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Mississippi sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Mississippi sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 8, when 67% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 99% complete (five-year average 98%). The 2025 crop finished at 4.7 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Oct 8, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

67%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 8.

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99%

Harvested

+1 points against the five-year pace of 98%.

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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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 26%, Good 58%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 20%, Good 64%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg —, last year 63%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 17%, Good 70%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg —, last year 56%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 23%, Good 68%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 47%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 23%, Good 71%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 43%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 25%, Good 67%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 35%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 22%, Good 70%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 29%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 18%, Good 74%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 81% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 28%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 72%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 29%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 9%, Good 76%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 38%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 18%, Good 68%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 47%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 21%, Good 63%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 56%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 22%, Good 56%, Excellent 22% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 56%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 18%, Good 62%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 15%, Good 70%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 83% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 53%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 16%, Good 68%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 57%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 18%, Good 66%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 58%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 21%, Good 65%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 63%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 2%, Poor 4%, Fair 27%, Good 59%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−10 pts — week ending Aug 13−10 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 27Harvest beginsJun 4Jun 25Jul 16Aug 6Aug 27Sep 17Oct 8
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 67% good or excellent, week ending Oct 8. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2023

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

Mississippi sweet potato planted, 20230%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 23: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 30: 3% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 3%)Planted, week ending May 7: 10% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 5%)Planted, week ending May 14: 21% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 9%)Planted, week ending May 21: 38% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 13%)Planted, week ending May 28: 47% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 16%)Planted, week ending Jun 4: 50% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 28%)Planted, week ending Jun 11: 55% (5-yr avg 44%, last year 45%)Planted, week ending Jun 18: 68% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 58%)Planted, week ending Jun 25: 82% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 72%)Planted, week ending Jul 2: 89% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 83%)Planted, week ending Jul 9: 94% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 91%)Planted, week ending Jul 16: 99% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jul 23: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Apr 23May 7May 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 23 (5-yr avg 94%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Mississippi sweet potato harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 1% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 6% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 10% (5-yr avg 12%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 20% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 34%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 36% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 45%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 44% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 55% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 64% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 74%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 76% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 80% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Nov 5: 84% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 91%)Harvested, week ending Nov 12: 91% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Nov 19: 96% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 99%)Harvested, week ending Nov 26: 99% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Aug 20Sep 3Sep 17Oct 1Oct 15Oct 29Nov 12Nov 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 99% as of Nov 26 (5-yr avg 98%).

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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