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Mississippi sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Mississippi sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 2, when 63% was good or excellent, versus 50% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete (five-year average 95%). The 2025 crop finished at 4.7 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Oct 2, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

63%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 2.

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100%

Harvested

+5 points against the five-year pace of 95%.

–

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 35%, Good 60%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 44%, Good 52%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 6%, Poor 9%, Fair 38%, Good 43%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 92%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 3%, Poor 7%, Fair 47%, Good 43%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 43% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 4%, Poor 10%, Fair 51%, Good 34%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 35% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 13%, Poor 11%, Fair 47%, Good 29%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 29% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 11%, Poor 14%, Fair 47%, Good 27%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 28% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 8%, Poor 13%, Fair 50%, Good 28%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 29% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 82%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 8%, Poor 13%, Fair 41%, Good 37%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 38% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 71%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 5%, Poor 9%, Fair 39%, Good 46%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 47% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 62%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 37%, Good 55%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 54%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 37%, Good 55%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 52%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 2%, Poor 8%, Fair 40%, Good 49%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 64%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 42%, Good 50%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 61%)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 41%, Good 55%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 57% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 54%)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 3%, Poor 7%, Fair 32%, Good 57%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 58% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 51%)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 31%, Good 61%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg —, last year 50%)−9 pts — week ending Jun 26−9 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 28Harvest beginsJun 12Jul 3Jul 24Aug 14Sep 4Sep 25
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 63% good or excellent, week ending Oct 2. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2022

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

Mississippi sweet potato planted, 20220%50%100%Planted, week ending May 1: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending May 8: 5% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 15: 10% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 2%)Planted, week ending May 22: 13% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 12%)Planted, week ending May 29: 16% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 23%)Planted, week ending Jun 5: 30% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 31%)Planted, week ending Jun 12: 48% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 38%)Planted, week ending Jun 19: 60% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 51%)Planted, week ending Jun 26: 74% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 77%)Planted, week ending Jul 3: 85% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 84%)Planted, week ending Jul 10: 92% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 88%)Planted, week ending Jul 17: 95% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Jul 24: 98% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jul 31: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 98%)May 1May 15May 29Jun 12Jun 26Jul 10Jul 24
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 31 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

Mississippi sweet potato harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 3% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 15% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 24% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 36% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 47% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Oct 2: 58% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 20%)Harvested, week ending Oct 9: 66% (5-yr avg 48%, last year 35%)Harvested, week ending Oct 16: 75% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 45%)Harvested, week ending Oct 23: 80% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 61%)Harvested, week ending Oct 30: 86% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 70%)Harvested, week ending Nov 6: 92% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Nov 13: 96% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Nov 20: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 94%)Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25Oct 9Oct 23Nov 6Nov 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 20 (5-yr avg 95%).

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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