 47%)Week ending Jul 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 69%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 42%)Week ending Aug 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 69%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 41%)Week ending Aug 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 29%, Good 61%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 42%)Week ending Aug 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 38%, Good 52%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 42%)Week ending Aug 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 46%, Good 46%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 40%)Week ending Aug 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 48%, Good 43%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 52% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 34%)Week ending Sep 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 36%, Good 53%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 32%)Week ending Sep 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 39%, Good 54%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 31%)Week ending Sep 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 46%, Good 46%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 29%)Week ending Sep 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 49%, Good 42%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 38%)Week ending Oct 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 47%, Good 43%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 47%)Week ending Oct 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 38%, Good 48%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 57% (5-yr avg —, last year 56%)Week ending Oct 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 45%, Good 43%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 49% (5-yr avg —, last year 55%)Week ending Oct 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 36%, Good 52%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−11 pts — week ending Aug 8−11 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 12Harvest beginsJun 27Jul 18Aug 8Aug 29Sep 19Oct 10
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 61% good or excellent, week ending Oct 24. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2021

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

Mississippi sweet potato planted, 20210%50%100%Planted, week ending May 2: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 9: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 1%)Planted, week ending May 16: 2% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 2%)Planted, week ending May 23: 14% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 7%)Planted, week ending May 30: 24% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 17%)Planted, week ending Jun 6: 32% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 29%)Planted, week ending Jun 13: 39% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 48%)Planted, week ending Jun 20: 53% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 61%)Planted, week ending Jun 27: 81% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 70%)Planted, week ending Jul 4: 85% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 80%)Planted, week ending Jul 11: 88% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Jul 18: 92% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 94%)Planted, week ending Jul 25: 95% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 97%)Planted, week ending Aug 1: 99% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Aug 8: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)May 2May 16May 30Jun 13Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Aug 8 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

Mississippi sweet potato harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 22: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 29: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 5: 0% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Sep 12: 5% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 19: 9% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 15%)Harvested, week ending Sep 26: 17% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Oct 3: 21% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 30%)Harvested, week ending Oct 10: 37% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 41%)Harvested, week ending Oct 17: 46% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 51%)Harvested, week ending Oct 24: 63% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Oct 31: 71% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Nov 7: 81% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Nov 14: 91% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Nov 21: 95% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Nov 28: 97% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Aug 22Sep 5Sep 19Oct 3Oct 17Oct 31Nov 14Nov 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 97% as of Nov 28 (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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